Metrology & Maintenance Manager

Are you passionate about leading teams and driving continuous improvement? Do you want to play a key role in ensuring compliance, safety, and operational excellence? If so, we are looking for a Manager for Technical Support, Maintenance & Metrology at Novo Nordisk Pharmatech A/S.

Join us and be part of a dynamic team where you can make a real difference. Read more and apply today

The position
As the Manager for Technical Support, Maintenance & Metrology at Novo Nordisk Pharmatech, you will lead a multidisciplinary support organisation responsible for ensuring reliable equipment performance, regulatory compliance and operational readiness across the site. You will translate metrology and maintenance strategy into day to day practice, drive continuous improvement, and ensure the team delivers safe, high quality and cost effective support to production, projects and other stakeholders.

Some of your responsibilities will be:

• Lead and develop the team handling maintenance, metrology, electrical support, CE labelling and spare parts, including resource planning, training and documentation.
• Ensure compliance with cGMP, EHS and other internal and external requirements through strong shop floor presence, process confirmation and timely handling of quality and safety issues.
• Drive implementation of metrology and maintenance strategies and continuous improvement using the cLEAN toolbox (daily boards, A3 problem solving, 5S, visual planning, control charts).
• Coordinate closely with Production, Projects, QA, EHS, Calibration & Maintenance, Process Support and Supply Chain to resolve incidents, support projects and optimise operations.
• Own the team budget and contribute to business planning processes (AB/RE), including proposals for improvement projects and monthly follow up on realised spend versus approved budget.
• Manage people and performance: recruit and develop staff, set targets, conduct reviews, approve time registrations and ensure documented training and role clarity.

Qualifications

• BSc. Or MSc. degree or several years of management experience from production or laboratory environment in similar industry or company.
• Proven knowledge and experience about maintenance, metrology, spare parts, production equipment.
• At least 3 years' acting as a people manager.
• Experience working in a high regulated industry.
• Lean education and/or experience will be a plus.
• Fluency in English and Danish, both written and spoken, is a must.

As a person you are empathetic and open, able to build trust and motivate others while setting a clear direction that people willingly follow. You communicate effectively one-to-one and one-to-many, remaining positive and constructive even in challenging conversations. You bring technical flair and a strong quality mindset, combining robustness under heavy workload and interpersonal pressure with flexibility to adapt as priorities change. Collaborative by nature, you challenge the status quo through a continuous-improvement approach, and you act with honesty and resilience to deliver reliable results.

About the department
At Novo Nordisk Pharmatech A/S, you will join a collaborative and dynamic environment where we work closely with various internal and external stakeholders. Internally, you will interact with employees, support teams, production areas, QA, QC, logistics, project office, HR, and NNPR management. Externally, you will liaise with suppliers and relevant Novo Nordisk process groups and experts. Located in a fast-paced and innovative setting, our team is dedicated to ensuring compliance, driving operational excellence, and delivering high-quality support to our stakeholders.

Contact and deadline
For further information please contact Jan Karkov Carstensen ) or get to know us better by visiting  

Please apply before 7th December 2025

Working at Novo Nordisk
Every day we seek the solutions that defeat serious chronic diseases. To do this, we approach our work with an unconventional spirit, a rare determination and a constant curiosity. For over 100 years this unordinary mindset has seen us build a company unlike any other. One where a collective passion for our purpose, mutual respect and a willingness to go beyond what we know delivers extraordinary results.

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

We're not your typical healthcare company. In a modern world of quick fixes, we focus on solutions to defeat serious chronic diseases and promote long-term health. Our unordinary mindset is at the heart of everything we do. We seek out new ideas and put people first as we push the boundaries of science, make healthcare more accessible, and treat, prevent, and even cure diseases that affect millions of lives. Because it takes an unordinary approach to drive real, lasting change in health.