Process Engineer, API Manufacturing: Scale & Optimize

Novo Nordisk A/S; Kalundborg; Remote; DKK 570,000 - 838,000; Full time

Job summary

Novo Nordisk A/S in Kalundborg is seeking a Process Engineer for API Manufacturing to help bring a new product into large-scale production. You will combine chemistry/biochemistry insights with process data to deliver stable, compliant, and efficient manufacturing.

You’ll join a growing team and own product- and process-related activities, from understanding molecular steps to scaling transfers, with emphasis on data analytics, deviations, investigations and cross-functional collaboration to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s, Master’s or PhD in biochemistry, chemistry, biotechnology, biomedicine, chemical engineering or another life-science discipline.
• Relevant experience from pharmaceutical manufacturing, API production, biotechnology or another chemistry-intensive production environment.
• Practical knowledge of chemical modification, protein chemistry, organic chemistry, downstream processing, purification, filtration or HPLC.
• Working knowledge of cGMP in a regulated setting.
• Strong English communication skills and the ability to share knowledge, collaborate across functions and influence decisions.
• Curiosity, a proactive approach and enjoyment in solving complex challenges.

Responsibilities

• Build a detailed understanding of how the molecule, chemical modification, protein chemistry and purification steps affect the final product.
• Analyse process data to find correlations and root causes, and turn the findings into practical improvements and monitoring.
• Support qualification and validation activities in line with cGMP requirements, and the implementation of new products and processes.
• Take ownership of product-related activities such as deviations, investigations, change requests, product transfers and continuous improvement.
• Share your specialist knowledge, contribute to technical decisions and help build capability in a growing team.

Skills

Biochemistry

Chemical engineering

Process data analysis

cGMP knowledge

English communication

Education

Bachelor’s/Master’s/PhD in life sciences/chemistry

Job description

Novo Nordisk A/S in Kalundborg is seeking a Process Engineer for API Manufacturing to help bring a new product into large-scale production. You will combine chemistry/biochemistry insights with process data to deliver stable, compliant, and efficient manufacturing.

You’ll join a growing team and own product- and process-related activities, from understanding molecular steps to scaling transfers, with emphasis on data analytics, deviations, investigations and cross-functional collaboration to