Filling Professional - 12 months maternity cover

Novo Nordisk; Kalundborg; On-site; DKK 500,000 - 734,000; Full time

Job summary

You will be part of the process support team around aseptic filling, ensuring quality, compliance and a proactive, collaborative approach to addressing daily production challenges. The role offers learning opportunities and hands-on experience in aseptic production.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Chemistry, Biology, Pharmacy, Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering, Process Engineering, or related field.
• Fluency in Danish and English.
• Experience from a GMP-regulated production environment, ideally pharmaceutical manufacturing.
• Systematic and solution-oriented approach to problem solving, with ability to support production issues and drive resolution.
• Proactive and collaborative mindset, with ownership of tasks.
• Improvement-minded with interest in LEAN principles and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Provide proactive daily support to production via board meetings, handover meetings and regular shop-floor presence.
• Explore production challenges with operators using systematic problem solving.
• Work in accordance with current GMP requirements and support high standards of quality and compliance.
• Ensure batch documentation from filling and Vial Packer (VPA) follows the release flow and support batch review.
• Write and update Standard Operating Procedures and work on deviation and change cases.
• Contribute to continuous improvement that makes the line more efficient and reliable.

Skills

GMP production

Problem solving

Collaborative mindset

LEAN / continuous improvement

Fluency in Danish & English

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Chemistry, Biology, Pharmacy, Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering, Process Engineering, or related field

Job description

Department: Drug Product Manufacturing, Global Manufacturing & Supply

Location: Kalundborg, Denmark

Your impact begins here

As Filling Professional, you will help keep aseptic production on stable and compliant. Working side by side with operators on the shop floor, you will support daily production, apply systematic problem solving and improve how the line runs. Your work helps high-quality treatments reach people living with serious chronic diseases, and you will learn aseptic production from a holistic perspective.

What You’ll Bring

You are comfortable in a hands-on GMP production environment and enjoy working directly with the people who run the line. You bring:

• A Bachelor’s degree or higher in Chemistry, Biology, Pharmacy, Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering, Process Engineering, or a related scientific or technical field.
• Fluency in Danish and English.
• Experience from a GMP-regulated production environment, ideally within pharmaceutical manufacturing.
• A systematic and solution-oriented approach to problem solving, with the ability to support production issues and drive them towards resolution.
• A proactive and collaborative mindset, with the confidence to work closely with operators and take ownership of tasks.
• An improvement-minded approach, with an interest in LEAN principles and continuous improvement.

Useful, But Not Essential

• Experience with aseptic production or aseptic filling, which will give you a strong start.
• Hands‑on process support experience, working closely with operators and production teams.
• Familiarity with GMP documentation, including deviation and change cases.
• Knowledge of vial packing (VPA).
• Experience with continuous improvement or Lean.

What You’ll Do

You will be part of the process support team around aseptic filling, helping production run safely, compliantly and with continuous improvement in mind.

• Give proactive daily support to production through board meetings, handover meetings and regular shop‑floor presence.
• Explore production and process challenges together with operators, using systematic problem solving.
• Work in accordance with current GMP requirements and support high standards of quality and compliance throughout production.
• Make sure batch documentation from filling and Vial Packer (VPA) follows the release flow, and support batch review.
• Write and update Standard Operating Procedures and work on deviation and change cases.
• Contribute to continuous improvement that makes the line more efficient and reliable.

Who You’ll Work With

You will join Filling Line 11 Process Support, a team of around 18 colleagues with diverse backgrounds. The team is part of Drug Product Manufacturing in Kalundborg, where approximately 520 colleagues turn Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients into finished products for people all over the world, from formulation and filling to visual inspection.

Your closest partners will be the operators and the other professionals who support the line. Clear communication, honest feedback and speaking up early keep the work moving smoothly.

What You Can Expect Here

You will be trusted to take ownership, make your voice heard and contribute your expertise from the start. You will build practical aseptic production experience through hands‑on work, the colleagues around you and relevant internal training.

Salary

For this role, the Annual Base Salary ranges from 499,600 to 734,400 DKK, corresponding to the level of the position.

The placement within the salary range will be assessed during the recruitment process based on the candidate’s skills, competencies, knowledge, and relevant experience.

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 Senior Manager Ahmad Abd Hammoud at [phone].

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.