Wash & Sterilization Professional - 24-month position

Wash & Sterilization Professional – 24-month position
Hillerød

Are you motivated by improving processes, ensuring high GMP standards and working closely with production in a dynamic environment? Join us as a Wash & Sterilization Professional and play a key role in supporting aseptic production at our Hillerød site. This is a unique opportunity to combine compliance, optimisation and collaboration in a highly skilled team.

Your new role

As a Wash & Sterilization Professional, you will play a central role in ensuring compliant, efficient and robust wash and sterilisation processes that support aseptic production. You will work independently with a high degree of responsibility, while collaborating closely across functions.

This is a fixed‑term position for 24 months, with expected start as soon as possible.

Your key responsibilities include:

• Supporting daily production and operators within Wash & Sterilisation
• Revalidation and monitoring of wash and sterilisation processes
• Handling deviations, change requests and updating SOPs
• Ensuring compliance with applicable regulations and GMP requirements
• Contributing to continuous improvement and process optimisation initiatives

The role is dynamic, and you will thrive in an environment where priorities may change and flexibility is essential.

Your new department

You will join Drug Product Manufacturing, Operations & Support within Aseptic Manufacturing in Hillerød. The department covers Formulation, Environment and Wash & Sterilisation and is responsible for delivering washed and sterilised components, tanks and equipment to the site.

In Wash & Sterilisation, you will become part of an engaged and collaborative department consisting of operators, supporters and specialists. The support team includes colleagues from diverse educational backgrounds, such as engineering, pharmacy and chemistry, and works closely across functions to ensure stable and compliant operations. Team spirit and collaboration are highly valued in a busy production environment.

Your skills and qualifications

To succeed in this role, we expect that you:

• Hold an academic degree in a natural science discipline (e.g. chemical engineering, dairy engineering, pharmacy, biology, veterinary science or similar)
• Have experience with aseptic production processes; experience with wash and sterilisation or validation is an advantage
• Communicate clearly and confidently in both Danish and English
• Are structured, accountable and motivated by working with deadlines
• Show curiosity, initiative and the courage to challenge existing practices and drive improvements

You enjoy collaborating across disciplines and can create overview and progress in a complex production setting.

Working at Novo Nordisk

Every day we seek the solutions that defeat serious chronic diseases. To do this, we approach our work with determination, constant curiosity and a commitment to finding better ways forward. For over 100 years, this dedication has driven us to build a company focused on lasting change for long-term health. One where diverse thinking, shared purpose and mutual respect come together to create extraordinary results. When you join us, you're not just starting a job – you're becoming part of a story that spans generations.

What we offer

There is, of course, more on offer here than the uniqueness of our culture and the extraordinary results we produce. Being part of a global healthcare company means opportunities to learn and develop are all around us, while our benefits are designed with your career and life stage in mind.

Salary: For this role, the Annual Base Salary ranges from 499,600 DKK to 734,400 DKK (DK), 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.

Contact

For further information about the position, please contact Louise Almeborg at ZLAL@novonordisk.com.

Deadline

Please submit your application no later than 17 June 2026. Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis.

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.