Health & Safety Partner

Are you passionate about health and safety (HS), chemicals, process safety, risk analysis, and prevention and are you motivated by supporting a complex larger international project group? Then, this is a great opportunity to join a dedicated department and to become part of our exciting journey to grow and upscale our business safely and sustainably with our green field project in Køge as our Health & Safety Partner.

Apply today and embark on a life-changing career!

The position
 As a Health & Safety Partner you will fulltime participate in our green field project and have the following responsibilities:
•    Collaborate with stakeholders, project members and specialists across the project organization as a Health and Safety subject matter expert to ensure efficient and effective execution of tasks.
•    Lead/Participate in workshops and relevant meetings to ensure Health and Safety aspects are identified and implemented.
•    Influence the ability and opportunity for NNPR to reach the long-term strategic goals.
•    Identify better practices and create improvements in methods, techniques, approaches, etc. together with HS Supporters, HS Representatives, mgmt. representatives and stakeholders across NNPR. 
•    Support knowledge sharing and best practices across NNPR, as well as improvements of high innovation and complex projects.

Qualifications 
To thrive and succeed in this role, you have:
•    A relevant master's degree, which provides a solid academic foundation in Health and Safety.
•    Full working proficiency in Danish and English, both oral and written.
•    Minimum 2 years of experience in Health and Safety, ideally within pharmaceutical/biopharmaceutical production or laboratory settings.
•    Experience in project work is essential.
 
As a person, you will thrive in this role if you have high personal drive and a positive attitude enabling you to pursue key focus areas and achieve results. You are good at communication and training, and you can simply communicate complex subjects. You have a qualitative and analytical mindset with a proactive, structured, and systematic approach to tasks. Your colleagues will see you as highly motivated, flexible, friendly, persistent, and able to get things done.
 
About the department
 You will be part of a matrix organization, primarily anchored in the KNSF project group, with linkage to the NNPR Sustainability Partnering department. Both groups consist of highly engaged, experienced, and qualified professionals who work diligently to support the organisation. 

NNPR is a 100% owned subsidiary of Novo Nordisk located in Køge. We have over 400 people covering the entire value chain from R&D and Business Development to Manufacturing, Marketing, and Sales. NNPR is a global and leading manufacturer of pharmaceutical ingredients for the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industries. Our purpose is to enable better medicines, enable better lives by providing sustainable pharmaceutical materials through innovative and customized solutions. Our product range consists of Quaternary ammonium compounds, Recombinant Insulin, Customized Purification Resins, and Specialty Enzymes.
 
Working at Novo Nordisk
 At Novo Nordisk, we don’t wait for change. We drive change. 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. Working at Novo Nordisk is working toward something bigger than ourselves, and it’s a collective effort. Novo Nordisk relies on the joint potential and collaboration of its more than 40,000 employees to change the lives for the better for millions of patients living with diabetes and other chronic diseases. Together, we go further. Together, we’re life changing.
 
Contact
 If you would like to know more about the position, please get in touch with the associate manager of the HS department, Graham Stenning on mobile number +45 31 97 01 03
 
Deadline
 6 May 2024
 
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 your resume or CV. Additionally, please avoid the use of photos in your CV. This provides 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.