Senior Aseptic Professional

Are you driven by the implementation of a new isolator filling line, collaboration with a project group, an optimization way of thinking, support of validation activities, and daily production handling? Are you solution-oriented and enjoy working across different groups of professionals, mechanics, and operators?

Then this position as a Senior Aseptic Professional in our team at Novo Nordisk, Gentofte, is the right opportunity for you. Apply today!

The Position

In this position you will be part of a process support team, supporting operations in an aseptic production environment, project validation activities, and carrying out process optimization for our new isolator filling line.

The isolator filling line is currently in the project and commissioning phase, and your initial responsibility will be to support the project team when challenges arise as well as preparing for the daily operation.

The process support team plays a vital role in preparing the filling line for its daily operations in a production environment keeping up with compliance within pharmaceutical production. You are up for an exciting journey!

This will include handling of deviations and implementing preventive measures while also leading optimizations and performance stabilization activities in the future production setup.

Your focus will be on:

• Responsibility for ensuring the optimal production processes through continuous improvement initiatives and preventive measures, e.g. via handling of change requests, deviations (systematic problem solving), updating of procedures and job instructions.
• Performing and ensuring detailed documentation work within our Quality Management System.
• Participation in audits and inspections.

You will gain a broad network across our organization as we work with many stakeholders, such as quality assurance, technical support, skilled workers, operators, the project team, and other supporting functions.

Qualifications

To succeed in this role, you are expected to have:

• An academic degree BSc. or MSc. within chemical engineering, biology, pharmaceutical science, or equivalent within Natural sciences.
• A minimum of 5+ years of expertise within Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), preferably in one or more areas of aseptic production. Furthermore, experience within validation will be an advantage.
• A high sense of quality.
• Excellent communication skills and fluency in written and spoken English and the capacity to communicate and understand Danish.

As a person you have the capacity to thrive working in a dynamic environment where you can prioritize between several important tasks and their deadlines, whilst you remain positive and calm even when things get stressful. You like to interact daily with a variety of different stakeholders. Moreover, we expect you to be structured and quality-oriented while being able to complete tasks before the deadline that meet the requirements for cGMP.

About the department

Aseptic Manufacturing site Gentofte is part of the global Product Supply Aseptic Manufacturing network. At our sites across Gentofte, we are more than 700 colleagues responsible for the aseptic manufacturing where we are transforming the API (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient) into finished products for people living with serious chronic diseases. We work with advanced processes such as formulation, filling, and freeze-drying in a sterile environment. We bring value to our patients by delivering high-quality products in compliance with GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) in a timely and cost-effective manner as we constantly optimize our processes and invest in new technology

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

If you have any questions about the position, you are welcome to contact Associate Manager Sissel Kavli on tel. +45 3077 7386.

Deadline

28 July 2024. We encourage you to apply for this position at your earliest convenience, as the interviews will be held on an ongoing basis. 

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.