WeinMe at 2024-01-28 08:16:32+00:00 ID: kjxd3hv

I think one major issue is that a lot of the colleagues on the floor might not be speaking English. Same for electricians, carpenters, equipment installation techs, etc.

So you'd struggle with jobs that involve those. I see this first hand from time to time - and often end up translating failed messages.

I'd start applying for jobs that involve sitting in an office doing technical drawings or calculations, or maybe jobs involving compliance to international standards.

With mechanical degrees, 80% of typical jobs are hard to possess until you have some communication skills in the local language.

KinkyAndABitFreaky at 2024-01-28 08:47:20+00:00 ID: kjxfoif

Not a big issue.

Half of my department in the medical device engineering industry was hired from EU countries.

You might need to learn Danish while you live here though

nozendk at 2024-01-28 09:02:28+00:00 ID: kjxgxf7

Yes you can. A lot of workplaces use English first. Register your résumé with the contracting companies that deal with mechanical engineering and they will contact you when there is a position. And then of course also apply for jobs you find.

Rare-Victory at 2024-01-28 09:03:19+00:00 ID: kjxgzyb

Danish manufacturing companies that sell their product internationally, often run their engineering documentation in English I.e. they don’t have problems having an English speaking employee.

Their production processes might also be in English if they e.g. also have production in eastern Europe.

Some people on the shop floor might have problems using English to describe technical production issues. This ability depend on age, and if they had been working with English in their job since they were young.

People younger than 60 have had English in primary school, but the quality of tuition might not be have been the best.

A 60 year old electrician, that have primarily been working on building installations might be lousy at technical English, where as a similar electrician working on industrial automation has to be good at it to do his job.

SeriousJohan at 2024-01-28 17:15:12+00:00 ID: kjz27ix

You can become an Equipment Engineer at Novo Nordisk

sp668 at 2024-01-28 09:06:19+00:00 ID: kjxh8vn

At the larger companies sure, if you can do the job english is fine. You want companies with a global outlook since they tend to do a lot of work in english although their HQ might be in Denmark.

Look at companies in the C25 index or some of the major private ones (Lego, Grundfos, Danfoss, Siemens wind power)

MgrOfOffPlanetOps at 2024-01-28 09:37:24+00:00 ID: kjxjt10

Lego. Siemens windenergy. There english only Is not a problem. There are probable way More.

Rough_Inspector5501 at 2024-01-28 08:29:22+00:00 ID: kjxe6w4

You probably wanna look at bigger companies like Vestas and Terma, maybe even Lego, if you don't know Danish yet. A lot of the bigger companies have international teams, so most people can speak English.

If you don't live in Denmark yet it might be a hard sell. And knowing Danish is a plus but for what I have seen it is not impossible.

eowynn at 2024-01-28 12:20:56+00:00 ID: kjxxpfw

Hi! We may be looking for a mechanical engineering employee quite soon, we're all ex-formula student folks. If you have a resumé can you send it over to [email protected]?

MaDpYrO at 2024-01-28 12:18:23+00:00 ID: kjxxgja

There's not a lot of english-speaking jobs in Denmark in general.