Process Engineer

Category:

Manufacturing

Would you like to join an innovative work environment in a department that prioritizes Good Manufacturing Practice Requirements (GMP) and LEAN-systems, driving continuous improvements and quality? Do you dream about becoming part of a team that provides day-to-day support to processes and process operators on the shopfloor, using systematic problem-solving and LEAN-tools to eliminate issues completely? Are you ready for a possibility of self-development by being involved in optimization projects and providing support to colleagues across production facilities?

Then you might be our new Process Engineer. Apply today for a life-changing career!

The Position

As a Process Engineer, you will join a dynamic team responsible for the final step in purification. You will be part of a dynamic workday, handling daily operations where we ensure smooth operations and continuous improvements spray drying and freeze-drying processes. There is also a chance to be involved in optimization projects and support colleagues across production facilities.

This role offers a unique opportunity to be part of a cutting-edge department that is at the forefront of pharmaceutical manufacturing.

The main tasks will be to:
• Use a data-based approaches for quantifying process deviations.
• Analyse large amounts of data for process understanding.
• Develop statistical process control charts.
• Recommend process improvements.

Qualifications

The qualifications we value include having:
• A minimum of a bachelor’s or master’s degree in chemical, industrial, mechanical engineering or natural science.
• Experience in a similar position, in spray-drying or freeze-drying processes/equipment.
• Knowledge of GMP.
• Full professional proficiency in written and spoken English and an intermediate level of Danish, or a strong will to learn Danish. As you will communicate in Danish with our operators.

As a person, you are a true team player with excellent communication, collaboration and stakeholder management skills. Being self-driven, with a strong ability to independently analyse data, that enable you to extract crucial information is essential.

Success in this role involves conveying complex information to diverse audiences and explaining purposes to ensure everyone is on board. A strong appetite for solving complex problems is fundamental, as we value a systematic approach to managing complexity and achieving feasible solutions.

About the Department

We are a process support group that consists of 25 people and split into 2 teams: Column & Other and Final Step, with responsible areas as: Process Support, Cleaning and batch release. You will be employed in the Purification department PP-III, in the Final Step team.

As part of Novo Nordisk’s Product Supply organization, Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) is responsible for manufacturing several types of products. with a team of skilled international colleagues all working together to ensure that API is purified in a compliant process and in the right quality.

The department of Purification lies at the interface between Upstream manufacturing, where the initial API is generated, and Product formulation, where the API is formulated into the final product for the patient. Purification plays an important role in API manufacturing because it is responsible for generating the final API, purifying it to a high quality, and ensuring that the product is supplied to the next stage in the supply chain for access to the patient. Therefore, a good quality mindset, data analysis, process monitoring, dialogue with key stakeholders, and recommendations for process improvements are crucial.

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 Process Scientist Malene Søgaard Hedebæk Pedersen at +45 30759489, or Associate Manager Charlotte Olsen at +45 30750544.

Deadline

8 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.