Are you passionate about utilizing contemporary technology? Would you be interested in taking on a significant responsibility in directing projects at one of our upcoming facility sites? If yes, then you could be the ideal candidate for the position of Senior Project Engineering Manager that we are seeking. Don't miss out on the chance to apply for this thrilling job opportunity at Novo Nordisk!
The Position As the Senior Project Engineering Manager, you will oversee overall engineering activities such as scope, schedule, and resource capacity and needs, to ensure the project expectations are met. Your primary focus will be to develop and set up the processes for the project in collaboration with your new colleagues - “the project team”, as well as the suppliers and contractors.
You will facilitate multiple high-complexity projects, ensuring timely delivery within the agreed quality and delivery time. Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following: • Planning design activities in cooperation with track leads and following the process from design to handover to the end users - “Operation”.
• Interfaces and coordination between disciplines and handling changes to the scope of work.
• Consistency of work, cross-disciplinary quality/reviews and compliance with codes and regulations. You will be responsible for the common picture of design between the end users, contractors and the engineering team throughout the project.
• Lead the engineering team and perform on-the–job training for engineers to develop their potential. • Contribute to the development of standards and guidelines with the Novo Nordisk Fill & Finish Expansions program.
• Collaboration with our main vendors and subcontractors to ensure they follow our schedule, and deliver within agreed quality.

At the moment, the workplace is at our project office in Høje Taastrup, but within the coming year it will be in Odense.

Qualifications
An ideal candidate should have GMP and Project Management experience within CAPEX capacity expansions. We expect this person to be able to manage high-complexity projects and stakeholders within tight deadlines. To be successful in this role, you should have:
• A technical degree within engineering, pharmaceutical science or similar.
• 5+ years of experience within production/packaging/assembly lines.
• Science and Risk-based validation knowledge from the pharmaceutical industry is an advantage.
• Strong leadership and project management skills with experience executing projects on a large scale.
• Great stakeholder management skills and ability to build relations in a global context.
• Fluency in written and spoken English.

You are a quality-focused individual with a problem-solving approach and a passion for developing new solutions and challenging the status quo. Your visionary and innovative outlook enables you to promote process optimization and digitalization alongside colleagues. Your excellent communication skills allow you to build cross-functional relationships.

About the Department
You will be joining Fill & Finish Expansions (FFEX). The area is anchored in Product Supply, Quality & IT, which globally employ approximately 28,500 of Novo Nordisk’s 64,000 employees. Fill & Finish Expansions is a newly established and growing area with the responsibility to design, plan and build all major fill & finish expansion projects across PSQIT to serve the needs of millions of patients. We do it by rethinking our fill & finish facilities with the use of modern technology. We are setting the standards for the future, designing facilities we will still be proud of many decades from now. Fill & Finish Expansions has a global approach, where you will be working with multiple sites and cultures across the world. Our department is committed to delivering innovative solutions and driving change in the pharmaceutical industry. Join our team and make a difference in the lives of millions of patients worldwide. 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 recognize 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 you are welcome to contact Sevgi Polat Kartal, Senior Manager at +45 30793802 or get to know us better by visiting Novo Nordisk Global Manufacturing Careers.

Deadline
18 June 2024. 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.