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Become an intern or student assistant

MT Højgaard Danmark offers exciting and rewarding internships for engineering and architectur-al technology and construction students, as well as a wide range of student jobs. We offer every-one a high level of responsibility and plenty of challenges. With us, you are guaranteed broad insight into how a contracting company operates – and how to plan, manage and lead a con-struction or civil engineering project in close collaboration with all parties involved in construc-tion.

Employees at MT Højgaard Danmark

Would you like to become a student assistant or do an internship with us?

At MT Højgaard Danmark, we are continuously looking for both student assistants and interns from a range of study programmes. We guarantee that you will experience great things – and that there will be plenty of opportunities to take on responsibility from day one.

On this page, you can meet some of our former and current interns and student assistants and read about their career paths, work experiences and ambitions for the future. You can also find answers to your questions here.

Hear Chris and Miljan talk about their experiences

As a student assistant or intern, you will have an eventful job where no two days are the same. This was also the case for Chris and Miljan, who each share what everyday life is like with us at MT Højgaard Danmark.

Chris went from intern to project manager

Many of MT Højgaard Danmark’s interns continue as student assistants after completing their internship. Several are also given the opportunity to stay with the company in a full-time position once they have finished their studies.

One of those who has made the full journey from internship to a management position is Chris Storm Nielsen, who is now a project manager in the shell construction area on Zealand.

“I graduated as a Bachelor of Engineering from DTU in 2020. In my fifth semester, I had to do an internship. One of our external lecturers was from MT Højgaard Danmark, and he helped me secure a position on the Ny Islands Brygge School project, where I first helped with tender work and later assisted the production manager. I prepared working drawings for the tradespersons and carried out quality assurance of concrete and reinforcement.

The production manager was a fantastic mentor. We sat side by side, so I could ask him whenever I needed help. That gave me a sense of security when I came straight from university and suddenly found myself out on site. After my internship, I became a student assistant and helped complete the shell construction. It has given me a practical introduction to in-situ work and installation.”

But that was not the end of Chris’s journey. After he completed his studies, a full-time position as a production manager in the shell construction area became available. For MT Højgaard Danmark, Chris was an obvious choice.

And when Chris later impressed in this role, he was promoted to project manager. That is the title he holds today, leading the shell construction on one of MT Højgaard Danmark’s largest construction projects on Zealand.

An unusual day at work: Miljan rescued an 87-year-old resident on a housing renovation project

Miljan is studying architectural technology and construction and works alongside his studies as a student assistant at MT Højgaard Danmark, where he is attached to the Solbakken renovation project in Køge. Last summer, the project was due to have its windows replaced, and Miljan was jointly responsible on site for making sure this was carried out successfully.

One by one, the crew began securing access to the flats. But along the way, the demolition workers ran into a problem when they were unable to make contact with one of the residents. After several attempts to contact the resident by ringing the doorbell and knocking on the door, Miljan made a quick decision:

“There was scaffolding on this block of flats, so I decided to climb up the scaffolding to look inside the flat. I looked through the first window but saw nothing. At the next window, I saw an elderly woman lying on the floor with blood coming from her head.”

Miljan immediately called the demolition workers from Tscherning, who used a crowbar to break open the window. Within 10 minutes, the woman had been taken away by ambulance, and fortunately she is doing well today. Since then, Miljan has visited Roskilde Police Station to receive a reward of DKK 1,000 for bravery and exceptional effort.