Black Utility Supporter

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Engineering & Technical

Black Utility Supporter

CMC & Product Supply

Kalundborg, Denmark

Would you like to join a dynamic global company and work on an exciting new capacity expansion project? Are you interested in the opportunity to establish new active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) manufacturing facilities that bridge new and automated technologies with strong know-how and expertise in biotech manufacturing? We are looking for a Black Utility Supporter in our department for the investment project M3 Fermentation.

Apply today for a life-changing career!

The activities will be carried out at our site in Kalundborg, Novo Nordisk for API manufacturing.

Your new role

As a Black Utility Supporter, you will participate in the establishment of a competent user organisation, work closely with engineering partners, and support existing production areas. Your job will include collaboration with our Engineering partners and keeping in touch with them throughout the project. You'll also check the structures to make sure they are safe and keep track of any changes that happen along the way. This is an important role where you will support the smooth running of projects and daily operations.

Your main responsibilities include:

• You will be key stakeholder, as interface goes to you, from the rest of the project members.
• Write/review requirement specifications and review of designs.
• Support installation of equipment, commissioning and qualification.
• Development of Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and maintenance strategy.
• Assess and identify risks and develop mitigation plans.

Your new department

In CMC & Product Supply, we cover the full value chain from drug and device development to marketed Novo Nordisk products. We are more than 30,000 colleagues across the globe with the shared responsibility of scaling molecules, processes, devices, and products, dedicated to supplying life-saving medicines to the patients who need them most.

API M3 Black Utility is a new department consisting of total 10 people of engineers, technicians and skilled workers, with responsibility for Black Utility.

Project related tasks will be reported to our Senior Project Managers and other line management task will go to your new manager.

Qualifications

To succeed in this role, we imagine you have:

• Interest in and preferable experience with utility systems such as steam or general distribution systems of all kinds of utility.

• Understand technical documents such as technical specification, Factory acceptance test (FAT), Site acceptance test (SAT) and validation protocols, as well as complex project documentation.
• Fluency in English (both verbal and written) since this is our preliminary communication language in this diverse organization.
• It will be an advantage if you have a degree in Technology Management and Marine Engineering (Maskinmester) or have an academic education in mechanical engineering or similar.

On a personal level, you thrive in this job if you like close teamwork, and if you are motivated by others. You like working in a multicultural environment that requires independence to make decisions.

About Novo Nordisk Kalundborg

Since 1969, Novo Nordisk Kalundborg has been a cornerstone in our production of API. With more than 50 years of expertise in large-scale biotech manufacturing, we are today the world’s largest insulin-producing facility. Our 4,400 employees at Novo Nordisk Kalundborg produce half of the world’s insulin, and several biopharmaceutical products. Together, we make a difference every day for more than 35 million people living with diabetes and other chronic diseases.

Join our growing manufacturing hub in Kalundborg and gain thousands of dedicated colleagues. It is your drive and our passion, that makes a difference for their future. Are you ready for a life-changing career?

What we offer

There is, of course, more on offer here than the uniqueness of our culture and the extraordinary results we produce. Being part of a global healthcare company means opportunities to learn and develop are all around us, while our benefits are designed with your career and life stage in mind.

More information

For more information, please contact Rune Vognsen, Associate Manager, M3 Black Utility - API Expansion, mobile: +45 3448 3381.

Deadline

12 August 2025

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