Senior Equipment Engineer

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at jnj.com.

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Job Function:

Supply Chain Engineering

Job Sub Function:

Project Engineering

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico

Job Description:

About MedTech

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments.

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech

About Cardiovascular

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 the possibilities of Cardiovascular? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our Cardiovascular team develops leading solutions for heart recovery, electrophysiology, and stroke. You will join a proud heritage of continually elevating standards of care for stroke, heart failure and atrial fibrillation (AFib) patients.

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech

About Electrophysiology

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments.

As Johnson & Johnson MedTech Electrophysiology, we have one goal – to ensure those with atrial fibrillation can live the lives they want. For more than 30 years, we’ve been the global market leader in the science and technology of cardiac arrythmia treatment. Our suite of tools means electrophysiologists are empowered to personalize their approaches for patients with effective and reproducible workflows. Together, we’re changing what it means to be diagnosed with atrial fibrillation or other cardiac arrhythmias. 

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech

We are searching for the best talent for Senior Equipment Engineer.

Purpose:

The Equipment Engineer is an individual contributor responsible for the equipment Implementation and validation of technology, capable of providing support and/or troubleshooting skills to solve problems to the different business unit equipment.

Must be able as needed to direct and lead different projects related to equipment, capacity increase projects for the manufacturing site in accordance with the production and strategic plans.

Requirement for the production lines installation, incorporates needs for the existing and new production lines, design changes and process improvements related to capacity increase, quality and process productivity improvement metrics.

Leads the planning, execution and monitoring of strategic projects to support the manufacturing and capacity demands. Contributes to key performance indicator achievements and supports company initiatives.

Establishes procedures to ensure that manufacturing areas operate safely and contributes to assure the compliance with quality and EH&S procedures.

You will be responsible for:

In accordance with all applicable federal, state and local laws/regulations and Corporate Johnson & Johnson, procedures and guidelines, this position:

• Provides technical expertise and assistance to assigned engineers, manufacturing associates, supervisors and technicians during line design, installation and monitoring to ensure a flawless ramp up of production launches.

• Evaluates and implements new automation technologies into manufacturing operations; designs, selects, and installs hardware and software upgrades.

• Executes specific automation-related capital projects from design through construction, equipment concept validation and approval.

• Disposal Management of Production Lines Assets

• Management of individual and multiple complex projects simultaneously.

• Conducts complex assessments to determine regulatory compliance and any necessary improvements for regulation conformity.

• Executes the NCR and CAPA process by documenting, investigating, root cause analysis, and implementing corrective / preventive actions for product non-conformances.

• Creates and update documentation as required to enhance and adequate the quality and manufacturing systems to the business needs.

• High proficiency in validation strategy and execution, delivering consistent results in equipment implementation and / or process improvements.

• Coaches project management team in identification of scope changes, including provision of necessary information to support claims for time and cost impact.

• Lead capital management initiatives: Cost estimating, timing, cost-benefit, and technical fitment evaluations.

• Develop and execute detailed project plans using standard project management tools (charter, Gantt chart, etc).

• Responsible for communicating business-related issues or opportunities to the next management level.

• Supports in the evaluation of business plan for projects portfolio prioritization.

• Responsible for following and coaching team with all Company guidelines related to Health, Safety and Environmental practices as applicable.

• For those who supervise, the staff engineer is responsible for ensuring that subordinates follow all Company guidelines related to Health, Safety and Environmental practices and that all resources needed to do so are available and in good condition.

EQUIPMENT ENGINEERING SPECIALTIES

• The equipment engineer supports multiple business areas where based on the role, the functions could be adjusted to meet the strategic business needs such as: Critical Equipment, Proactive Engineering and Projects Engineering.

CRITICAL EQUIPMENT

• Troubleshoots and tests new equipment.

• Monitor and analyze data to identify areas of oncoming trouble or opportunities for improvement.

• Maintains and administers manufacturing equipment control systems in support of daily process operations.

• Execute machine and process improvements on automation systems post-release to support operational objectives in the areas of yield, uptime, reliability, etc.

• Write and review documentation (procedures, special instructions, qualification plans and reports, corrective action plans, etc.)

