Equipment Quality Control Supporter

Do you feel motivated by working with analytical equipment and ensuring its qualified status? Do you have a proactive mindset and a passion for quality? Are you ready to be a part of a central function that supports equipment in a department in Novo Nordisk’s API production?

If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team as an Equipment Quality Control Supporter in a Quality Control Laboratory in Kalundborg. Apply now for a life-changing career!
 

The Position

As an Equipment Quality Control Supporter, you will join the Equipment team and be responsible for analytical equipment needed to conduct the QC analysis in our department. You will play a crucial role in our rapidly developing team. 

Join the team and work closely with 7 professionals, 5 laboratory technicians, and 3 IT system managers in a dedicated team. Our equipment inventory includes NIR, PSD, Karl Fisher, pH meters, balances, pipettes, and more.

In this role, there is a chance to be involved in change requests, deviations, and Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) updates as we work under Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) requirements.

Your main focus will be on: 
•    Qualifying and implementation new analytical equipment.
•    Troubleshooting and providing support for equipment-related issues.
•    Conducting annual life-cycle-management to assess and respond to equipment trends.
•    Driving optimization of equipment processes through innovation including LEAN methodology, digital tools and automation.
•    Presenting of equipment-related documentation during inspections and audits.

Qualifications

The qualifications we value include having:
•    A min. bachelor’s degree in pharmacy, chemistry, biology, natural science, physics, automation engineering or similar field.
•    Experience in working with equipment in a GMP environment.
•    Preferably exposure to systems like LIMS, TIMS,  and a natural flair for IT.
•    Professional proficiency in English and Danish.

As a person, you have a proactive mindset with a can-do attitude, combined with technical skills and a strong interest in technology. A strong team player with a solution-oriented mindset and a positive attitude is essential for success in this role. 

Excellent communication skills and the ability to build and maintain relationships across teams and departments are highly valued in this team. The ideal candidate embraces change and proactively contributes new solutions, processes, and improvements.

We are digitally transforming our Quality Control (QC) laboratories at Novo Nordisk, introducing automated processes and connectivity to support a paperless future. Join us and contribute to this journey by showing us about how being curious about new, innovative solutions is ensuring their successful implementation!

About the Department

The team you will join is named Purification Plant Quality Control Laboratory (PPQC) support and consists of 16 colleagues. PPQC support is a part of PPQC lab supporting 4 purification plants in Product Supply Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (PS-API). The department consists of 4 teams with approx. 70 lab technicians and chemists. PPQC support is responsible for equipment in the lab and PAT NIR instruments placed in the PS-API production.

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 

For further information, please contact Associate Manager Søren Johnsen at +45 3075 8110 or via email at snjo@novonordisk.com.

Deadline 

18 May 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.