Maintenance & Equipment Manager

Are you driven by continuously improving the way we work together, our processes and procedures? Are you passionate about providing innovative solutions to complex challenges? Then join a dynamic and international company where everyone is responsible for delivering on time as one team.

As our new Manager for Maintenance & Equipment you will be head of 4 teams: Maintenance and Equipment Support, Equipment, Reliability and Support, ToolShop and Calibration. You will refer to Director of Manufacturing Engineering and be part of an ambitious management team.  

The team
The team members work in different areas of maintenance of machinery and tools. The team members are driven by the ever-changing manufacturing pace, strive to ensure a high-quality mindset and enjoy a great team spirit. The team has expert knowledge of GMP requirements, maintenance and equipment knowledge.

The position
The purpose of this position is to be a people leader providing the necessary sparring and development of employees with an engaging and motivating leadership style. Your technical background will enable you to set the direction for projects, tasks, solutions, and the daily operation of the department. Key elements of the position are:

• Be a clear and inspiring leader: recruit, train, develop and evaluate the maintenance team, providing active and visible leadership in line with WCE’s culture and leadership principles
• Develop and implement strategies for optimal use and maintenance of equipment, including introducing TPM to reduce the risk of breakdowns.
• Ensure the best possible planning of daily maintenance tasks and the provision of tools to drive efficiency and continuous care.
• Identify and resolve technical problems to minimize operational disturbances.
• Ensure effective management of critical spare parts and materials, and maintain trending of maintenance activities, equipment status and performance.
• Ensure documentation of all maintenance activities in the EAM at equipment level, including evaluation of maintenance needs.
• Ensure full compliance with the applicable QMS, including handling of CAPAs and NCs.
• Continuously evaluate and improve maintenance procedures and systems, and implement new technologies and methods to optimize maintenance processes.
• Coordinate with other departments to ensure minimal downtime and maximum productivity.
• Implement and transform maintenance into Total Productive Maintenance through a structured approach to developing employees, teams and processes.
• Develop a Lean approach within the department and implement the appropriate structures to ensure follow-up, structured problem solving and trending.

The Ideal Candidate
As a person you approach leadership and people with openness and positive energy, and through your leadership style, you bring people together and lift those around you. You are a natural self-starter and have a systematic approach to work. You see yourself as a high performing team player who is ambitious on behalf of yourself and the company. You possess a “can-do” approach, proven experience with effective problem-solving and you prioritize and take the right decisions at the right time.

Furthermore, the ideal candidate possesses below capabilities:

• +5 years managerial experience in a similar position

• Relevant experience from Medico, Pharma or Biotech manufacturing industry

• Build strong purpose, see potential, and develop people.

• Analytic and data driven capable of translating complexity into clear direction.
• Effective communication skills in Danish and English
• Interpersonal skills, social, and emotional intelligence
• LEAN/continuous improvement mindset
  
  

Cook – a special place to work

Cook Medical is a family owned, American company with well over 12.000 employees worldwide.

We invent, manufacture, and deliver unique medical devices to the health care systems of the world. Serving patients is a privilege and we demand the highest standards of quality, ethics, and service in all that we do.

In Denmark, we are approximately 750 colleagues based in Bjaeverskov and Ringsted, respectively.

At Cook Medical, we are proud of our special ”Cook spirit”. All over the organization, you are met with courtesy and pride of the quality of the work we carry out and the devices we develop. As a Cook employee, you contribute to the development of innovative, unique medical devices – and we are aware that we make a difference to patients all over the world every day.

We appreciate qualities such as decisiveness, loyalty, and humor and work for an open dialog.

As a new Cook colleague, you are offered a well-organized internal training course enabling you to quickly gain a thorough knowledge of the company. Apart from a salary package comprising bonus and pension schemes, we offer a high degree of flexibility in the planning of your daily work with the assignments in focus, equipment for teleworking, a good canteen when you are onsite, health assurance, and activities such as an Arts’ Society, a Sports’ Society, and free use of the company’s own fitness center.

Interested?

If you recognize yourself in this role, please send your application and summary via the link below at the earliest convenience and by 14 January 2026 at the latest. Interviews will be held continuously, and the start date is at the earliest convenience.

Please feel free to contact Thomas B. Olsen, Director of Manufacturing Engineering, at +45 41 95 42 25 if you have any questions related to the job.

For further information, please visit www.cookmedical.com.