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Do you have experience with efficient project planning, scheduling, and ensuring timely project delivery? Are you ready to take on a new challenge and apply your expertise in this exciting position at Novo Nordisk’ Project office in Tietgenbyen, Odense? Read on and apply below!

The Position
As a Senior Project Planner/Scheduler at Novo Nordisk, your role will be working within a project controls environment within the project management organisation, and you will work alongside other enthusiastic, motivated, and dedicated senior professionals. You will also be expected to provide guidance and support to schedulers in the team and identify opportunities for process improvement.
Some of your key responsibilities will include:
• Develop and maintain the projects integrated master schedule and lead the overall planning and scheduling effort in alignment with the global project controls, planning and scheduling processes.
• Deliver expected planning and scheduling progress reporting and on time delivery to the project controls reporting package.
• Continuously monitor project schedule performance to ensure issues are being mitigated.
• Proactively monitor project schedule performance to highlight slippages, inaccurate data causing erroneous forecasts/reporting and identifies corrective actions.
• Take ownership for development of planning and scheduling processes and procedures to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
In this role, you will also be responsible for coordinating with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure seamless integration of project plans and schedules, facilitating effective communication and collaboration.

Qualifications
The ideal candidate will have strong attention to detail and analytical skills, with experience in schedule analysis and forecasting.
We expect you to have the following qualifications:
• A bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering, construction, project management or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in project planning and scheduling working within a project controls environment on large-scale complex CAPEX projects.
• Proven experience leading and driving the overall planning/scheduling process, with solid large scale integrated project controls process, procedural knowledge, and familiar with lean processes.
• Strong IT skills with extensive knowledge working with planning tools such as P6 EPPM, OPC and experienced user of office applications.
• Proficiency in English both written and oral.
As a person, you are a positive, open-minded team player and self-starter who can work independently and thrives working in team environments. You are proficient in engaging with stakeholders at all levels, ensuring clear communication and presentations of project progress, challenges, and solutions to maintain alignment and support.

About the Department
You will be joining Fill & Finish Expansions, as a newly established and growing area at Novo Nordisk. The Fill & Finish Expansions area is responsible for facilitating a global collaboration around designing, planning, and building major Fill & Finish Expansion projects across Product Supply to meet the needs of millions of patients. We are rethinking our facilities with modern technology and setting the standards for the future. With a global approach, you will work with multiple sites and cultures around the world.
To learn more about Fill & Finish Expansions in Novo Nordisk visit our career site here: Let's build the future for patients: Exciting Careers in Growing Expansion Project (novo-nordisk.com).

Working at 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 more information, please contact Gavin Ward, Project Control Manager on GVAW@novonordisk.com.

Deadline
22 June 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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