AP Automation Engineering Lead

Are you passionate about automation and ready to mentor a team of automation engineers? Do you thrive in a dynamic environment where you can make a significant impact? Do you want to open new horizons in your profession and develop excellence in greenfield projects? If so, you might be our new Technical Lead for AP (Aseptic Production) Automation. Read more and apply today for a life-changing career.

This is your opportunity to join the program from the start and influence our new AP facilities with the best solutions for automation and digitalization, together with very competent and experienced colleagues, eager to share their knowledge and learn from you.

The position

As a Technical Lead for AP Automation at Novo Nordisk, you will:

• Oversee resource responsibility for AP Automation standardization (GMP, Formulation, Filling, Inspection, Wash & Sterilisation, Clean Utilities and more).
• Provide input for procurement and handle technical clarifications before and during execution, prepare and participate in FAT, SAT and commissioning.
• Conduct competency mapping and develop plans for automation engineers, including setting up relevant training.
• Align best practices across AP Automation disciplines/work packages.
• Manage stakeholders and develop strong relationships with Future Standards counterparts.
• Build partnerships with external vendors.

You will be part of an ambitious, global, and exciting automation program and crave to enable shopfloor value with new, scalable and sustainable automation technologies.

Qualifications

We are looking for a candidate who has:

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Automation/Electrical Engineering, Electronic and Computer, Information and Communication Technology, or similar.
• Some project management experience and the ability to engage with stakeholders from diverse areas and backgrounds to co-create solutions that drive value to the company.
• Significant experience in industrial automation projects (experience with greenfield projects is a plus).
• Expertise in SCADA/PLC/MES environments, communication protocols (OPC UA, IO-link, MQTT, Profibus, Profinet), OT/IT architectures, cybersecurity best practices, and tools to structure industrial data (databases, namely SQL).
• Excellent communication skills in English.

Furthermore, you can work independently and effectively while securing task completion, and strong teamwork and leadership abilities in project teams.

You thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, managing multiple priorities.

About the department

DD&IT PS – Fill & Finish Expansions is a program organisation built in a multi-dimensional matrix structure designed to foster cross-organisational and cross-functional collaboration to shape our future. Our goal is to design and build future-proof, global fill & finish production facilities, with a focus on establishing strong foundational IT and automation that will enable these facilities to digitally evolve. As a member of our department, you will work closely with colleagues responsible for processes and engineering, as well as various technology partners both internally and externally.

Working at Novo Nordisk

Novo Nordisk is a leading global healthcare company with a 100-year legacy of driving change to defeat serious chronic diseases. Building on our strong legacy within diabetes, we are growing massively and expanding our commitment, reaching millions around the world and impacting more than 40 million patient lives daily. All of this has made us one of the 20 most valuable companies in the world by market cap. Our success relies on the joint potential and collaboration of our more than 63,000 employees around the world. We recognise the importance of the unique skills and perspectives our people bring to the table, and we work continuously to bring out the best in them. Working at Novo Nordisk, we’re working toward something bigger than ourselves, and it’s a collective effort. Join us! Together, we go further. Together, we’re life changing.

Contact

For further information please contact Ingibjorn Ingibjornsson, Project Director for Future Standards - OT & Automation on +45 29 33 44 46, or get to know us better by visiting www.novonordisk.com/careers.

Deadline

16 October 2024

Applications will be screened on an ongoing basis, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

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.