Assoc Automation Engineer - HVAC and FMS​/BMS

Assoc Automation Engineer - HVAC and FMS/BMS

Facility:
Digital & IT

Location:

Petersburg, VA, US

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 world.

Our new Petersburg, Virginia site marks a strategic move to advance our capabilities in Emerging Technologies (ET) within Chemical API development and production. The highly experienced site is designed to strengthen and accelerate our Small Molecule (SMOL) strategy while amplifying our operational capacity. This is to safeguard and support ET´s SMOL projects in the coming years, aligning with our vision and strengthening our potential for growth and innovation.

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 14weeks 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

In this role you will collaborate with business stakeholders, project teams and vendors to ensure process control systems for new and existing equipment meet local and global standards. You will work with equipment suppliers and Schneider to specify field instrument assemblies and sensors, ensuring devices can connect to and be used in local manufacturing while meeting requirements from both people and equipment perspectives, and acting as a gatekeeper for standards.

Partnering with other departments such as QC and Warehouse, you will gather requirements (for example sensor temperature ranges) to guide equipment selection. You will execute qualification activities for FMS/BMS systems in GMP areas, participate in protocol development and execute qualification protocols as required, and support periodic system evaluations, change requests and deviation handling that are critical to maintaining our license to operate.

As an expert on FMS/BMS software interfaces, you will configure alarms and reports and provide training and guidance to others. You will be responsible for one or more HVAC and FMS/BMS equipment items, working closely with maintenance and production to plan, coordinate and release facility activities, and leveraging your HVAC knowledge to support implementation of best‑in‑class engineering solutions. The role requires an advanced understanding of GMP, GDP and GxP and is supported by an experienced, collaborative department that values teamwork and social engagement.

Relationships

Reports to Manager, Senior Manager.

Essential Functions

• Support plans to maintain & improve process control systems
• Demonstrate awareness of systematic problem‑solving in everyday life
• Schedule & execute plans in coordination with operations schedules
• Own self‑development & initiative to build an understanding of automation applications & systems
• Adhere to the automation standards & implement the necessary changes to the automation‑related specifications & maintenance plans
• Assist in coaching & training colleagues & stakeholders
• Operate in compliance with a quality first mindset
• Assist in implementing process changes & investigating process deviations
• Work closely with operations to identify process gaps & focus on continuous improvement
• Support corporate, PS , local IT, & local stakeholder initiatives & projects
• Govern behavior based on the Novo Nordisk Way
• Follow all safety & environmental requirements in the performance of duties
• Other accountabilities, as assigned

Physical Requirements

Ability to work in an open office environment with the…