Primary Packaging Engineer

Are you ready to shape the future of new injectables primary packaging at Novo Nordisk and play a key role in its maintenance? Do you aspire to take on the challenge of setting the direction in the challenging field of materials for use in GMP production?

If you are also eager to collaborate with a broad range of team members and stakeholders, you might be the Primary Packaging Engineer we are looking for! Apply today and help drive the future of healthcare with us!

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 Organisations (CMOs), among others.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Overseeing 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, including 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 activities for commercial products, such as evaluating new suppliers and implementing changes to components or technologies
• Ensuring optimal technical performance, processability, and safety of the primary packaging components and systems
• Investigating quality issues and customer complaints, understanding usage and potential root causes to ensure high standards of performance and compliance

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, we believe you to:

• Hold a master’s degree in engineering (such as pharmaceutical, material science, mechanical, chemical, production), physics, or a related technical field
• Demonstrate practical experience in the development or maintenance of primary packaging within a highly regulated industry
• Bring expertise working in a GMP environment, system engineering, safety risk management, and quality specifications
• Communicate fluently in both written and spoken English

As a person, you are motivated by finding sustainable solutions that can be seamlessly integrated into manufacturing processes. You take a structured approach and confidently take ownership of your assignments. While you work efficiently on your own, you also thrive in collaboration with colleagues and stakeholders across functions and departments. You have strong technical and analytical skills, with an unwavering focus on achieving results and meeting key milestones. Finally, you motivate colleagues with a positive and forthcoming attitude.

About the Department

You will join the Material Manufacturing Development – Primary Packaging Department in Product Supply, Sourcing Operations. We consist of approximately 60 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, Device R&D, QC laboratories, QA, various Novo Nordisk production sites around the globe, and a range of external suppliers and CMOs.

The Department is currently located in Bagsværd and will relocate to Høje Taastrup in January 2026.

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 via a text message at +45 3444 0993.

Deadline

09 July 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.