Process Cleaning Engineer

Do you want to help shape the future of API manufacturing by delivering robust and compliant cleaning solutions in a brand-new production facility? Are you motivated by working in a dynamic project environment where engineering, quality, and innovation come together? If so, this is your opportunity to join Novo Nordisk and play a key role in establishing a state-of-the-art API purification facility that will support patients worldwide.

Your New Role

As a Process Cleaning Engineer, you will become part of a major expansion project where you will help design, develop, validate, and implement best-in-class cleaning solutions for process equipment. Working closely with engineering partners, automation specialists, validation experts, and manufacturing stakeholders, you will ensure that cleaning processes meet both regulatory requirements and operational needs.

We are looking for several Process Cleaning Engineers and welcome applications from candidates with varying levels of experience. Whether you bring a strong background in cleaning validation and CIP activities or are looking to further develop your engineering career within a large-scale pharmaceutical project, this role offers exciting opportunities to make a tangible impact.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Driving Cleaning-in-Place (CIP) activities across the project lifecycle, from design and commissioning through qualification and validation.
• Participating in design reviews, risk assessments, engineering runs, riboflavin testing, verification activities, and troubleshooting efforts.
• Supporting validation activities and ensuring compliance with GMP requirements and internal quality standards.
• Collaborating with internal and external stakeholders, including contractors, engineering partners, project teams, and manufacturing representatives.
• Contributing to risk management, continuous improvement initiatives, and the development of future standards for cleaning processes within API manufacturing.

As part of a major investment programme, you will have the opportunity to influence technical decisions, build sustainable solutions, and contribute to the successful delivery of facilities designed to support future growth and innovation.

Your New Department

You will join PS API Expansions, an area anchored in API Manufacturing at Novo Nordisk.

PS API Expansions is responsible for designing, planning, and delivering major API capacity expansion projects across Novo Nordisk. Our mission is to build flexible, future-ready production facilities that can support the needs of millions of patients around the world.

We work with state-of-the-art technologies, ambitious sustainability targets, and innovative manufacturing solutions, while creating high-quality working environments that foster collaboration and professional growth. As part of this team, you will join a diverse group of specialists and project professionals who are passionate about engineering excellence and committed to setting new standards for API production facilities.

In PS API Expansions, collaboration is central to everything we do. We work across disciplines, functions, and geographies to ensure the successful delivery of some of Novo Nordisk's most important strategic projects. Joining our team means becoming part of an environment where knowledge sharing, continuous learning, and innovation are highly valued.

Your Skills and Qualifications

To succeed in this role, you most likely have:

• A bachelor’s degree or higher within Engineering, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biotechnology, Chemistry, or a related discipline.
• Experience working in a GMP-regulated environment, preferably within pharmaceutical, biotech, or API manufacturing.
• Knowledge of pharmaceutical production processes, process equipment, validation activities, and GMP documentation practices.
• Experience with Cleaning-in-Place (CIP), cleaning validation, qualification activities, or process engineering, which will be considered a strong advantage.
• Professional proficiency in written and spoken English; Danish is considered a plus.

We welcome candidates with different levels of seniority and experience. What matters most is your ability to collaborate effectively, navigate technical challenges, and contribute to high-quality solutions in a regulated environment.

As a person, you are analytical, structured, and solution-oriented. You enjoy working across disciplines and building strong relationships with stakeholders. You thrive in a high complexity project-driven environment, communicate clearly, and take ownership of your responsibilities. Most importantly, you are motivated by delivering quality results and contributing to projects that make a difference for patients around the world.

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 570,200 DKK to 838,100 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 Manager Guilherme Sales

at GHSL@novonordisk.com.

Deadline

Apply before 16 August 2026.

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.