Operations Leader, Skilled Maintenance

Novo Nordisk A/S; Måløv; Remote; DKK 651,000 - 957,000; Full time

Job summary

Novo Nordisk A/S in Denmark, Måløv, seeks a Manager of Skilled Workers to lead a maintenance team ensuring packaging and filling equipment reliability and strong operational performance. The role emphasizes hands-on leadership in a production environment with focus on developing technical staff and delivering improvements.

You will collaborate with Production, Quality and Engineering, balancing immediate needs with long-term maintenance initiatives to support high uptime and GMP adherence.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading skilled technical employees within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience supervising maintenance, engineering or production staff.
• Ability to coach, address performance and handle leadership situations.
• Understanding of preventive and corrective maintenance and equipment reliability.
• Experience using operational data to drive improvements.
• Fluency in Danish and English.

Responsibilities

• Leading, coaching and developing skilled maintenance employees, establishing clear expectations, accountability and continuous development.
• Managing daily maintenance priorities, resources and team performance to support reliable production.
• Ensuring effective preventive and corrective maintenance to improve equipment reliability and minimise downtime.
• Using maintenance data, KPIs and performance trends to identify opportunities and make informed operational decisions.
• Supporting structured problem-solving and addressing recurring equipment issues.
• Driving continuous improvement initiatives that strengthen equipment reliability and operational efficiency.
• Building effective working relationships with Production, Quality, Engineering and other relevant stakeholders.
• Ensuring maintenance activities comply with GMP, safety and quality requirements. Creating a positive, collaborative and performance focused team culture.

Skills

Leadership

People development

Maintenance leadership

Data-driven decisions

GMP familiarity

Danish & English

Job description

Novo Nordisk A/S in Denmark, Måløv, seeks a Manager of Skilled Workers to lead a maintenance team ensuring packaging and filling equipment reliability and strong operational performance. The role emphasizes hands-on leadership in a production environment with focus on developing technical staff and delivering improvements.

You will collaborate with Production, Quality and Engineering, balancing immediate needs with long-term maintenance initiatives to support high uptime and GMP adherence.