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Process Associate I - Biotech Manufacturing

Novo Nordisk AS
  • NH
  • Autofill and Review
4 days ago

Job Description

About the Department

Site New Hampshire, located in West Lebanon, is where Novo Nordisk's life-saving treatments are brought to life. Our manufacturing facility produces a global supply of our hemophilia and growth hormone product lines, as well as our next generation of cutting-edge medications.

What we offer you:

  • Leading pay and annual performance bonus for all positions
  • 36 Paid days off including vacation, sick days & company holidays
  • Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance
  • Guaranteed 8% 401K contribution plus individual company match option
  • 14 weeks Paid Parental Leave
  • Free access to Novo Nordisk-marketed pharmaceutical products

At Novo Nordisk, you will find opportunities, resources and mentorship to grow and build your career. Are you ready to realize your potential?

The Position

This position has primary responsibility to support manufacturing operations in one of our downstream process support teams. Focus areas may include Training, Documentation, Deviations, Change Control and Projects. Drives the coordination and execution of process and equipment improvement initiatives, reviews completed quality records, generates quality deviation responses, drive investigations and has ability to train technicians on processes and QMS systems. Responsible for supporting production through on-floor knowledge and support, documentation to keep production running efficiently, and supporting training of technicians to run according to cGMP requirements. This role will work cross functionally with groups/departments across our site to ensure operational efficiencies and successful production of API. This role will require entering our sterile cleanroom areas while following all relevant gowning, safety, and quality policies.

This is an onsite based position Monday-Friday at our bioproduction facility in West Lebanon, NH.

Relationships

Reports to: Sr. Manager, Process Support

Essential Functions

  • Liaison between Production Support and Manufacturing for the coordination of process/equipment improvements and data trending/analysis
  • Review/approval of completed process documentation
  • Ability to train others on the manufacturing process and QMS systems
  • Revise and create documentation (SOP, batch records, FT's) associated with the manufacture of product, requiring minimal direction
  • Ability to investigate and write up Deviation events utilizing Root Cause Analysis
  • Incorporate pre-planned process improvements and cost reduction projects into manufacturing
  • Ability to take on and manage multi-disciplined projects, with minimal supervision
  • Understanding/application of quality systems
  • Support of Health Authority inspections
  • Possesses technical and systems knowledge and can research information outside of knowledge base
  • May need to support hands-on manufacturing within the given area for production coverage
  • Has ability to recognize problems and recommend solutions to problems based on technical understanding of the process and equipment
  • Support activities in other departments as instructed by manager
  • Participate in on-call rotations, including weekends and non-business hours, to provide support
  • Performs all job duties and responsibilities in a compliant and ethical manner and in accordance with all applicable healthcare laws, regulations and industry codes
  • Incorporates the Novo Nordisk Way and 10 Essentials in all activities and interactions with others
  • Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

  • Education and Certifications:

  • High School diploma or equivalent required

  • Bachelor's degree in science or engineering preferred

  • Work Experience:

  • High School diploma or equivalent with six (6) years relevant manufacturing experience required

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent with two (2) years of experience preferred

  • Pharmaceutical or biotechnology experience strongly preferred

  • Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

  • Requires functional understanding of cGMPs, established manufacturing practices and procedures and compliance with quality regulations and guidelines

  • Ability to understand and execute established written instructions is essential

  • Organizational skills and an ability to perform assignments with a high degree of attention to detail

  • Demonstrate a practical understanding of lean manufacturing principles

  • Analytical abilities and problem-solving skills

  • Excellent communication skills-articulates ideas and concepts clearly to all audiences

  • Employee must remain accessible during on-call period and must be able to provide support/respond within sixty (60) minutes

Physical Requirements

0-10% overnight travel required

The ability to finger, climb and walk. The ability to speak, listen and understand verbal and written communication. While performing this job employee work involves sitting most of the time with walking and standing required only occasionally. This position may lift up to 10 pounds frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Visual acuity to perform close activities such as: reading, writing and analysing; and to determine the accuracy, neatness and thoroughness of work assigned or to make general observations.

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.

At Novo Nordisk, were not chasing quick fixes - were creating lasting change for long-term health. For over 100 years, weve been driven by a single purpose: to defeat serious chronic diseases and help millions of people live healthier lives. This dedication fuels our constant curiosity and inspires us to push the boundaries of whats possible in healthcare. We embrace diverse perspectives, seek out bold ideas, and build partnerships rooted in shared purpose. Together, were making healthcare more accessible, treating and defeating diseases, and pioneering solutions that create change spanning generations. When you join us, you become part of something bigger - a legacy of impact that reaches far beyond today.

