Process Engineer

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Are you passionate about quality and improvement in production processes? Do you have the drive to set up processes and equipment in a new fermentation facility? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you as a Process Engineer at Novo Nordisk. 

Apply today and join us for a life-changing career!

The Position
The position requires a high degree of independence and a desire to set up the processes and equipment in our media production/propagation area in a new Fermentation facility.

Your role as Process Engineer will include: 

• Professional responsibility for the equipment in a small-scale media production, including autoclaves. 
• Supporting of the inoculation process
• Support stakeholders by providing expertise and solutions to secure stabile production with the right quality 
• Contribute to ongoing optimization of existing processes and equipment. This also entails being curious about how other teams and departments work, bringing new knowledge to the team, and sharing knowledge and collaborate with stakeholders in other teams and departments. 
• Challenge existing processes in a respectful and constructive way, and be a professional mentor for colleagues in the team and department
• Provide proactive support to the media production/propagation area when up running, ensuring daily operations and equipment always perform with highest output in the right quality  

If working with quality and improvement, in a production area which is the heart of Novo Nordisk production, is your passion, this is the job for you.

By the above you will help us create a stable process, delivering quality product to upstream processes. 

Qualifications
You are a strong collaborator across functions and systems. You have a can-do attitude, a solid understanding of equipment in the media production and propagation process and the analytical equipment to be applied. You are familiar with setting requirements to process and equipment, and you have demonstrated that you can take innovative ideas all the way from design over testing and installation to verification and qualification. Experience from collaboration with functions such as manufacturing development, engineering partners, analytical laboratories and manufacturing will be an advantage.

To succeed in this role, you will have:

• As a minimum a bachelor’s degree in sciences, engineering or similar.
• Experience from relevant manufacturing processes, manufacturing development, production and/or the laboratory 
• A solid understanding of the pharmaceutical value chain, documentation, regulatory requirements, and GMP
• English proficiency both verbal and written

On a personal level, you will thrive in this job if you enjoy close teamwork and are a strong motivator of others. You like working in a multicultural environment that demands independence to make critical decisions. Building structure comes naturally to you and you enjoy simplifying wherever simplicity can benefit reaching the right goals faster.

About the department 
The area is anchored in Novo Nordisk Product Supply, Quality & IT, which employs approximately 35,000 of Novo Nordisk’s 64,000 employees globally.

PS API Expansions is a growing area with the responsibility to design, plan and build all major API Expansions projects across Novo Nordisk to serve the needs of millions of patients. We build and design our future API facilities as multi-product facilities with the flexibility to accommodate future processes and display a state-of-the-art technology and working environment. We focus on delivering the highest quality to patients worldwide in an efficient and environmentally sustainable way.
 
We are setting the standards for the future, designing facilities we will still be proud of many decades from now. We drive world-class execution of capacity projects, and together we build the future of Novo Nordisk.

About Novo Nordisk
At Novo Nordisk, we don’t wait for change. We drive it. 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. From research and development, through to manufacturing, marketing and sales – we’re all working to move the needle on patient care.

Contact
For further information, please contact Senior Project Manager Jeannette Kjelsmark +45 34 44 65 83.
 
Deadline
Apply before March 23rd 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.