Associate Process Engineer

Do you thrive in creating stable processes and want to ensure our media production is compliant with the current GMP requirements? Are you ready to work with optimisation, automatization and collaboration in an ambitious GMP environment? 

Then we might have the perfect fit for you here at Novo Nordisk - grab this opportunity to work in a dynamic and ever-changing role of Associate Process Engineer with lots of contact to colleagues and stakeholders. Read on and apply today!

The Position
The position requires a high degree of independence and a strong desire to support and improve processes in our media production. As an Associate Process Engineer, you will play a vital role in ensuring the quality and efficiency of our operations.

Your responsibilities will include professional oversight of various media production processes, such as raw materials, formulation, sterilization, documentation, batch release, and equipment management, particularly our autoclaves and water facilities. You will support stakeholders by providing your expertise and solutions, ensuring that production remains stable and meets quality standards.

You will be also expected to:
•    Provide proactive support to ensure optimal equipment performance and output quality.
•    Develop, plan, and execute projects within the team while contributing feedback and insights to departmental initiatives.
•    Engage in ongoing optimization of existing processes and equipment, fostering a culture of curiosity about the workflows of other teams and departments.
•    Challenge existing processes constructively and respectfully, encouraging innovation and improvement.
•    Serve as a professional mentor for colleagues, sharing knowledge and supporting their development.

If you are passionate about quality and improvement in a production environment, particularly one as critical as Novo Nordisk's insulin production, this is the opportunity for you. You are expected to take a proactive approach to problem-solving in daily operations and possess an innovative, collaborative mindset for project work. The ability to coordinate efforts and find simple, effective solutions while considering quality, cost, environment, and delivery is essential for success in this role.

Qualifications
We would like the ideal candidate to:
•    Hold a bachelor’s or master’s degree in Natural Science or Engineering.
•    Have experience or understanding of GMP.
•    Be fluent in Danish and English.

 As a person, you have a strong quality mindset and a sharp eye for detail that you apply, when needed. You are also positive and open with a drive to learn and take on new tasks. You solve your tasks independently in a systematic, simple and effective way. You enjoy a dynamic workday with deadlines and find satisfaction in getting things done together with the rest of the team. You embrace new ideas and changes and can take lead and bring new solutions, processes and improvements forward, so we become even better. You are a strong communicator, and you find it natural to establish new relationships across teams and departments. You appear extroverted, stay calm and keep the overview in a busy changeable environment.

About the Department
The department Insulin API Manufacturing (IM2) Quality Control (QC) Laboratory is located in Kalundborg and supports several productions. In addition to performing chemical, biochemical and microbiological analysis we also have our own equipment team and media production. In our media production we produce media for laboratory analysis and production in Product/ Process Supply (PS) Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API).
We are approx. 120 highly dedicated employees, divided into 9 teams, and we are looking for an employee for the media production, a team with highly competent and experienced members. In the team we have a production, handling everything from raw materials for formulation to batch release and shipping media to our customers.

Working at Novo Nordisk
We are a proud life-science company, and life is our reason to exist. We’re inspired by life in all its forms and shapes, ups and downs, opportunities and challenges. For employees at Novo Nordisk, life means many things – from the building blocks of life that form the basis of ground-breaking scientific research, to our rich personal lives that motivate and energise us to perform our best at work. Ultimately, life is why we’re all here - to ensure that people can lead a life independent of chronic disease.

Contact
If you want to learn more about the position, please contact Sten Lasborg at +45-34440635 or GSLB@novonordisk.com.

Deadline
Apply before January, 2 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.