Advanced Production Engineer

Are you passionate about production quality? Do you thrive in a dynamic and collaborative environment? We are looking for a dedicated Production Engineer to join our Assembly Support team at Novo Nordisk in Hjørring, Denmark.

If you are ready to make a difference for our patients and drive quality improvements, read on and apply today for a life-changing career.

The Position

As an Advanced Production Engineer, you will become part of the team that fosters a good understanding of production quality, good communication skills, and an understanding of “the power of teamwork”. Our workdays are filled with tasks that give us a chance to show how self-driven while working closely with highly skilled colleagues across the organization. 

Your main tasks will include:

• Handle quality issues together with production operators, technicians, and Quality Assurance (QA) team.
• Work with deviations to ensure product quality and change requests when we need to change our processes.
• Ensure audit and inspection readiness.
• Maintain and continuously improve our processes within the quality area. 

Qualifications

On a personal level, you are a fast learner, who can create changes, set direction and independently drive cross-functional work. Having a structured approach to problem-solving, the ability to collaborate with colleagues from different background and having amazing communication skills are key to succeed in this role.

To be successful in this role, you should have the following qualifications:

• A bachelor’s or a master’s degree in pharmacy, veterinary medicine, or engineering, or have a similar technical/natural science background.
• Knowledge of equipment, a flair for IT and data analysis.
• Experience in a similar position from a regulated industry, which is considered a plus.
• Full professional proficiency in English and Danish.

We will welcome a colleague with a positive mindset who is ready to join the team in a hectic production environment, faced with many deadlines and ever-shifting priorities.

About the department

You will be part of one of our Assembly Support teams and have 8 close colleagues. We are responsible for supporting our assembly lines in terms of quality and equipment issues.

The team is part of the Needle Manufacturing site in Hjørring, Denmark which is organised in seven departments and with approximately 425 employees dedicated to ensuring the pen needle supply to Novo Nordisk. We are driven by a quality mindset and pride ourselves on being a workplace where our can-do spirit and high ambitions come together to create great results for the benefit of our patients.

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.

Deadline

23 February 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. To ensure an efficient and fair recruitment process, please refrain from adding a photo in your CV.

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.