Application Engineer II; PAS-X; SDF

Position: Application Engineer II (PAS-X) - SDF
About the Department For more than 100 years, Novo Nordisk has been tackling the unmet medical needs of people living with serious chronic diseases, such as diabetes & obesity. Being part of Novo Nordisk allows our employees to embark on the opportunity to help improve the quality of life for millions of people around the  NC, we operate three pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities that are responsible for fulfilling different steps in our injectable and oral treatment supply chains.

Our Emerging Technologies
-Solid Dosage Forms US facility in Durham, NC is a 194,000 square foot tableting and packaging facility that supports the production of our innovative oral treatments for patients with type 2 diabetes. SDF maintains a curious and pioneering spirit, harmonious with our growing pipeline of new products and emerging technologies.

What we offer you:

Leading pay and annual performance bonus for all positions

All employees enjoy generous paid time off including 14 paid holidays

Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance – effective day one Guaranteed 8% 401K contribution plus individual company match option

Family Focused Benefits including 14 weeks paid parental & 6 weeks paid family medical leave

Free access to Novo Nordisk-marketed pharmaceutical products

Tuition Assistance Life & Disability Insurance Employee Referral Awards At Novo Nordisk, you will find opportunities, resources, and mentorship to help grow and build your career. Are you ready to realize your potential? Join Team Novo Nordisk and help us make what matters.

The Position Responsible for ensuring reliable & consistent operation of identified local manufacturing applications. Improve reliability of process control systems to meet current & projected customer, business & regulatory requirements through the following activities:
People Focus, Equipment Focus and Standards "Gatekeeper".Relationships Reports to Senior Project Manager – OFP.Essential Functions Work primarily with production (shop floor) & corporate as a liaison ensuring application understanding & managing continuous improvement initiatives

Present initiatives & information accurately & explain industry jargon in a clear manner for customers

Support the identification of application requirements through relationship building & effective stakeholder management

Gather information about stakeholders’ needs/process gaps & develop/implement action plans that support the production goals

Provide input to product feature enhancements & process improvements

Provide resolutions to system related issues & discrepancies

Coordinate & oversee software upgrades & releases to applicable systems

Coach & train colleagues & stakeholders in relevant areas

Schedule & execute plans in coordination with manufacturing schedules

Support projects that involve specified application solutions

Maintain process application standards, specifications & maintenance plans

Own self development & initiative to understand the site process control systems

Support audits & inspections as SME for specified process applications

Utilize the appropriate cLEAN tools within the main areas of Systematic Problem Solving, process improvement, & project management

Operate within compliance with a Quality Mindset that focuses on risk management & mitigation

Implement effective Change Management Support Corporate, OFP, local IT & local stakeholder initiatives & projects

Govern behaviour based on the Novo Nordisk Way Other accountabilities as assigned.

Physical Requirements Ability to work in an open office environment with the possibility of frequent distraction. Ability to travel up to 10% of the time (% can change on a case-by-case basis based on the role).Qualifications Bachelor's Degree in…