Clean Utility Specialist for CMC Pilots Engineering

Clean Utility Specialist
CMC Development
CMC Pilots Engineering
Bagsværd, Denmark

Deliver clean utility expertise into exciting engineering projects with impact. 

As a Clean Utility Specialist in Chemistry, Manufacturing & Control (CMC) Pilots Engineering, you will play a key role in shaping compliant, reliable clean utility solutions that support advanced pilot facilities. Working in high‑impact engineering projects, you will influence technical direction, GMP compliance, and project success in a collaborative environment where engineering, quality, and science come together to enable future medicines. Join us for this exciting role in a high‑impact engineering environment. Apply today!

Your new role

As a Clean Utility Specialist, you will hold scientific ownership and act as the subject‑matter authority for clean utility qualification in projects involving new facilities and upgrades to existing ones. You will provide expert input to key project decisions and ensure robust GMP compliance throughout the project lifecycle in close collaboration with engineering, QA, operations, and external suppliers.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Lead qualification activities for clean utilities across engineering projects.
• Utilise your clean utility expertise across planning, execution, qualification, and handover.
• Support the selection and implementation of compliant clean utility solutions
• Act as a sparring partner and mentor on qualification strategies and technical solutions.
• Influence project decisions through data‑driven, evidence‑based reasoning
• Contribute to qualification documentation, data packages, and handover to operations.
• Collaborate across a complex stakeholder environment to support and govern timely compliant project delivery.

Clean utilities in scope include Nitrogen, Water systems (PW and WFI), Steam, and Compressed Air.

The role offers broad exposure to clean utilities in a pilot‑scale, development setting where early design choices have significant downstream impact.

Your skills & qualifications

We are looking for an experienced specialist who combines strong technical expertise with a proactive, collaborative mindset and enjoys contributing across interfaces.

To succeed in this role, you have:

• A scientific or engineering background, such as an MSc (cand.scient.) or engineering degree.
• A strong track record of qualifying clean utilities in a GMP regulated environment.
• A minimum of 6+ years of experience working with clean utilities.
• Hands‑on experience with clean utilities such as nitrogen, PW, WFI, steam and compressed air

As a person, you bring a proactive and engaging mindset that helps move projects forward and supports strong team collaboration. You are comfortable working independently while effectively partnering across complex stakeholder environments and have the confidence to influence colleagues and stakeholders through evidence‑based reasoning. You thrive in dynamic settings where priorities evolve and new data impacts decisions, and you communicate complex technical insights clearly and convincingly.

Your new department

You will join CMC Pilots Engineering, part of CMC Pilots within the CMC Development organisation. CMC Development's role in Novo Nordisk's value chain is to turn molecules into approved products in close cooperation with our colleagues in Research & Development and Global Manufacturing & Supply.

CMC Pilots supports the production of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) for clinical trials and plays a critical role in enabling product development and ensuring smooth process transfer to commercial production.

The Engineering Project department consists of more than 80 colleagues and delivers complex investment and major projects that expand and modernise pilot capacity. The department works in a collaborative, project‑driven environment where engineering, quality and science are closely integrated to enable safe, compliant and reliable manufacturing.

Working at Novo Nordisk

Every day we seek the solutions that defeat serious chronic diseases. We do this through dedication, curiosity and a commitment to finding better ways forward. For more than 100 years, this mindset has driven us to create lasting change for long‑term health. When you join Novo Nordisk, you become part of a company where diverse perspectives, shared purpose and mutual respect enable meaningful impact.

More information

Due to the volume of applications, we do not offer pre-interview calls. However, if there are practical challenges related to the application process, please contact Senior Talent Acquisition Partner Helle Krogsgaard at HKGS@novonordisk.com

Deadline

4 May 2026.

You do not need to attach a cover letter to your application, but please include a few sentences about why you are applying for the Clean Utility Specialist role in your resume or CV. To ensure an efficient and fair recruitment process, please refrain from adding a photo in your CV.

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

At Novo Nordisk, we're not chasing quick fixes – we're creating lasting change for long-term health. For over 100 years, we've been driven by a single purpose: to defeat serious chronic diseases and help millions of people live healthier lives. This dedication fuels our constant curiosity and inspires us to push the boundaries of what's possible in healthcare. We embrace diverse perspectives, seek out bold ideas, and build partnerships rooted in shared purpose. Together, we're making healthcare more accessible, treating and preventing diseases, and pioneering solutions that create change spanning generations. When you join us, you become part of something bigger – a legacy of impact that reaches far beyond today.