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Maintenance and Reliability Specialist
CMC & Product Supply

Bagsværd

Are you passionate about optimising asset performance and reliability on a global scale? Do you have the expertise to develop and execute maintenance and reliability strategies that optimise lifecycle costs?

If so, we invite you to join our team as a Maintenance and Reliability Specialist within the Finished Product Manufacturing area at Novo Nordisk. Read more and apply today for a life-changing career.

Your New Role

You will join FPMSAT Engineering, a global team within Finished Product Development & Manufacturing (FPDM) responsible for supporting and optimizing assembly and packaging processes and production lines across Novo Nordisk’s production network. Our mission is to drive standardization, promote best practices, and enhance operational and reliability excellence to ensure seamless pro-duction of life-saving products for patients worldwide.


As a Maintenance and Reliability Specialist, you will:

  • Develop and execute maintenance and reliability strategies, that align with organizational goals, ensuring optimal performance of Fleet lines within FPM assembly and packaging.
  • Coach and mentor colleagues in maintenance and reliability principles and methodologies, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and shared learning on a global level.
  • Drive improvements in maintenance procedures, utilizing global best practices to advance and enhance internal procedures and standards within the maintenance and reliability disciplines.
  • Collaborate with global production sites and engage with assembly and packaging lines for finished products across multiple global production sites to drive uniformity and efficiency in reliability practices.
  • Conduct root cause analysis (RCA) and Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) for equipment failures, sharing insights to drive continuous improvement, mitigation strategies and global learning.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure that best practices in maintenance and reliability are effectively communicated and implemented throughout the organization.

The department is currently based in Bagsværd, Denmark, and could be subject to change.

Your New Department

In CMC & Product Supply, we cover the full value chain from drug and device development to marketed Novo Nordisk products. We are more than 30,000 colleagues across the globe with the shared responsibility of scaling molecules, processes, devices, and products, dedicated to supplying life-saving medicines to the patients who need them most.

Within CMS & Product Supply sits FPDM and FPMSAT Engineering, where we work collaboratively to develop and implement new technologies, elevate process standards, and drive continuous improvement across our global sites. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in shaping a newly established function and making a lasting impact on our global operations and patients world-wide.

Qualifications

To be successful in this role, you should have:

  • Proven 5-7 years experience in maintenance and reliability
  • Expertise in predictive maintenance, reliability-centered maintenance (RCM)
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to develop and implement maintenance tactics and strategies
  • Proficiency in cost-benefit analysis, failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA)
  • Understanding of ISO 55000 (Asset Management)
  • English language proficiency

We are looking for candidates who possess a proactive and solution-oriented approach, quickly identifying and resolving asset management challenges to enhance production efficiency.
Excellent communication & collaboration skills play a crucial role since as this role is the key link between engineering, production, and maintenance teams, the candidate must be able to convey complex technical information clearly and foster effective cross-functional collaboration.
The perfect candidate thrives in a dynamic multi-cultural environment, embraces change, and continuously seeks innovative ways to improve asset performance and lifecycle cost efficiency.

Working at Novo Nordisk
At Novo Nordisk, our vision is to defeat serious chronic diseases. We encourage an unordinary way of thinking that pushes boundaries and fosters an innovative spirit. As part of our team, you will have the opportunity to develop professionally while making a tangible impact on the lives of patients.

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.

Contact

For further information on the position, please contact Johan Paulsson at JZJP@novonordisk.com For information on the recruitment process, please contact Novo Nordisk HR.

Deadline
3 August 2025

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. Please upload your CV in English, and to ensure an efficient and fair recruitment process, refrain from adding a photo in your CV.

Novo Nordisk is 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.

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