Primary Packaging Development Engineer

Category:

Engineering & Technical

Are you passionate about developing innovative packaging solutions for pharmaceutical products? Are you ready to join a dynamic and collaborative team in the Devices and Delivery Solutions department at Novo Nordisk? If so, we are looking for a Primary Packaging Development Engineer to drive the development and selection of new primary packaging solutions for our next-generation drug products. Join us in our mission and apply today for a life-changing career.

The Position

As Primary Packaging Development Engineer, you'll spearhead the creation of suitable primary packaging for Novo Nordisk's medical drug projects, working closely with teams across Drug and Device Development, Production, and Supply Chain to meet standards. The role encompasses diverse tasks across the company, requiring robust teamwork for success.

Your main responsibilities include:

• Developing primary packaging systems from the ideation phase to drug product launch, such as blister packaging or pill bottles for tablets, or pre-filled syringes and vials for parenteral administration.

• Documenting the design requirements, safety risk management and mitigations, testing, and documentation of these; enabling us to submit Clinical Trial Applications.

• Ensuring suitable design, material, technical performance, processability, and new supply chains of the packaging systems.

• Scouting the market and meeting with suppliers to identify and refine packaging solutions.

• Coordinating your own workstream with stakeholders and delivering on time.

Qualifications

To succeed in this role, we expect you to:

• Hold an MSc/BSc degree in Engineering or another relevant field within the Natural Sciences.

• Experience with primary packaging for pharmaceuticals, food, or experience with medical device development.

• Possess knowledge of packaging materials such as aluminum, polymers, glas etc.

• Be fluent in written and spoken English.

It will be an advantage if you have experience in Expertise in Container Closure Systems for pharmaceutical use and foils for blister packaging for tablets, including blister layout design, and knowledge of chemical/physical drug stability, with a special focus on material/drug interaction, as well as proficiency in Risk management, Risk mitigations, Supplier negotiation, and the development of strategic partnerships.

As a person, you thrive in a dynamic, innovative setting, taking ownership of tasks and meeting goals. You're comfortable working on your own but also enjoy teaming up with other colleagues and stakeholders across departments. You're known for your positive, can-do attitude that helps create a great atmosphere around you.

About the Department

You're entering the Primary Packaging Development Department within Devices and Delivery Solutions, part of Novo Nordisk's global Development organization, located in Hillerød near Copenhagen.

Our unit spearheads innovative delivery solutions for Novo Nordisk’s pharmaceutical products, comprising project management, engineering, and technical functions. You'll be part of a highly skilled team driving primary packaging solutions, alongside specialists and project managers, within a dynamic department of three teams.

Our international environment fosters collaboration, with colleagues from diverse backgrounds committed to supporting Novo Nordisk's drug portfolio and exploring sustainable practices.

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 Team Leader Mia Kølgaard at +45 3075 5958.

Deadline

Apply before May, 31 2024.

Please note, that we will invite candidates for interviews on an ongoing basis and conclude the recruitment process when the right candidate has been found.

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.