Utilities, Facilities & Construction Manager

At the end of 2024, Novo Nordisk acquired the Catalent Anagni S.r.l. manufacturing site with the ambition of expanding our capacity to meet the needs of millions of patients. You will be joining a global team working on pharmaceutical plants that utilize advanced technologies within the site's fill & finish facilities.

As Utilities, Facilities & Construction Manager, you will play a key role in overseeing all non-process infrastructures at the Anagni site. Your focus will span from site-wide utilities and facilities to construction activities and permitting, ensuring that our environment remains safe, efficient, and future-ready. Step into a role where engineering meets purpose, and help us keep the Anagni site running flawlessly: from the ground up!

The Position

In this role you will be responsible for building and leading the dedicated Maintenance Group, managing the site’s Utilities, Clean Rooms, HVAC systems, FMS/BMS, Fire Prevention infrastructure, and general facility upkeep—excluding process equipment.

Your Main Accountabilities will be to:

• Manage the Facilities team responsible of Mechanical, Electrical, Black Utilities, HVAC and site facilities conduction and maintenance.
• Manage team of external consultants responsible for construction projects.
• Review, archive and ensure a proper lifecycle of the Engineering Documentation of the managed matters
• Support the Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Management and Fulfillment in the Construction Area, and ensure the full compliance of the Italian Laws on the managed matters
• Handle the Maintenance Reliability of the managed matters having also act with responsibility by Law (U.R.I.) of the Electrical part for the managed matters
• Create a positive work environment and promote teamworking and speak-up culture, and be part of the Engineering Leadership Group playing an active role

This is a hybrid position based at our Anagni location, with 3 days onsite and 2 days working from home.

Qualifications

To be successful in this role, we imagine that you have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a closely related technical field.
• Proven managerial experience.
• Strong experience in project management within the pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical device industry is essential, along with proven expertise in facilities and utilities maintenance.
• Experience in construction and site development will be considered a valuable asset.
• Fluency in both Italian and English, with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

You should also be an excellent team player with cross-functional collaboration skills and the ability to build effective internal networks.

About the Department

You’ll be joining a dynamic and growing team, where you’ll lead 5 direct reports and oversee an additional 6 second-line reports across maintenance and site management. You’ll guide specialized teams while also collaborating closely with external construction consultants on site-wide projects.

In this role, you will report directly to the Engineering & Site Facilities Manager, playing a key part in the continued growth and excellence of the Anagni site.

Working at Novo Nordisk

At Novo Nordisk, we don’t wait for change. We drive it. We’re a dynamic company in an even more dynamic industry, and we know that what got us to where we are today is not necessarily what will make us successful in the future. We embrace the spirit of experimentation, striving for excellence without fixating on perfection. We never shy away from opportunities to develop, we

seize them. From research and development, through to manufacturing, marketing and sales – we’re all working to move the needle on patient care.

Contact

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Deadline

Apply before June, 18th 2025.

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

At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we’re life changing.