Maintenance Technician - Fire & Gas Detection Systems - FFEx

Maintenance Technician - Fire & Gas Detection Systems - FFEx

Location:

Clayton, NC, US

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.

• 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
• Life & Disability Insurance

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.

Responsible for all aspects of fire & gas detection life safety systems, including troubleshooting, repair, maintenance, & training of personnel in their use.

Reports to Manager/ Senior Manager.

• Perform daily monitoring actions, such as reviewing trouble, supervisory, and fire/gas detection alarms, supporting their investigation & correction as needed, to include supporting these actions during off-hours, in order to handle critical or emergency situations
• Conduct weekly line walks of fire suppression systems in each area to verify proper function & integrity of equipment (check pressure gauges, valves & seals, backflow assemblies, fire pump/riser equipment, & fire curtains)
• Respond to integrity issues with any aspect of fire suppression systems
• Perform routine inspection of emergency backup systems (fire panel & fire curtain batteries, etc.)
• Test common audible & visual signals in each building & testing of initiating device from input to output
• Coordinate system impairment (including permits) as needed for maintenance or fire drills
• Ensure that hot work is being safely conducted during bypassing of safety equipment
• Assist metrology with calibrations or other non-routine maintenance/repairs
• Communicate with all safety contractors to handle fire & gas related repairs (write notifications > bring contractor onsite & escort to fix leaking head, faulty smoke detector, etc.)
• Handle fire & gas related repairs (write notifications > bring contractor onsite & escort to fix leaking head, faulty smoke detector, etc.)
• Provide training on fire alarm panels, fire system remote monitoring stations (TSW), & gas Detection monitoring systems
• Coordinate & support contractors in performing semi-annual, annual, & other less frequent inspections
• Support expansion work (drawings, additional water needs, etc.)
• Follow all safety & environmental requirements in the performance of duties
• Other accountabilities, as assigned

Moves equipment &/or supplies weighing up to 33 pounds within the facility using various body positions. Routinely operates & inspects manufacturing equipment using hands. Ability to be on feet for up to a 12-hour shift. May require corrected vision to 20/25 based on role. May require color 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.…