Quality Control Chemist

Are you driven by continuous optimisation and securing high level of compliance? Are you highly motivated to work in an analytical laboratory and ensure fast delivery of quality products to our patients?

We are currently seeking 2 new Quality Control (QC) Chemists to join our Biotech & Rare Disease Quality Control (QC) in Gentofte and it might be you

If you are as ambitious as we are, you can look forward to an exciting job in an environment where we always strive to be the best in class in everything we do.
 

The position
As QC Chemist, your primary responsibility will be to approve analytical results and support laboratory technicians with analytical work in the laboratory by providing guidance and coaching, securing timely delivery of analytical results.
 

You will work closely with other chemists in the team to ensure that the analytical performance and equipment live up to industry standards and GMP requirements. You find chromatography interesting and have a desire to investigate analytical variations.
 

The core tasks for the team are: 

Timely delivery of analytical results to our stakeholders ensuring medicine reach the patients. Solving laboratory investigations and deviations utilising systematic problem solving as a tool. Continuous improvement and optimisation of our processes using LEAN principles. Driving day to day operations with involvement in project work.
 

You can look forward to an exciting and varied job, that is critical to helping the team achieve its goals. As a team, we are always looking to work smarter and to implement digital and innovative improvements in our processes.
 

You will have the opportunity to shape your daily routine and responsibilities while also having room for personal and professional development. This could also be your opportunity to build a strong network within Novo Nordisk while developing your skills further.

Qualifications You will be a great asset to our team because you have:

A degree in chemistry, pharmacy, engineering, or a similar field with ideally, 2+ years’ experience working as a Chemist. However, as there are 2 positions open, we are also open to applications from new graduates. Working with GMP standards, eexperience working in the pharmaceutical industry is advantageous.  Experience/ knowledge about chromatographic analysis, HPLC equipment, equipment qualification. A natural flair for IT is desirable. Good communication skills with stakeholder management experience.  It is advantageous if you have experience with LEAN. Professional proficiency in both written and spoken English and Danish. Intermediate-level Danish proficiency also sufficient.
 

As an individual, you can work independently and see yourself as being self-driven, responsible, and having an open-minded approach. In addition, it’s natural for you to take the initiative, good at creating an overview and have the courage to solve new types of tasks both individually and in collaboration with colleagues and stakeholders. You can prioritise your tasks and work with documentation in a structured manner to keep an overview of your workload.

About the department
Biotech & Rare Disease (BRD) is part of Novo Nordisk, which delivers products for treatment of rare blood and endocrine disorders. BRD QC consist of six departments supporting our production facilities by performing QC analysis on the whole product portfolio in BRD. 
Our department's area of responsibility is chemical, biological and general compendial analysis of stability samples, drug substance samples, drug product samples and intermediate samples. In our QC department in Gentofte, we are approximately 120 motivated and talented colleagues divided into 6 teams. Your new department is characterized by high professionalism, quality mindset and an informal tone. 

Working at BRD, Novo Nordisk 
BRD is part of Novo Nordisk Product Supply, which is a global production network at the forefront of technology and quality production of pharmaceutical products. In BRD, we are not only supplying all Novo Nordisk products to people living with serious chronic diseases, but we also use our competences in biotech to support the growing efforts into completely new production platforms and therapy areas for Novo Nordisk.

We are more than 3000 dedicated colleagues working at six production sites in Denmark and the United States. Here we cover the entire production value chain where raw materials are cultivated, purified, formulated, filled, assembled in devices, packed, and distributed across the globe. As more and more people need our products, we support Novo Nordisk's initiatives in new therapy areas. Every day, we work to streamline and expand our capacity through process innovation, automation, and the introduction of new technology.

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