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Quality Control Technician (Tues-Sat)

Novo Nordisk

  • West Lebanon, NH
  • 30+ days ago

    Highlights

    This role offers hands-on experience in a Microbiology QC lab, supporting the day-to-day activities that keep testing operations running smoothly like: organizing and preparing workspaces, performing routine inspections, perform sampling acitivites, cleaning and sanitization of lab spaces and equipment, and general equipment maintenance. The working environment includes a variety of physical conditions including: noise, close proximity to moving parts and equipment, use of ladders and exposure to chemicals; atmospheric conditions including: odours, fumes and dust.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationWest Lebanon, NH
    IndustryBiotechnology/Pharmaceuticals
    Company Size2,500 to 4,999 employees
    Year Founded1923
    Websitehttps://www.novonordisk.com/

    Description

    About the Department

    Site New Hampshire, located in West Lebanon, is where Novo Nordisk's life-saving treatments are brought to life. Our manufacturing facility produces a global supply of our hemophilia and growth hormone product lines, as well as our next generation of cutting-edge medications.

    What we offer you:

    • Leading pay and annual performance bonus for all positions
    • 36 Paid days off including vacation, sick days & company holidays
    • Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance
    • Guaranteed 8% 401K contribution plus individual company match option
    • 14 weeks Paid Parental Leave
    • Free access to Novo Nordisk-marketed pharmaceutical products

    At Novo Nordisk, you will find opportunities, resources and mentorship to grow and build your career. Are you ready to realize your potential?

    The Position

    This role offers hands-on experience in a Microbiology QC lab, supporting the day-to-day activities that keep testing operations running smoothly like: organizing and preparing workspaces, performing routine inspections, perform sampling acitivites, cleaning and sanitization of lab spaces and equipment, and general equipment maintenance. In our GMP and GLP environment the candidate should be detail-oriented, comfortable following established SOPs while diagnosing/fixing issues, contributing to investigations, and maintaining high standards of documentation and compliance. This position requires strict adherence to cGMPs, established manufacturing practices and procedures and compliance with quality regulations and guidelines. Prior experience in a GMP, Life Science, or laboratory environment is preferred but not required. This role will primarily support our Microbiology QC teams.

    This is an onsite based position at our West Lebanon, NH bioproduction facility. This is a first shift Tuesday-Saturday schedule.

    Relationships

    Reports to: QC Supervisor (Microbiology)

    Essential Functions

    • Performs routine QC support activities (e.g. housekeeping, sanitizations, glassware cleaning, sample receipt)
    • Performs sampling with minimal support
    • Support of low complexity tasks (e.g. Spectroscopy, Bioburden Testing, Incoming Inspection of Consumables)
    • Performs routine equipment maintenance with support
    • Identifies deviations and may support systematic problem solving and laboratory investigations
    • Documents and archives work in accordance with Good Documentation Practice
    • May support report writing activities
    • Performs all job duties and responsibilities in a compliant and ethical manner and in accordance with all applicable healthcare laws, regulations and industry codes
    • Incorporates the Novo Nordisk Way and 10 Essentials in all activities and interactions with others
    • Other duties as assigned

    Qualifications

    • Education and Certifications:

    • High School Diploma required

    • Associates Degree in a scientific field preferred

    • Work Experience:

    • High School Diploma with three (3) years of relevant work experience required

    • Associates Degree with zero (0) years of relevant work experience preferred

    • Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology or other regulated industry experience preferred

    • Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

    • The ability to understand and execute established written instructions is essential

    • Good organizational, time management and documentation skills

    • Attention to detail and ability to prioritize tasks

    • Basic computer skills (e.g. email, MS Word, database management)

    • Knowledge of laboratory or manufacturing operations preferred

    Physical Requirements

    0-5% overnight travel required. The ability to climb, balance, stoop, reach, stand and walk. The ability to push, lift, grasp and feel. The ability to speak, listen and understand verbal and written communication. Repetition including substantial movement of wrists, hands and or fingers. Lifting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects. Visual acuity to perform close activities such as: reading, writing and analysing; and to determine the accuracy, neatness and thoroughness of work assigned or to make general observations. The working environment includes a variety of physical conditions including: noise, close proximity to moving parts and equipment, use of ladders and exposure to chemicals; atmospheric conditions including: odours, fumes and dust.

    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.

    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.

    If you are interested in applying to Novo Nordisk and need special assistance or an accommodation to apply, please call us at 1-855-411-5290. This contact is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

    About Company

    Working at Novo Nordisk

     

    Life-changing careers

    Starting a career at Novo Nordisk is more than getting a job. It is an opportunity to improve the lives of millions of people living with a serious chronic disease.

    Whether you are a part of supplying insulin for patients around the world, discovering the next breakthrough at one of our state-of-the-art research centres, working with us is truly life-changing.

     

    We are inspired by life

    We are a proud life-science company on a mission to ensure that people living with a chronic disease can live a full life. Millions rely on us.

    We’re inspired by life in all its forms and shapes, ups and downs, opportunities and challenges. From our colleagues in the lab, working to change lives through pioneering break-through treatments, to our colleagues putting sustainability at the core of our processes and working to prolong the life of our planet, this mission to improve lives is at the core of our every action.

     

    Together we drive change

    Change is a constant — change in lifestyle, change in technology, change all over. At Novo Nordisk, we don’t wait for change. We drive it.

    We’re a dynamic company in an even more dynamic industry, and we know that what got us to where we are today is not necessarily what will make us successful in the future.

    That’s why we continuously push to improve the way we work and the lives of the patients we serve, creating innovative solutions that fit the way people want to live. To accomplish this, we embrace a spirit of open-mindedness and experimentation, striving for excellence without fixating on perfection.

     

    Together, we are life-changing

    Our company is our people. We know that life is anything but linear and balancing what is important at different stages of our career is never easy. That’s why we make room for diverse life situations, always putting people first. We want to ensure that every employee can achieve a work-life balance that supports their current priorities and where they want to go next.

     

    Your development starts here

    We value our employees for the unique skills, backgrounds and perspectives they bring to the table. We work continuously to help bring out the best in all of our people, offering opportunities for development and creating an environment of mobility within the company. We strive to offer a workplace that’s great to be in and to be from.

    It is very important to us that anyone working with us feels empowered as an employee and as a person. We all should have the opportunity to act fast, make decisions and be agile. 

    With a career at our company, you will feel a difference right from the start. A sense of inspiration that comes from a shared belief in driving positive change for people, families and communities everywhere, and it’s a collective effort. We rely on the joint potential and collaboration of our more than 45,000 employees.

    In the video above, meet  Marie Darting, one of our scientists, and hear more about her work as a formulation scientist, her perspective on development plans and the impact she feels her work has on people living with a chronic disease.

     

    Who we are

    We were founded in 1923 and today we are a global healthcare company headquartered just outside Copenhagen, Denmark.

    Our purpose is to drive change to defeat diabetes and other serious chronic diseases, such as obesity and rare blood and endocrine disorders. We do so by pioneering  scientific breakthroughs, expanding  access to our medicines , and working to prevent and ultimately cure diabetes.

    With almost 100 years of experience, one of the broadest diabetes product portfolios in the healthcare industry, as well as an award-winning pipeline of innovative products, our success is built on our company values – the Novo Nordisk Way.

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