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.

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.

Numbers & Facts

LocationNH
IndustryBiotechnology/Pharmaceuticals
Company Size2,500 to 4,999 employees
Year Founded1923
Websitehttps://www.novonordisk.com/

About Company

Working at Novo Nordisk

 

Life-changing careers

Starting a career at Novo Nordisk is more than getting a job. It is an opportunity to improve the lives of millions of people living with a serious chronic disease.

Whether you are a part of supplying insulin for patients around the world, discovering the next breakthrough at one of our state-of-the-art research centres, working with us is truly life-changing.

 

We are inspired by life

We are a proud life-science company on a mission to ensure that people living with a chronic disease can live a full life. Millions rely on us.

We’re inspired by life in all its forms and shapes, ups and downs, opportunities and challenges. From our colleagues in the lab, working to change lives through pioneering break-through treatments, to our colleagues putting sustainability at the core of our processes and working to prolong the life of our planet, this mission to improve lives is at the core of our every action.

 

Together we drive change

Change is a constant — change in lifestyle, change in technology, change all over. 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.

That’s why we continuously push to improve the way we work and the lives of the patients we serve, creating innovative solutions that fit the way people want to live. To accomplish this, we embrace a spirit of open-mindedness and experimentation, striving for excellence without fixating on perfection.

 

Together, we are life-changing

Our company is our 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 want to ensure that every employee can achieve a work-life balance that supports their current priorities and where they want to go next.

 

Your development starts here

We value our employees for the unique skills, backgrounds and perspectives they bring to the table. We work continuously to help bring out the best in all of our people, offering opportunities for development and creating an environment of mobility within the company. We strive to offer a workplace that’s great to be in and to be from.

It is very important to us that anyone working with us feels empowered as an employee and as a person. We all should have the opportunity to act fast, make decisions and be agile. 

With a career at our company, you will feel a difference right from the start. A sense of inspiration that comes from a shared belief in driving positive change for people, families and communities everywhere, and it’s a collective effort. We rely on the joint potential and collaboration of our more than 45,000 employees.

In the video above, meet  Marie Darting, one of our scientists, and hear more about her work as a formulation scientist, her perspective on development plans and the impact she feels her work has on people living with a chronic disease.

 

Who we are

We were founded in 1923 and today we are a global healthcare company headquartered just outside Copenhagen, Denmark.

Our purpose is to drive change to defeat diabetes and other serious chronic diseases, such as obesity and rare blood and endocrine disorders. We do so by pioneering  scientific breakthroughs, expanding  access to our medicines , and working to prevent and ultimately cure diabetes.

With almost 100 years of experience, one of the broadest diabetes product portfolios in the healthcare industry, as well as an award-winning pipeline of innovative products, our success is built on our company values – the Novo Nordisk Way.

Skills

  • Application Programming Interface (API)unmatched
  • Biotech and Pharmaceuticalunmatched
  • Change Controlunmatched
  • Chronic Diseaseunmatched
  • Cleanroomunmatched
  • Communication Skillsunmatched
  • Cost Controlunmatched
  • Cross-Functionalunmatched
  • Current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP)unmatched
  • Data Analysisunmatched
  • Detail Orientedunmatched
  • Diseaseunmatched
  • Documentationunmatched
  • Healthcareunmatched
  • Hemophiliaunmatched
  • High School Diplomaunmatched
  • Knowledge Baseunmatched
  • Lean Manufacturingunmatched
  • Manufacturingunmatched
  • Manufacturing Operationsunmatched
  • Manufacturing/Industrial Processesunmatched
  • Medicationsunmatched
  • Mentoringunmatched
  • On Callunmatched
  • Operational Supportunmatched
  • Operations Managementunmatched
  • Organizational Skillsunmatched
  • Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
  • Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
  • Process Improvementunmatched
  • Process Managementunmatched
  • Product Marketingunmatched
  • Production Supportunmatched
  • Regulationsunmatched
  • Regulatory Complianceunmatched
  • Root Cause Analysisunmatched
  • Safety/Work Safetyunmatched
  • Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)unmatched
  • Support Documentationunmatched
  • Training/Teachingunmatched
  • Trend Analysisunmatched
  • Willing to Travelunmatched

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