Mechanical Engineer

Are you motivated by improvements that ensure efficient and reliable production equipment? Do you have experience as an equipment manager in a GMP environment? Do you want to be part of an equipment team, with a high level of professionalism and exciting challenges? 

Then you might be our new Mechanical Engineer in Technical Support! This position is first line for support and optimization of production equipment and utilities.
 

The Position

As Mechanical Engineer, you will be part of Novo Nordisk Pharmatech A/S, which produces important ingredients for pharmaceutical production. You will be employed in Technical Support, which is part of Manufacturing, which is responsible for all production on the site.

Join our "Equipment & Utilities" team as an Equipment Manager! Work alongside skilled colleagues to ensure stable and reliable production equipment and utilities. Tackle daily challenges with systematic problem-solving, root cause analysis, and continuous improvements to boost uptime and efficiency.

The main task will be to take the lead in optimizing equipment and processes, from design and planning to implementation and qualification. You will participate in safety and risk workshops, implementing necessary changes to equipment. Providing valuable input and suggestions for major optimization projects led by our project department is also a crucial part of the role.

The role offers a chance to be proactive in installing sensors to monitor equipment health and leverage data for ongoing reliability enhancements. In this position, you will collaborate with a diverse group of stakeholders, both internally and externally, to maintain high reliability and stability in production.

Qualifications

The qualifications we value include having: 
•    A bachelor’s or master’s degree in mechanical engineering, marine engineering or similar field.
•    Strong competencies in production equipment and utilities.
•    Experience with GMP, LEAN and can use tools for systematic problem solving. 
•    Experience with the design of equipment and installations, including validation and qualification. 
•    Full professional proficiency in written and spoken Danish and English.

As a person, you can set specific requirements for production equipment and have knowledge of automation, regulation and measurement technology. Being knowledgeable about tools for assessing maintenance and having knowledge of SAP is crucial in this role.

Being familiar with IT systems and curious about new technology for data collection and improvements are key to succeed in this role. We will welcome a colleague who is familiar with Industry 4.0 and the Internet of Things and thinks it is exciting to work with digitalization. 

About the Department

Technical Support is responsible for production equipment, utilities, maintenance, calibration and facility management at our production site in Køge. The department consists of a workshop team, a Facility Service team, a planning and purchasing team, as well as the team that you will be a part of; "Equipment & Utilities", which consists of 11 engineers, machinists and technicians.

We optimize and maintain all production equipment in collaboration with the other employees in Manufacturing. We run improvement projects and solve daily challenges on our equipment and utilities. We are also responsible for planning and support on facility management on our site.

We perform risk analyses to optimize maintenance on our production equipment, so that production can run without unplanned downtime. We are in the process of implementing SAP for the management and documentation of our maintenance activities. All equipment gets a risk-based maintenance strategy before we move it to SAP.

About Novo Nordisk Pharmatech A/S

Novo Nordisk Pharmatech A/S is a 100% owned subsidiary of Novo Nordisk, located in Køge. We are more than 400 people covering the entire value chain from R&D and business development to manufacturing, marketing and sales. Novo Nordisk Pharmatech A/S is a global and leading manufacturer of pharmaceutical ingredients for the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industries. Our purpose is to enable better medicine by providing sustainable pharmaceutical materials through innovative and tailored solutions. Our product range consists of quaternary ammonium compounds (Quats), recombinant insulin, customized purification gels and special enzymes.

Contact

For more information, please contact Manager, Janus Häse Storch at +45 31 97 02 36. 

Deadline

16 March 2025.

Interviews are held on an ongoing basis.

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. Please make sure to upload your most recent education degree certificate, in order to be considered for this position.
 

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.