Process Scientist

Novo Nordisk; Kalundborg; On-site; DKK 570,000 - 838,000; Full time

Job summary

Novo Nordisk in Kalundborg seeks a Process Scientist/Engineer to own the equipment lifecycle from purchase to retirement, ensure GMP-compliant documentation, and support labs to deliver correct output. You will collaborate across teams, manage vendor SLAs, and contribute to automation and digital initiatives.

The role emphasizes cross-functional work within the Laboratory Service team, with a focus on reliable instrumentation and continuous improvement in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in natural sciences, engineering, pharmacology or related field or equivalent laboratory technician experience with strong equipment competence.
• Experience with laboratory equipment such as HPLC/UPLC or other analytical instruments, including qualification, calibration and maintenance.
• Experience with QMS work, such as deviations, change requests and documentation.
• Interest in automation, digitalisation and new technologies.
• Fluent English, written and spoken.
• Curious, can-do mindset with practical improvement focus and ability to stay calm as priorities change.
• Strong communication and ability to build relationships across teams and departments.

Responsibilities

• Take professional responsibility for the equipment lifecycle from idea and purchase to maintenance, replacement and retirement.
• Ensure qualification, calibration, QMS support and up-to-date equipment documentation in line with GMP requirements.
• Support laboratories proactively so equipment and daily operations deliver the right output in the right quality.
• Handle vendor dialogue and coordinate service agreements (SLAs) with the team.
• Provide input to capacity planning, projects and future equipment strategy.
• Lead and participate in cross-functional initiatives to optimise and automate processes and equipment.
• Share knowledge and best practices across laboratories, sites and teams and challenge processes constructively.

Skills

Laboratory equipment experience

QMS experience

Automation / digitalisation interest

Fluent English

Strong communication

Cross-team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in natural sciences/engineering/pharmacology

Job description

Your impact begins here

As Process Scientist/Engineer, you will be the go-to person for laboratory equipment, processes and technical know-how in our QC laboratories in Kalundborg. You will keep equipment reliable and compliant, and help shape Laboratory Service, a newly established unit with clear owner-ship of shared laboratory support. When instruments perform as they should, your colleagues can test with confidence, supporting the production of insulin and GLP-1 for people living with diabetes and obesity.

What You’ll Bring

• A bachelor’s or master’s degree in natural sciences, engineering, pharmacology or a related field – or equivalent experience as a laboratory technician with strong equipment compe-tence.


• Experience with laboratory equipment, such as HPLC/UPLC or other analytical instruments, including qualification, calibration and maintenance.


• Experience with QMS work, such as deviations, change requests and documentation.


• An interest in automation, digitalisation and new technologies.


• Fluent English, written and spoken.


• A curious, can-do mindset, a sharp eye for practical improvements, and the ability to stay calm and keep the overview when priorities change.


• Strong communication skills and a natural ability to build relationships across teams and de-partments.

Useful, But Not Essential

• Experience in a GMP-regulated environment.


• Experience with Lean/cLEAN and project work.


• Danish language skills. Much of our collaboration happens in Danish, so good communication in both languages is an advantage.

What You’ll Do

• Take professional responsibility for the equipment lifecycle, from idea and purchase to maintenance, replacement and retirement.


• Secure qualification, calibration, QMS support and up-to-date equipment documentation in line with GMP requirements.


• Support the laboratories proactively, so equipment and daily operations deliver the right output in the right quality.


• Handle vendor dialogue and coordinate service agreements (SLAs) together with the team.


• Give input to capacity planning, projects and the future equipment strategy.


• Lead and take part in cross-functional initiatives that optimise and automate existing processes and equipment.


• Share knowledge and best practices across laboratories, sites and teams, and challenge existing processes in a respectful and constructive way.

Who You’ll Work With

You will join the Laboratory Service team in Kalundborg, part of Global Quality Control and an-chored in QC Business Operations. The team brings together shared laboratory support activi-ties that previously sat across different QC units. The aim is clear ownership of laboratory equipment, infrastructure and shared services, and stronger standardisation, flexibility and use of our capabilities across laboratories. The first priority is to keep operations running and support strategic initiatives for equipment and facilities.

Your colleagues are professionals and laboratory technicians who work close to the equipment, so you stay in close contact with the laboratory users who rely on it every day. You will also work with vendors and with colleagues across laboratories, sites and teams. Your manager is Helle Bülow Mindegaard Christensen.

Kalundborg is a city within the city: about 3,000 colleagues across several factories, one hour’s drive from Copenhagen. Here we produce insulin and GLP-1 and work at the forefront of technology, systems, methods and processes. In Enterprise IT & Quality, colleagues work across the Novo value chain, stay close to stakeholders and help deliver trusted technology, high quality and responsible ways of working.

What You Can Expect Here

You will be trusted to take ownership in a dynamic workday where priorities change and results come from working things out together. You will build new skills through project work, automation and digital initiatives, and by sharing practice across sites. You will have the chance to speak up, contribute your expertise and help shape how a new unit works.

Not every ambition comes true, but if you want to become a specialist, a project lead or a manager one day, this role can be your way there.

Salary: For this role, the Annual Base Salary ranges from 570,200.00 to 838,100.00 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.

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