Cleaning Specialist

Novo Nordisk; Kalundborg; On-site; DKK 743,000 - 1,092,000; Full time

Job summary

Novo Nordisk in Kalundborg seeks a Cleaning Specialist to lead cleaning strategy for M3 and PS API purification, delivering stable, compliant processes and high quality standards for patients.

You will collaborate across QA, QC, IT, Maintenance and Project Management to drive continuous improvement, train staff, and prepare documentation for audits while ensuring cgmp compliance and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• Academic degree or equivalent in a relevant technical/scientific field.
• Experience in API production.
• Structured, systematic approach to complex contexts.
• Ability to coordinate and collaborate across the organisation.
• Good teaching skills and drive to develop expertise.
• Experience applying LEAN tools in daily work and problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Define cleaning strategy and contribute to major investment cleaning projects across M3 and PS API.
• Handle high-complexity cases and identify root causes with stakeholders.
• Improve processes and standards to meet quality, delivery, cost, and lead time.
• Lead cleaning during audits and inspections, presenting documents and findings.
• Keep equipment qualified; validate cleaning processes and align documents with cgMP and other regulations.
• Train and support process and cleaning staff, sharing best practices across areas.

Skills

Academic degree

API production experience

Structured approach

Cross-functional coordination

Teaching skills

LEAN tools

Education

Academic degree in a relevant technical/scientific field

Job description

Your impact begins here

As Cleaning Specialist, you will set the direction for cleaning across API purification and support in Kalundborg. You will define cleaning strategy, solve complex cases and keep processes validated and compliant. Working with stakeholders, management and expert partners, you will help ensure our API is made to the highest quality standards, so more people living with serious chronic diseases can rely on our medicine every day.

What You'll Bring

You are driven by challenges, take natural ownership and enjoy being a sparring partner for colleagues. You bring:

• Competence corresponding to an academic level within a relevant technical or scientific discipline.
• Relevant experience within the production of API.
• A structured, systematic approach and the ability to see through complex contexts.
• Strong skills in coordinating and collaborating broadly across an organisation.
• Good teaching skills and the motivation to keep developing your professional and personal expertise.
• Experience applying cLEAN tools in daily work and problem solving.

Useful, But Not Essential

• Experience presenting to auditors during audits and inspections, and responding to findings.

What You'll Do

You will be the point of reference for cleaning across M3 and PS API, turning expertise into stable, compliant and continuously improved processes.

• Define the cleaning strategy and contribute to major investment cleaning projects across M3 and PS API.
• Handle high-complexity cases and use a systematic approach to find the root cause of unintentional variation with relevant stakeholders.
• Improve processes and standards so expectations for quality, delivery, cost, working environment and lead time are met.
• Act as cleaning lead during audits and inspections, presenting documentation and responding to findings.
• Keep equipment qualified, cleaning processes validated and relevant documents aligned with cGMP and other regulations.
• Train and support process and cleaning supporters, and share best practice within and across production areas.

Who You'll Work With

In Global Manufacturing & Supply, colleagues work across the value chain to scale molecules, processes and products for the people who need them. You will be based in API Purification in Kalundborg and act as M3's single point of entry for cleaning cooperation. You will work closely with operators, cleaning responsibles and management, and partner with QA, QC, IT, Maintenance, CMC/MSAT, Project Managers and Purchasing. You will also share knowledge across manufacturing facilities in API, including API-DK and API-US, and communicate results to managers and department leaders. Together, you will keep cleaning processes stable, improve them continuously and move forward with clarity.

What You Can Expect Here

You will join a collaborative manufacturing environment where your expertise shapes decisions and your voice is heard. You will be trusted to take ownership, solve complex problems and set direction, while being supported to grow through cross-facility collaboration and continuous learning. The work moves at pace and never compromises on quality or patient safety.

Salary:

For this role, the Annual Base Salary ranges from 742,600 to 1,091,600 DKK, corresponding to the level of the position.

Incentives and Benefits:

The salary package may include short-term and/or long-term incentives as well as other employee benefits based on position level, location, functional area and relevant market benchmarks. Learn more about our Reward Philosophy here

For further information, please contact manager Mathias Nielsen at [phone].