Associate Director, Aseptic Tech & Process Excellence

Novo Nordisk A/S; Clayton (NC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Leading pay and annual performance

14 paid holidays

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance – effective day one

Guaranteed 8% 401K contribution

Family Focused Benefits including 14+6

Free access to Novo Nordisk products

Tuition Assistance

Life & Disability Insurance

Employee Referral Awards

Job summary

Novo Nordisk in Clayton, NC seeks a Senior Engineering leader to drive tactical and strategic improvements in aseptic production. You will lead cross-functional teams, shape maintenance standards, and ensure high equipment uptime to support site schedules.

The role emphasizes employee development, IDPs, and performance coaching, with a focus on scalable processes, safety and regulatory compliance. You’ll collaborate across sites to share best practices and deliver technical projects that sustain

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field from an accredited university required.
• Master’s degree from an accredited university or industry equivalent experience preferred.
• Minimum of seven (7) years of manufacturing environment experience required, preferably in the pharmaceutical or other regulated industries.
• Minimum seven (7) years of leadership (direct or indirect) experience in engineering, manufacturing, or maintenance required, with a preference toward pharmaceutical or other regulated industries.
• Experience driving process improvements/design using systematic methodologies, LEAN & Six Sigma strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for ensuring maximum up time of equipment to support site production schedules.
• Development of long-term technical & process improvement plans.
• Ensure robust processes are in place to exceed all quality objectives, specifications & requirements.
• Drive process performance to meet business & customer needs.
• Championing systematic problem solving (SPS) process.
• Process group responsibilities representing the Clayton site & contributing globally to better/best practices.

Skills

Leadership

Process improvement

LEAN

Six Sigma

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

LEAN methodologies

Six Sigma tools

Job description

Novo Nordisk in Clayton, NC seeks a Senior Engineering leader to drive tactical and strategic improvements in aseptic production. You will lead cross-functional teams, shape maintenance standards, and ensure high equipment uptime to support site schedules.

The role emphasizes employee development, IDPs, and performance coaching, with a focus on scalable processes, safety and regulatory compliance. You’ll collaborate across sites to share best practices and deliver technical projects that sustain