Senior Construction Engineer

Are you an experienced construction engineer with a passion for the pharmaceutical industry? Do you have a knack for managing large-scale projects and ensuring compliance with all regulations? If so, we want you to join our team at Novo Nordisk! Read more and apply today for a life-changing career.
Novo Nordisk has been globally recognized as the Best Place to Work, topping the ranks for two consecutive years in 2022 and 2023. It is an exciting time to join Novo Nordisk and be part of a dynamic company in an even more dynamic industry, helping us achieve our aspirations to establish a global presence in the industry.

About the department
Novo Nordisk is a global healthcare company with more than 100 years of innovation in diabetes care. This heritage has given us experience and capabilities that also enable us to help people defeat obesity, hemophilia, growth disorders and other serious chronic diseases. Headquartered in Denmark, Novo Nordisk employs over 64,000 people in 80 countries, and markets our products in more than 170 countries.
The Project Office is devoted to ensuring that construction projects proceed as designed and handle any changes or issues that arise. We promote building expansions that fit future opportunities and products, always seeking to introduce new technology. Our team ensures high compliance with all regulations and strives to live up to Novo Nordisk’s ‘Circular for Zero’ strategy, Novo Nordisk Way, Essentials, and Triple Bottom Line principles. The job is located at our Koriyama Factory (KFA), where we foster a collaborative and innovative atmosphere.

The position
As a Senior Construction Engineer at Novo Nordisk, you will:

• Develop concepts and requests for KFA building expansion, and coordinate with suppliers.
• Create detailed timelines with suppliers and Novo Nordisk Headquarter, effectively managing project milestones.
• Oversee construction process management and establish maintenance plans for the Engineering & Maintenance team.
• Manage stakeholders, ensuring compliance with internal and external requirements, and act as a subject matter expert during audits or inspections.
• Ensure new buildings, facilities, and equipment are well qualified and validated, while identifying and addressing safety concerns during construction, and preparing for new product launches according to defined milestones.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Experience as construction engineer for manufacturing plant.
• Skill in construction and large-scale improvement activities.
• Supplier management experience with strong communication and social skills, along with analytical and logical mindset.
• Business level of English proficiency, verbal or written (TOEIC ≥ 750 at minimum).

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 energize 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
Upload your CV to our online career page (click on Apply and follow the instructions).

Deadline
Until the completion of recruitment.
Applications will be screened on an ongoing basis, so you are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.
 

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.
 
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