Primary Packaging Engineer

Would you like to take part in the implementation of new Injectables primary packaging for Novo Nordisk and play a key role in its maintenance? Are you ready to take on the challenge of setting the direction in the challenging field of materials for use in GMP production? Would you like to collaborate with a broad range of team members and stakeholders?

If so, you might be the Primary Packaging Engineer we are looking for! Apply today for a life changing career!
 

The Position

As a Primary Packaging Engineer, you will be working in an inspiring scientific environment with highly engaged colleagues and in close collaboration with people from many different areas internally and externally. 

Our team members collaborate with colleagues and peers from Research and Development (R&D), Production and Supply Chain, external materials suppliers and Contract Manufacturing Companies (CMOs), among others. 

Your main focus will be on:
•    Being responsible for Primary Packaging Systems or Primary Packaging Components for injectable pharmaceuticals, such as Aluminium Caps, Laminate Septums, Syringes, Glass vials and cartridges, or Rubber plungers.
•    Bringing the new primary packaging materials from clinical development to market. This includes receiving documentation from R&D and primary packaging related regulatory filing activities and documenting the activities to be ready for health authority inspections.
•    Handling lifecycle management (LCM) activities of primary packaging materials for commercial products, e.g. evaluating new suppliers and implementing changes to component and technology improvements.
•    Ensuring technical performance, processability and safety of the primary packaging components and systems.
•    Leading investigations related to primary packaging components, performing analysis of customer complaints, understanding usage, and investigating potential root causes to ensure components and materials meet performance and quality requirements.

You will be working at the company headquarters in Bagsværd, Copenhagen with an environment characterized by innovation, openness and highly engaged colleagues who work dedicated to help us change lives for the better for patients around the world.

Qualifications

To succeed in this role, you have:
•    A master’s degree in pharmaceutical engineering, materials and manufacturing engineering, mechanical engineering, production engineering, automation engineering, food engineering, chemical engineering, IT, physics, or similar field.
•    A few years of experience within development or maintenance of primary packaging for pharmaceuticals.
•    Experience in working in a Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) environment, system engineering, safety risk management and quality specifications.
•    Full professional proficiency in written and spoken English. 

As a person, you are motivated by finding the solutions that are sustainable and can be incorporated in manufacturing processes. In this role, a structured approach is taken, and ownership of assignments is embraced. While working independently is a strength, collaboration with colleagues and stakeholders across functions and departments is also a crucial part of our daily work.

We look forward to meeting a colleague whose strong technical and analytical skills are demonstrated daily, with an unwavering focus on achieving results and taking pride in delivering milestones. Being able to motivate colleagues with a positive and forthcoming attitude is key to succeed in this position. 

About the Department

You will join the Material Manufacturing Development – Primary Packaging Department in Product Supply, Sourcing Operations. 

We consist of approx. 45 employees organized in 4 teams and are continuously growing. We are responsible for implementation of complex Primary Packaging materials and maintaining documentation on existing materials. We cooperate with a variety of Novo Nordisk functions, including Chemistry, Manufacturing and Control (CMC), Device R&D, QC laboratories, QA, various Novo Nordisk production sites around the globe, and a range of external suppliers and contract manufactures (CMO).  

The Department is currently located in Bagsværd and will relocate to Høje Taastrup in late 2025.

Working at Novo Nordisk

We are a proud life-science company, and life is our reason to exist. We’re inspired by life in all its forms and shapes, ups and downs, opportunities and challenges. For employees at Novo Nordisk, life means many things – from the building blocks of life that form the basis of ground-breaking scientific research, to our rich personal lives that motivate and energise us to perform our best at work. Ultimately, life is why we’re all here - to ensure that people can lead a life independent of chronic disease.

Contact 

For further information, please contact Manager Christian Luxhøj +45 3444 0993.

Deadline 

23 February 2025.

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. To ensure an efficient and fair recruitment process, please refrain from adding a photo in your CV.
 

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants. 

At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we’re life changing.