Technical Area Specialist - AP

About the Department

At Novo Nordisk, we want to make a difference. For nearly 100 years, we have led the way in diabetes care. Being part of Novo Nordisk allows our employees to embark on life-changing careers, and the opportunity to help improve the quality of life for millions of people around the world.

In Clayton, NC, we now operate two adjacent pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities that are responsible for fulfilling different steps in our injectable and oral treatment supply chains.

Our Clayton, NC Injectable Finished Products (IFP) facility is a 457,000 square foot aseptic "fill and finish" site that is responsible for producing innovative, injectable diabetes and obesity treatments. When you work at IFP, you’ll join a global network of manufacturing professionals focused on several key, final production processes, including sterile formulation, filling, inspection, device assembly and packaging.

At IFP, our employees are passionate about what they do, knowing their work makes a difference to millions of people who rely on our products every day. After all, producing medicines is a special responsibility.

Join Team Novo Nordisk and help us make what matters.

Position Purpose

Coach, support, and develop technical competencies on shift needed to support successful execution of processes.

Accountabilities

• Acts as a maintenance advocate, coordinating daily schedule, removing barriers and enabling maintenance to run optimally
• Serves as coach and technical mentor for work cell leaders, maintenance technicians and process teams
• Execute process confirmation of maintenance standards used on shift and work with process team to find ideas to proactively improve quality and compliance
• Coach maintenance Event Response process
  • Visualize/track events and actions
  • Confirm S&EP technicians and Operators understand and follow process
  • Check that solutions are verified to work and shared across shifts
• Manage development plan for S&EP technicians on shift
• Execute on shift maintenance plan, review and close work orders
• Ensure maintenance work is properly documented in SAP and logbooks
• Implements process improvements
• Observes and enforces all safety and environmental requirements
• Performs other duties as required

Desired Qualifications

• BS/BA in technical field or industry equivalent experience
• Minimum 5 years maintenance leadership experience in manufacturing or equivalent industry / military experience
• Knowledgeable in the following high-speed, automated systems: Filling, Formulation, Inspection, Assembly and Packaging
• Experience driving process improvements/design using systematic methodologies; Lean and Six Sigma strongly preferred
• Proven expertise in mentoring/development, change management, planning/organizing, managing execution, and revising the work plan for complex problems solved by cross functional teams

Physical Requirements

• Ability to work 12 hour shifts or longer, day or night
• Ability to attain clean room gowning certification and work with hazardous materials including sanitants. (Aseptic Production)
• Ability to work hours necessary to support shift production
• Ability to travel internationally
• Ability to achieve core gown certification (Aseptic Production)

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.

Novo Nordisk is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by local, state or federal laws, rules or regulations.

Novo Nordisk requires all new hires to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 prior to the first date of employment. As required by applicable law, Novo Nordisk will consider requests for reasonable accommodation.

If you are interested in applying to Novo Nordisk and need special assistance or an accommodation to apply, please call us at 1-855-411-5290. This contact is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.