Manufacturing Professional for API production

You sit at your desk working on a challenge in production. Yields are low. You systematically run simple statistical calculations and plot data in search of patterns to confirm your hypothesis, when you receive a meeting invite for the next day. It is a project concerning use of a new AI-based technology, and your input is needed. As you reply, the phone rings. It is an operator from production. There has been an incident. You hang up and go to production. On the way, another operator stops you in the hallway with a concern about the fermentation that is running tonight. You listen patiently, acknowledge the input, and ask humble and curious questions to make sure you understand the viewpoint. You promise to follow up. As you continue into the control room, you make a note to yourself to talk to a colleague later about the fermentation. The incident concerns a registration in the process control system. You sit down with the operator and patiently guide him through. Later the same day, you will have to open an incident report. Someone comments about the performance of the centrifuge. You wonder if this could have affected the yields. When you return to the office, you focus your data analysis on the centrifuge. Then you go to your colleague from Equipment Support. Together, you decide to initiate a maintenance check of the centrifuge. On the way back, you check in with your colleague, who works on improving the fermentation. A design is taking shape to make it easier for the operators to run in the evening. Before you leave the office that day, you make a short visit back to production to tell the good news. Do you see yourself in such a position? Then you may be our new Manufacturing Professional for our Novo Nordisk Biotech and Rare Diseases (BRD) production of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) in Gentofte! The Position As manufacturing professional, you will be part of a team of academics and technicians to support daily production processes that include cell propagation, fermentation, centrifugation, and filtration, among others. Having an open communication with colleagues to improve working methods and avoid mistakes is very important in this role. Some days, quick actions are needed. Other days there will be room for dedication and exploration of new ideas. Your tasks will be to:

Work closely with various professional groups in a fast-paced environment to ensure quick and stable delivery of products while maintaining high quality.

Handle and document errors and communicate knowledge to colleagues in the team and production.

Assess data, write documentation, perform systematic problem-solving, and participate in project work to drive optimizations and innovation.

Take the initiative to solve production challenges and involve colleagues when necessary.

Qualifications To succeed in this role, you have:

An academical degree within natural sciences.

Experience from a production environment will be a plus.

Experience in a GMP regulated environment will be a plus.

Experience with fermentation will be a plus.

Fluent level in oral and written English.

You are curious by nature, and you are not afraid to challenge existing believes and come up with a new, innovative approach. You are driven by a desire to improve our production processes and workflows. You can work independently and structured, and you keep calm in a dynamic and sometimes unpredictable production environment where tasks and plans can change quickly. You get energy from helping others, building relations to people, and contribute to a strong community in the department. As a person, you are energetic and helpful. You have sense of humour, and you contribute to a positive atmosphere and culture in the workplace. You have a humble and listening attitude when faced with low-practical challenges and viewpoints of others, and you thrive on feedback and openness. About the Department Our department is a Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) production, which covers the entire value-chain from fermentation of product in a host cell, followed by product recovery, chromatographic purification, and finally freeze-dried product. The department is on a journey towards increased production capacity driven by an increasing demand from the market. Our aim is to achieve this through use of innovative solutions, optimizations, and new production technologies, while maintaining a healthy and committed work environment with psychological safety for all employees. Working at Novo Nordisk Novo Nordisk is its people. We know that life is anything but linear and balancing what is important at different stages of our career is never easy. That’s why we make room for diverse life situations, always putting people first. We value our employees for the unique skills they bring to the table, and we work continuously to bring out the best in them. Working at Novo Nordisk is working toward something bigger than ourselves, and it’s a collective effort. Novo Nordisk relies on the joint potential and collaboration of its more than 50,000 employees. Together, we go further. Together, we’re life changing. Contact If you want to know more about the position, please contact Specialist, Christian Tihic Rasmussen on +45 30795447. Deadline Apply before October, 15 2023. 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.