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Are you able to take the lead and drive process optimisation with Environmental Monitoring? Do you want to be part of an ambitious support team in a factory producing Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API)? Then, you might be our new Environmental Monitoring Process Scientist on our Kalundborg Site. Read on and apply today!

The Position

As an Environmental Monitoring Team Member, your main tasks will include:

  • Playing a key role in leading initiatives to drive EM process improvements, as well as leading systematic problem-solving, and being involved in projects and tasks in process groups.
  • Driving and contributing to the optimisation of our processes in close collaboration with other departments in the factory. This involves being creative and challenging the status quo.
  • Supporting the production and operators in resolving challenges they encounter in their daily work.
  • Controlling and correcting any trends in the internal environment, including the preparation of trend reports.
  • Handling deviations to ensure ongoing updating of instructions and procedures, to comply with current GMP requirements and established manufacturing procedures. This also includes ensuring timely product release.
  • Managing change requests for both minor and major process or building changes.
  • Participating in specialist groups across the organisation, further expanding your knowledge and expertise.

Qualifications

To succeed in this role, you have:

  • Holding a MSc. degree in Natural Sciences, Engineering, or a related field.
  • Experience in at least one of the following would be considered advantageous: cleanrooms, HVAC systems, microbiology, engineering, and validation.
  • A great understanding of microbiology, engineering or relevant process knowledge and it comes naturally for you to set direction in your daily work.
  • Working proficiency in English and willingness to study Danish language.
  • Displaying a natural sense of ownership and an ability to navigate complex tasks.

As a person, you are motivated by working in a dynamic and developing environment, where there is a constant focus on improving. You have a constructive approach to problem-solving and focus on finding sustainable solutions together with your colleagues.

About the Department

In Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API), located in Kalundborg, we produce products to help people living with chronical diseases like diabetes and obesity. We always have many exciting projects across Novo Nordisk - some require entirely new setups to utilize the opportunities in contemporary technology, while other are more focused on optimizing existing setups. Insulin Manufacturing 1 in Kalundborg is the world’s largest insulin factory. We produce the active ingredients which are the main component in many of Novo Nordisk’s products including our new product for which we have high expectations. M1 is unique as we have the entire production chain gathered under one roof. The QC/EM department in M1 consists of 5 teams and consists of approximately 70 colleagues all in all. We develop best in a safe working environment hence we continuously focus on well-being and a positive as well as engaging workplace.

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 Pia Kiil Nielsen, Director at pakn@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.

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