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Senior AIT Quality Engineer at Novo Nordisk Engineering Denmark | req5054 Apply Now Share Save Job Posted on: 16/7/2026 Back to Search Senior AIT Quality Engineer / AIT Project Manager at Novo Nordisk Engineering If you’re energised by quality, validation, and complex Automation and IT projects in pharma engineering, we’d love to hear from you! Who we are We are a leading pharma engineering company shaping the future of API pharma engineering globally. Leveraging the expertise of 2,000+ employees across Denmark, India, and the US, we design, build and optimise pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities that are essential to the health and well-being of patients everywhere. Our success is driven by passion, innovation, and collaboration — with our customers and across our teams and disciplines. If you share our dedication to a noble cause and our passion for API pharma engineering, then NNE is the place for you. About the role We are looking for a Senior AIT Quality Engineer/ AIT Project Manager to join our AIT Project Quality Management team. In this role, you will be responsible for planning, driving, and delivering validation and quality activities within complex Automation and IT projects in the pharmaceutical and life science industry. You will work as part of multidisciplinary project teams and act as a trusted advisor on validation strategy, GMP compliance, quality risk management, and project quality execution from project initiation through handover. The role combines hands-on technical validation expertise with project quality management responsibilities, ensuring that deliverables, quality expectations, timelines, and customer requirements are aligned throughout the project lifecycle. Location Denmark - Kalundborg Experience Minimum 5 Years Department AIT Project Quality Management How you might spend your days As a Senior AIT Quality Engineer, you’ll be: Leading and coordinating CQV and validation activities for automation, IT, computerized systems, equipment interfaces, and related project deliverables in GMP-regulated environments. Developing, reviewing, and aligning validation lifecycle documentation, including validation plans, risk assessments, URS, FS/DS, SVP, IQ/OQ/PQ or test protocols, traceability matrices, and summary reports. Executing and supporting qualification and test activities, troubleshooting technical and compliance challenges, and ensuring alignment with GMP regulations, industry standards, NNE procedures, and customer expectations. Collaborating with engineering, automation, IT, quality, manufacturing, suppliers, and customer stakeholders during design reviews, FAT, SAT, startup, commissioning, validation, and handover activities. Identifying and escalating project risks, scope changes, deviations, and compliance concerns while presenting progress, risks, and mitigation actions to project stakeholders and leadership. Who you are We care about who you are as a person. In the end, how you work, and your energy is what impacts the results we achieve as a team. As a person, you are: Able to work independently while staying closely connected to colleagues, customers, and project stakeholders. Comfortable making balanced recommendations where compliance, quality, timelines, and delivery risk all matter. Curious and willing to share knowledge, mentor others, and contribute to a strong learning culture. Clear in your communication and able to translate complex validation topics into practical project guidance. Motivated by working in a project-based environment where collaboration and high standards go hand in hand. What you bring to the role In all positions, there are some things that are preferred, and others, a bonus. If you do not meet all the qualifications listed below, you are welcome to offer alternative experience that you think would be valuable in this role: You hold a B.Sc., M.Sc., or similar degree in engineering, IT, life sciences, biotechnology, pharmaceutical sciences, or another relevant field. You bring solid experience with CQV, validation, quality, GMP, or project quality management within pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or life science projects. You have experience developing and reviewing validation lifecycle documentation such as validation plans, risk assessments, URS, FS/DS, SVP, IQ/OQ/PQ or test protocols, traceability matrices, and summary reports. You are familiar with relevant quality and regulatory expectations such as GMP, GAMP 5, ISPE guidance, data integrity, quality risk management, and validation lifecycle management. You can advise project teams and customers on validation strategy, compliance risks, project quality scope, and practical mitigation actions in a client-facing project environment. Life at NNE NNE is short for Novo Nordisk Engineering. And for all of us who work here, NNE means so much more. At NNE, you become part of a vibrant, project-based environment built on close day-to-day collaboration. The role is therefore primarily on-site, with physical presence at the workplace expected five days a week. Limited flexibility for occasional remote work may be accommodated in line with business needs. We are, at our core, a people business and, as such, committed to continuously developing our people and the way we work together. We do not expect you to know it all from day one, and we truly believe a great start makes a real difference. We therefore welcome new colleagues with our award-nominated onboarding programme, supported by a range of in-house talent and development initiatives designed to support your long-term growth. You can read more about the benefits we offer here . Did we spark your curiosity? If you’re ready to join our passion, let’s hear from you. Deadline of application is 15th August 2026 Questions before applying? Send us a quick text to arrange a convenient time to chat. Contact Manager Rebecca Larsen at +45 31 91 88 47. Please note: We only accept applications submitted through our online recruitment system You do not need to attach a cover letter, but please include a few sentences about why you are applying in your resume or CV We invite to interviews on a running basis. Fair hiring: At NNE, we are committed to an inclusive recruitment process and equal opportunities for all job applicants. To maintain fairness, we request that you refrain from including a personal photo in your CV. 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