Automation Engineering Manager

Are you ready to lead a team of experts within the exciting area of automation, manufacturing intelligence, and machine vision? Do you have the skills and experience to set a clear direction and inspire your colleagues to produce great results? Are you passionate about future technologies and finding the perfect balance between innovation and scalability?

If so, join us as an Automation Manager in the Future Operational Technology department.

Read more and apply today for a life-changing career!

The position

As an Automation Engineering Manager, you will have the opportunity to:

• Provide daily leadership to highly specialized international employees within automation, manufacturing intelligence, and machine vision
• Participate in a leadership group that consists of 3 engaged colleagues with extended management of 11 managers
• Be a valuable part of the capacity expansion where we ensure to understand the needs from operations while implementing new standard and technologies
• Focus on personal development of employees within our teams.

Qualifications

To be successful in this role, you possess strong people management skills. Additionally, we imagine you:

• Have degree in natural sciences, engineering or similar (candidates with a bachelor’s degree are also welcome to apply) combined with manufacturing experience
• Are a team player who can control the situation and lead the team even in the most stressful challenges
• Can communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels, keeping an open mind and seeking the best solutions in a diplomatic way
• Have experience working with Good Engineering Practice (GEP) and Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP)
• Are fluent in English

As a person, you are motivated, adaptable, and possess a strong ability to manage and develop your team. With a keen focus on continuous improvement, you are ready to take on challenges and drive impactful changes within the organisation.

About the department

Future Operational Technology is a growing department consisting of highly skilled people within the domain of automation, manufacturing intelligence, and machine vision. We are an innovative department striving to meet complex needs in Novo Nordisk's production facilities.

By utilising the capabilities and skills in our department, we ensure that Novo Nordisk gains the benefits of modern technology and stays at the forefront of manufacturing technology.

We are an international team of experts from various educational tracks and backgrounds. Our informal work environment values new insights and inputs, and we are invested in our team’s development.

Working at Novo Nordisk

Novo Nordisk is its people. We know that life is anything but linear and balancing what is important at different stages of our career is never easy. That’s why we make room for diverse life situations, always putting people first. We value our employees for the unique skills they bring to the table, and we work continuously to bring out the best in them. Working at Novo Nordisk is working toward something bigger than ourselves, and it’s a collective effort. Novo Nordisk relies on the joint potential and collaboration of its more than 72,000 employees. Together, we go further. Together, we’re life changing.

Contact and

For further information please contact Frederik Wermuth Thingbak at fwet@novonordisk.com or +45 34480692. 

Deadline

13 April 2025

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

At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we’re life changing.