Maintenance Technician I – Process Equipment Reliability

Novo Nordisk A/S; Powhatan (NC); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Paid holidays

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) match

Parental leave

Family leave

Tuition assistance

Life & disability insurance

Referral bonus

Job summary

Novo Nordisk in North Carolina operates a 457,000 square foot aseptic manufacturing facility focused on injectable diabetes and obesity treatments. The role targets improving systems and equipment reliability, reducing downtime, and supporting operation of processes within a team environment.

The position emphasizes safe work practices, preventive maintenance planning, and hands-on troubleshooting across electrical, mechanical, and instrumentation domains.

Qualifications

• Associate’s Degree in relevant field or equivalent military/industrial training.
• Minimum of three years of relevant work experience.
• Knowledge of compressed air, electro-mechanical controls, electrical, mechanical, instrumentation & robotics preferred.
• Experience with automated records systems such as SAP and reading schematics/wiring diagrams preferred.
• Knowledge of troubleshooting strategies preferred.
• Organizational/planning skills to support maintenance planning and coordination.

Responsibilities

• Work in a safe and environmentally responsible way.
• Improve performance and reliability of process equipment.
• Restore function to equipment in a technically correct manner.
• Actively lead event response.
• Plan and perform corrective and preventive maintenance on assigned processes.
• Monitor performance and trends; provide action plans.
• Support and implement reliability improvement projects.
• Support training and coaching of process operations.
• Record and review maintenance data in SAP Work Orders and forms.
• Review and coach use of SAP Work Orders to completion.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Compressed air

Electro-mechanical controls

Electrical systems

Mechanical systems

Instrumentation & robotics

Education

Associate’s Degree in relevant field

Tools

SAP

Job description

Novo Nordisk in North Carolina operates a 457,000 square foot aseptic manufacturing facility focused on injectable diabetes and obesity treatments. The role targets improving systems and equipment reliability, reducing downtime, and supporting operation of processes within a team environment.

The position emphasizes safe work practices, preventive maintenance planning, and hands-on troubleshooting across electrical, mechanical, and instrumentation domains.