Maintenance Optimization Area Specialist

Novo NordiskClayton, NC
Onsite

About The Position

You will be joining Fill & Finish Expansions (FFEx), which is responsible for all major expansion activities within aseptic production, solid dosage forms, finished products, fill & finish warehousing, and QC across all production areas in Product Supply. The area is anchored in Product Supply, Quality & IT, which globally employ approx. 20,000 of Novo Nordisk’s 50,000 employees. FFEx is a newly established and growing area with the responsibility to design, plan, and build all new aseptic filling capacity across Novo Nordisk to serve the needs of millions of patients. We do it by rethinking our production facilities with the use of modern technology, as we are setting the standards for the aseptic production of the future. Facilities designed today which we will still be proud of 20 years from now. FF Expansions has a global approach, where you will be working with multiple sites and cultures across the world.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree in technical field or industry equivalent experience preferred
  • Minimum of seven (7) years of maintenance leadership experience in manufacturing, or equivalent industry/military experience required
  • Experience driving process improvements/design using systematic methodologies.
  • Experience creating/improving FIT/MWDs required
  • Able to develop & manage action plans to achieve targets preferred

Nice To Haves

  • LEAN & Six Sigma strongly preferred
  • Knowledgeable in one or more of the following high-speed, automated systems: Filling, Formulation, Inspection, Assembly & Packaging preferred

Responsibilities

  • Coach, support & develop all necessary technical competencies of shift personnel in order to support successful execution of processes.
  • Improve MTTR for all production lines by: Owning & improving organization & clarity of parts & functional locations in SAP, Improving MWDs, FITs & other Maintenance Standards
  • Improve MTBF for all production lines by: Reviewing unplanned maintenance & improving Maintenance Plans, Moving Maintenance Culture towards Condition Based & Predictive Maintenance
  • Driving Planned Maintenance efficiency through MN Boards, MRP & Maintenance Review
  • Reduce Maintenance Cost by: Acting as Site Liaison for OEM – including Parts Complaints, ASL agreements, coordinating with other sites & monthly meetings
  • Improving Stakeholder Relations with Production Teams, Maintenance Planning, Reliability & Metrology by utilizing the NN Way
  • Other accountabilities, as assigned

Benefits

  • 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
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