Senior Construction Manager at Novo Nordisk Engineering (Denmark - Kalundborg)

Senior Construction Manager at Novo Nordisk Engineering
Do you thrive on leading teams, managing construction planning, and overseeing contractors to ensure safety and excellence in site operations? If so, you'll be a great fit for this role!

What do we do at NNE?
We are experts in end-to-end pharma engineering, and we design and build pharma facilities that are essential for millions of patients all over the world. Our success is built on our relationships, both with our colleagues and our customers. If you are passionate about working for a noble cause on projects shaping the future of sustainable and intelligent pharma facilities, NNE is the place to be.

About the role
Join our Project Management area, a team of approximately 450 highly skilled project employees. Your daily work will primarily take place in Kalundborg, and your base will be at our home zone in Kalundborg.

As Senior Construction Manager you are motivated to create impact. Your mission is to ensure a safe construction and commissioning site that deliver results, on-time and within budget.

Whether you feel empowered by the complexity of the project, our culture of empowerment and flexible working conditions, or the noble cause that binds us together – you share the passion with our team in NNE. And if so, please keep reading!

Location Kalundborg Department Site Construction Management
Experience +10 years Employment Type Full Time

How you might spend your days
As a Senior Construction Manager, you’ll be

• Safety and Compliance: Adhering to health, safety, and environmental guidelines across all sites. Focusing on safeguarding the well-being of employees and maintaining occupational safety standards.
  
• Integration and coordination strategy: You will embed safety into site operations, aligning with NNE’s Construction and Commissioning strategy through collaboration with WPO, contractors and other stakeholders.
  
• Quality and Compliance: Upholding NNE’s quality system for site construction management, standards, methods and ensuring consistent excellence throughout the project lifecycle.
  
• Stakeholder & Resource Management: Managing site operations, construction planning, and resource allocation to meet customer expectations, while prioritizing key resources with Line and Project Management.
  
• Construction Management & Team Development: Support and foster the development of self-leading teams to ensure effective collaboration to successful execution of construction projects.
  
• Site Teams: Organize site teams for optimal use, offering feedback and supporting team development.

Who you are
We care about who you are as a person. In the end, how you work, and your energy, is what impacts the results we achieve as a team. As a person, you are:

• Leadership Excellence: Are capable of engaging and developing highly skilled people.
  
• Discipline Enhancement: Thrive on advancing the site management discipline by elevating project execution to new heights.
  
• Governance Implementation: Understand the importance of streamlined processes and compliance and are capable to flag concerns.
  
• Customer and stakeholder Collaboration: Able to build strong relationships and possess strong stakeholder management skills ensuring seamless coordination at the local site.
  
• Resource understanding and Strategic Team Building: Motivated to drive impactful change by understanding colleagues’ individual and cultural differences, identifying the right people for tasks, and ensuring a flexible, high-performing organization.

The miles you’ve walked
In all positions there are some things that are needed, and others a bonus. We believe these qualifications are needed for you to do well in this role:

• Relevant M.Sc. or B.Sc. in Civil, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering, Marine Engineer or similar.
  
• 10 years of experience in Site and Construction management, primarily in large process projects. Preferable from pharma & biotech industries but not a requirement.
  
• 10 years of experience in project cost monitoring, performance control and proactive risk management
  
• Formal management/leadership education is an advantage.
  
• Proven track record being overall responsible for large complex projects with teams of up to 10 FTE throughout all project phases from inception to hand over.
  
• Fluent in Danish and English, both spoken and written.

If you do not check all the boxes, you are welcome to offer alternative experience that you think would be valuable in this role.

Why choose NNE?
We provide a range of perks and benefits tailored to enhance your overall experience. Some highlights include:

• Vibrant and project-based work environment
• Collaboration and innovation-based culture
• True empowerment and flexible working conditions

Unleash your potential
NNE is short for Novo Nordisk Engineering. And for all of us who work here, NNE means so much more. We are the epitome of a people business and, as such, we are dedicated to continuously developing our people. We do not expect you to know it all, and we recognize that a great onboarding experience is key. We therefore greet new colleagues with our award-nominated onboarding program, and in-house talent programs designed to keep our biggest asset – you - developed for the long-run.

Did we spark your curiosity? If you’re ready to join our passion, let’s hear from you.

Deadline of application is 13 April 2025.

Questions before applying? Please contact Senior Manager of Site Construction Management Søren Ulslev on +45 3191 8686 or Peter Birk on +45 30777304.

At NNE, we commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants. To maintain fairness, we request that you refrain from including a photo in your CV.

Please note we only accept applications submitted through our online recruitment system.

You do not need to attach a cover letter to your application, but please include a few sentences about why you are applying in your resume or CV.

We will invite to interviews on a running basis.

To learn more about us visit www.nne.com

Application Deadline: 4/14/2025

Location: Denmark - Kalundborg