Construction Safety Partner

Do you thrive on collaborating with construction and maintenance leads, managing construction planning, and overseeing contractors to ensure safety and excellence in site operations?   

Then here is a great opportunity to join a dedicated Health & Safety team at Novo Nordisk Pharmatech (NNPR), in Køge, where you will lead the daily work permit processes and be part of our exciting journey to grow and upscale our business in a safe and sustainable way! 

The position  

Your role will involve effectively leading the construction and work permit activities by collaborating with our area responsible leads, maintenance group, project managers, engineers, and the numerous construction subcontractors on site.    

Your tasks will include:  

• Daily operations: Review, release and closure of work permits. Adhering to health, safety, fire and environmental requirements across the site and focusing on safeguarding the well-being of employees and maintaining occupational safety standards. 
• Integration and coordination: You will embed safety into site operations, developing and aligning the NNPR Work Permit and construction procedures through collaboration with Work Package Owners, contractors and other stakeholders. 
• Stakeholder Management: Plan and lead coordination meetings and offer guidance on construction activities to project leads, assisting in the planning and implementation of their activities​. 
• Safety and Compliance:  Upholding NNPR’s quality system for site construction management, standards, methods and ensuring consistent excellence, through safety inspections and H&S verification and safety process confirmation. 

Location and hours  

The position is based at Københavnsvej, Køge, where we have both research and production activities. You will be working between 06:00-14:00, as your working hours will reflect the construction and maintenance activities.  

Qualifications 
To succeed in this role, you have: 

• Minimum relevant bachelor’s degree within e.g. process safety and engineering, health & safety science and legislation or similar 
• Minimum 5 years’ experience with Health and Safety work as a work environment coordinator at construction sites  
• That you are certified within Occupational Health and Safety (AMK-B)  
• Full working proficiency in both Danish and English, both orally and written 
• That you can work both independently and within teams, as we support various stakeholders both internally and externally 

Knowledge and hands-on experience with NN Permit Vision is a plus, but not a requirement.  

As an individual, you are driven, with an optimistic attitude that enables you to pursue key focus areas and achieve results. Furthermore, you have experience in communication and training that allows you to translate complex subjects in a simple way to a diverse group of people. You have a qualitative and analytical mindset giving you a proactive, structured, and systematic approach to tasks. Finally, your colleagues see you as highly motivated, flexible, and friendly, but also persistent and able to get things done. 

About the department  

You will join the Sustainability Partnering department at NNPR, collaborating with two teams: the Environment team and the Health & Safety team, alongside professional managers within the project portfolio and Sustainability. Focusing specifically on the Health and Safety team, we are a dedicated group of 12 employees who work diligently to support NNPR. We place a strong emphasis on fostering a diverse and inclusive mindset, while also prioritizing a fun and inquisitive working environment. 

Working at Novo Nordisk Pharmatech A/S    

Novo Nordisk Pharmatech A/S has more than 530 employees and is 100% owned by Novo Nordisk A/S. The ability of Novo Nordisk Pharmatech A/S to produce and deliver quality products to the pharmaceutical industry, combined with our complete range of services within regulatory requirements, makes us a preferred supplier to many global pharmaceutical companies. Novo Nordisk Pharmatech A/S is a fast-growing company, which is generating many exciting projects and excellent development opportunities.    

  
Contact 
If you would like to know more about the position, please contact Graham Stenning, the manager of the Health and Safety team at +45 31 97 01 03 

Deadline    

31 March, 2025.   

Applications will be evaluated continuously, and candidates may be called for an interview before the deadline, so please apply as soon as you can. You do not need to attach a cover letter to your application, but please include a few lines about your motivation in on your CV or resume. Additionally, please do not attach photos to your CV as this allows for a better and more fair process. 
 

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.