Job Description

Are you passionate about driving improvements and solving challenges in a dynamic production environment? Join us as an Environment Monitoring Process Scientist and help shape the future of API production at the world’s largest insulin factory.

Your new role

The position is a temporary position for 12 months covering maternity leave.

As an Environment Monitoring Process Scientist, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring our production environment meets the highest standards. Your key responsibilities will include

• Supporting the production and operators in resolving challenges they encounter in their daily work.
• Controlling and correcting any trends in the internal environment, including the preparation of trend reports.
• Handling deviations to ensure ongoing updating of instructions and procedures, to comply with current GMP requirements and established manufacturing procedures. This also includes ensuring timely product release.
• Managing change requests for both minor and major process or building changes.
  

Your new department
You will join the Purification department within Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) Manufacturing 1 (M1) at our Kalundborg site. Here, we produce essential ingredients for medicines that help people living with chronic diseases such as diabetes and obesity. Our team is dedicated to innovation and optimisation, working together in a safe, engaging, and supportive environment. At M1, the entire production chain is gathered under one roof, offering unique opportunities for collaboration and development.

Your skills & qualifications

To succeed in this role, you have:

• Holding a MSc. degree in Natural Sciences, Engineering etc. You could also hold a technical education within the field.
• Experience in at least one of the following would be considered advantageous: cleanrooms, HVAC systems, microbiology, engineering, and validation.
• A great understanding of microbiology or relevant process knowledge and it comes naturally for you to set direction in your daily work.
• Working proficiency in English and Danish language.
• Displaying a natural sense of ownership and an ability to navigate complex tasks.

As a person, you are motivated by working in a dynamic and developing environment, where there is a constant focus on improving. You have a constructive approach to problem-solving and focus on finding sustainable solutions together with your colleagues.

Working at Novo Nordisk

Every day, we seek solutions to defeat serious chronic diseases. Our determination, curiosity, and commitment to finding better ways forward have driven us for over 100 years. At Novo Nordisk, diverse thinking, shared purpose, and mutual respect create extraordinary results. When you join us, you become part of a story that spans generations, focused on lasting change for long-term health.

What we offer

As part of a global healthcare company, you will find opportunities to learn and develop all around you. Our benefits are designed to support your career and life stage, and our culture is built on warmth, respect, and a shared mission.

Contact

For further information, please contact Berit Eskerod Olsen, manager, at 3075 1592 or besm@novonordisk.com

Deadline

18th of January 2026.

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

Please, note that applications will be reviewed continuously, and we hire when the right candidate is found, so do not hesitate and apply as soon as you can.

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.