Mechanical Engineer

Are you motivated by improvements that ensure efficient and reliable production equipment? Do you have experience as an equipment manager in a GMP environment? Do you want to be part of an equipment team with a high level of professionalism and exciting challenges? Then you might be our new Mechanical Engineer for Technical Support team, which supports and optimizes production equipment and utilities. Join us, apply today!

The position 

As a Mechanical Engineer, you will: 

- Handle daily problems and challenges by driving systematic problem solving, finding the root cause, and implementing continuous improvements that continuously increase uptime and efficiency. 

- Make suggestions for optimizing equipment and processes, and drive the design, planning, implementation, and qualification of optimization projects with our project department. 

- Participate in safety and risk workshops and implement derived changes to the equipment. 

- Take the initiative to install sensors to monitor the health of the equipment and leverage data for continuous improvements in equipment reliability. 

You will collaborate with many different stakeholders, both internally and externally, to ensure high reliability and stability in our production. You will be employed in Technical Support, which is a part of Manufacturing and is responsible for all production on the site and is a  part of Novo Nordisk Pharmatech A/S, which produces important ingredients for pharmaceutical production.

Qualifications

To succeed in this position, you: 

- Have a background as a Mechanical Engineer, Marine Engineer, or similar, with strong competencies in production equipment and utilities. 

- Have experience with GMP and LEAN and can use tools for systematic problem solving. 

- Are proficient in Danish and English.

- Have worked with the design of equipment and installations, including validation and qualification. 

- Know how to set specific requirements for production equipment and have knowledge of automation, regulation, and measurement technology. 

You can use tools for assessing maintenance, have knowledge of SAP, are familiar with IT systems, and are curious about new technology for data collection, improvements, and digitalization. 

About the department

Technical Support is responsible for production equipment, utilities, maintenance, calibration, and facility management at our production site in Køge. The department consists of a workshop team, a Facility Service team, a planning and purchasing team, as well as the team that you will be a part of: "Equipment & Utilities," which consists of 11 engineers, machinists, and technicians. 

We optimize and maintain all production equipment in collaboration with the other employees in Manufacturing. We run improvement projects and solve daily challenges with our equipment and utilities. We are also responsible for planning and support on facility management at our site. 

We perform risk analyses to optimize maintenance on our production equipment so that production can run without unplanned downtime. We are in the process of implementing SAP for the management and documentation of our maintenance activities. All equipment gets a risk-based maintenance strategy before we move it to SAP. 

About Novo Nordisk Pharmatech A/S

Novo Nordisk Pharmatech A/S is a 100% owned subsidiary of Novo Nordisk, located in Køge. We are more than 400 people covering the entire value chain, from R&D and business development to manufacturing, marketing, and sales. Novo Nordisk Pharmatech A/S is a global and leading manufacturer of pharmaceutical ingredients for the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industries. Our purpose is to enable better medicine by providing sustainable pharmaceutical materials through innovative and tailored solutions. Our product range consists of quaternary ammonium compounds (Quats), recombinant insulin, customized purification gels, and special enzymes. 

Contact

If you want to know more about the position, please contact Manager Janus Häse Storch at 31 97 02 36. 

Deadline 

15 January 2025. 

Interviews are held on an ongoing basis.

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.