• Ensure safe working conditions and practices in the department as well as providing support on the plant safety requirements.

• Project implementation team member and Manufacturing support on the different systems that are directly interconnected to the equipment.

PROACTIVE ENGINEERING

• Ensuring regulatory compliance through validation and verification process.

• Responsible for determining processes requiring validation, development of plans and analysis criteria, execution and final analysis and acceptance.

• Establish governance of ongoing quality actions for monitoring and communicating properly potential risks for implementation

• Facilitate CAPA and / or non conformance meetings and prepare any investigation documentation associated with manufacturing compliance issues

• Perform investigations and root cause analysis to identify solutions and corrections/ corrective and preventive actions needed

• Executes investigation process from start to finish, including stakeholder identification, timeline development, escalation and change management

• Create or updates manufacturing procedures and documentation to include / address process improvements

• Identifies and eliminates potential compliance gaps in the manufacturing processes or documentation

• Provides necessary training and support to ensure Good Manufacturing Practices, as well as Good Documentation Practices, along with the action’s implementation

• Provides support for Internal and External Audits

• Developing strategies and implementation plans for compliance related matters

• Collaborates with and influences Quality, Engineering and Manufacturing departments across the organization to ensure consistency and execution of key quality systems

• Performs process / equipment validations involving IQ/OQ/PQ and software validation; including equipment, materials and tools used in manufacturing processes

• Monitor and improve actions; ensuring quality and cost-conscious manner

PROJECTS ENGINEERING

• Responsible of support capacity increase projects as new lines installation/validation, line reconfigurations and support the lean deployment.

• Support Technology transfer and equipment validation.

• Ensure the EH&S and compliance adherence on existing and new project/lines deployment.

• Create and drive validation strategies for new and existing manufacturing equipment.

• Create, update and maintain manufacturing procedures related with processes, equipment and compliance documentation.

• Execute lines and equipment decommissioning projects to enable additional manufacturing capacity for the site.

• Establish flexibility and Decommissioning strategies, deliverables, timelines and ensure adherence to expected deadlines.

Qualifications / Requirements:

• University / bachelor’s degree or equivalent, Engineering, any specialty.

• Approximate experience, or equivalent knowledge and skills, necessary to satisfactorily perform the position responsibilities. 4 to 6 years’ experience in the implementation and support of highly automated manufacturing systems.

• Experience in the Medical Device industry or medical field, preferably.

• Demonstrated knowledge of manufacturing principles and practices, and procedures.

• Knowledge of specific business practices and software and software applications.

• Ability to communicate effectively with a diverse clientele base.

• Ability to work cooperatively with coworkers and the public.

• Ability to perform duties in accordance with policies and procedures and in to comply civil rights requirements.

• Knowledge and experience with EH&S and electrical machinery installations.

• For Critical Equipment: Strong proven experience on software troubleshooting for PLCs, HMIs, Vision Systems and Robots, such as (but not limited to) Siemens, Allen Bradley, Cognex, Adept, etc.

• For Critical Equipment: Strong experience on troubleshooting Personal Computers (PCs) and the different devices (drivers, controllers)

• For Critical Equipment: Experience on programming under different architectures and different levels (low and/or high level).

• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Applications, e.g., Excel and Power Point.

• Excellent project management skills.

• Self-direction and proactivity, effective management of personal time.

• Talent management and development preferred.

• Ability to demonstrate leadership skills when collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams.

• Ability to manage projects and supervise support staff, as assigned.

• Demonstrated hands-on large project management/delivery experience.

• Proven experience at managing a high volume of projects at a single time.

• Proven experience in managing subcontractors.

• Knowledge of good manufacturing practices and documentation, preferably in the medical industry.

• Essential soft skills include problem-solving and analytical thinking

• Oral and written communication in Spanish

• Knowledge of productive processes.

• Advanced English

 

 

Required Skills:

 

 

Preferred Skills:

Analytical Reasoning, Budgeting, Collaboration, Communication, Consulting, Customer Centricity, Feasibility Studies, Issue Escalation, Lean Supply Chain Management, Organizational Project Management, Product Reliability, Project Engineering, Quality Assurance (QA), Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Application, Scientific Research, Technologically Savvy