Senior Manager, Manufacturing Engineering

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine•Jacksonville, FL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Johnson & Johnson is recruiting for a Senior Manager, Manufacturing Engineering, to join our Vision Care team in Jacksonville, FL. About Vision Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments. Are you passionate about improving and expanding on the possibilities of vision treatments? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how vision is improved? Our Vision team solves the toughest health challenges. Help combine cutting-edge insights, science, technology, and people to encourage eye care professionals and patients to proactively protect, correct and enhance healthy sight for life. Our products and services address these needs – from the pediatric to aging eye – in a patient’s lifetime. Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering, Science, or a related subject area.
Minimum of eight years of relevant business experience, including at least five years in a life sciences industry such as medical devices, biotechnology, or pharmaceuticals.
Experience in conceptual manufacturing equipment and process development, design and implementation, project planning and scheduling, and management of capital projects.
Experience with leadership of multifunctional engineering teams in an FDA-regulated or comparable regulated environment.
Proven experience developing business cases in a technical environment and delivering significant, measurable industrial improvements.
Solid understanding of process development and validation, design of experiments, statistical analysis, and equipment maintenance.
Strategic leadership capability combined with a flexible, hands-on working style.
Strong influencing and stakeholder-management skills across functions, sites, and organizational levels.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Strong analytical and problem-solving capability, with ability to resolve technical, design, resource, and delivery issues.
Sound judgment to make timely decisions on technical and management matters.
Confirmed capability to lead, manage, coach, and develop an engineering organization.
Excellent planning, prioritization, and interpersonal skills.
Discretion and sound handling of confidential information, including external-party interactions, product development strategies, and regulatory matters.

Nice To Haves

Change Leadership
Developing Others
Facility Management
Inclusive Leadership
Leadership
Lean Manufacturing Principles
Lean Supply Chain Management
Managing Managers
Manufacturing Compliance
Manufacturing Engineering
Manufacturing Flow Management
Manufacturing Science and Technology (MSAT)
Performance Measurement
Predictive Maintenance
Product Design
Report Writing
Safety-Oriented
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Application
Strategic Thinking

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain a pipeline of manufacturing strategies and technologies that improve product quality, manufacturing cost, and operational efficiency for new and existing products.
Evaluate the strategic rationale, investment requirements, development timing and expected return on investment for engineering projects.
Establish and govern a manufacturing equipment asset management program covering the full asset life cycle, from specification through obsolescence, while balancing technological capability.
Apply recognized operational excellence methods, including Lean and Six Sigma, to improve throughput, yield, reliability, availability, operational safety, and total cost of ownership of manufacturing equipment and production operating technology (OT) systems.
Own and lead site engineering technology roadmap that enable transformational process development.
Build and sustain a quality-focused culture and ensure compliance with current Good Manufacturing Practices and applicable Quality System requirements as defined in the Quality Manual.
Champion machine, electrical and behavioral safety across the engineering organization.
Responsible for capital long-range financial planning and reporting status and health of the site capital plan to stakeholders.
Accountable for site engineering projects execution.
Define, monitor, and achieve engineering performance metrics, with effective plans in place to drive continuous improvement.
Sustain a strong sense of purpose and accountability within the engineering organization.
Act as a Credo leader and constructively challenge existing paradigms to deliver breakthrough improvements aligned with the strategic business plan.
Engage, empower, and coach a highly capable team. Collaborate across the wider enterprise to enable year-over-year growth, process simplification, and technology development.
Build organizational capability through selection, recruitment, development, and performance management of engineering talent.
Lead resource allocation across multidisciplinary programs to ensure delivery of agreed business priorities and objectives.
Establish clear team and individual goals, measure performance against those goals, and ensure exceptional service to internal and external customers.
Ensure performance appraisals, mid-year reviews, and development conversations are completed on time. Provide timely, direct, and constructive feedback, including in difficult situations.
Provide overall direction and governance for manufacturing engineering activities in Jacksonville.
Integrate site engineering priorities with Implant Platform Engineering objectives and cross-functional business priorities.
Ensure appropriate process development and validation practices, including the use of design of experiments and statistical analysis.
Be responsible for equipment maintenance strategies and asset life-cycle decisions to support safe, and reliable operations.
Develop robust technical business cases and translate approved strategies into clear execution plans and measurable outcomes.