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- Operations Area Specialist (Packaging)
- Facility: Manufacturing
- Location: Clayton, NC, US
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
Serves as key member of shift production leadership team, to include providing operations support & coaching.
Relationships
Reports to Shift Manager.
Essential Functions
Acts as a process advocate, coordinating daily schedule with Work Cell Leaders & support groups, removing barriers & enabling processes to run optimally based on assigned area of responsibility (Aseptic Production, Finished Production Assembly, Finished Production Packaging)
Serves as coach & mentor for team members related to technique, behaviour & mindset by:
- Visualizing/tracking events & actions
- Confirming that operators understand & follow processes
- Verifying that solutions work & are shared across shifts
Additional information
Executes process confirmation of operations standards used on shift & work with process teams to proactively improve quality & compliance
Resolves/elevates issues related to systems such as e-time, PRISM & SAP
Implements process improvements
Observes & enforces all safety & environmental requirements
- Manages development planning process for operators on shift
- Follow all safety & environmental requirements in the performance of duties
Physical Requirements
- Moves equipment &/or supplies weighing up to 33 pounds within the facility using various body positions.
- Routinely operates & inspects manufacturing equipment using hands.
- Strap & unstrap pallets using hands.
- Ability to be on feet for up to a 12-hour shift.
- May required corrected vision to 20/20 or 20/25 based on role.
- May require colour vision based on role.
- Occasionally ascends/descends a ladder.
- May be required to work at elevated heights.
- Occasionally works around odorous &/or hazardous materials.
- May be required to wear gloves.
- Occasionally performs critical job functions in extremely cold work environment.
- Occasionally positions oneself within confined spaces for inspection, repair & maintenance of equipment.
- Ability to work in loud noise environments with hearing protection.
May be required to secure a motorized vehicle license & operate a motorized vehicle based on the role.
Qualifications
- Associate’s degree from an accredited university required
- May consider a High School Diploma or equivalent with a minimum of four (4) years of manufacturing experience, preferably in a pharmaceutical environment. If position is for Aseptic Production, two of the four years must be aseptic processing experience
- Minimum of two (2) years of manufacturing experience required, preferably in a pharmaceutical environment. If position is for Aseptic Production, both years must be aseptic processing experience
- Experience using Lean/Six Sigma methodologies & achieving sustainable process improvements a plus
- Ability to communicate technical information clearly in writing & in presentations preferred
- Demonstrates knowledge of adult learning methodologies & is able to use multiple methods to train & coach others preferred
- Computer expertise in the following applications: MS Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, SAP & novoLIMS preferred
- Experience planning, organizing, managing execution, checking results & revising work plans preferred
- We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.
- At Novo Nordisk, we're not chasing quick fixes – we're creating lasting change for long-term health.
- For over 100 years, we've been driven by a single purpose: to defeat serious chronic diseases and help millions of people live healthier lives.
- This dedication fuels our constant curiosity and inspires us to push the boundaries of what's possible in healthcare.
- We embrace diverse perspectives, seek out bold ideas, and build partnerships rooted in shared purpose.
- Together, we're making healthcare more accessible, treating and defeating diseases, and pioneering solutions that create change spanning generations.
- When you join us, you become part of something bigger – a legacy of impact that reaches far beyond today.
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About the Department
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.
Equal opportunity and legal notices
Novo Nordisk is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by local, state or federal laws, rules or regulations.
From Novo Nordisk's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on November 13, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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