Senior Manufacturing Engineer (One out of Two)

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:

Manufacturing Engineering

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Anasco, Puerto Rico, United States of America

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson Med Tech, a member of Johnson & Johnson's Family of Companies, is recruiting for a Senior Manufacturing Engineer. This position will be located in Añasco, Puerto Rico.

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 https://www.jnj.com/ (https://www.jnj.com/

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

This role applies advanced Supply Chain Manufacturing Engineering expertise to drive the successful planning, execution, and delivery of engineering projects that improve operational performance, manufacturing efficiency, and business outcomes. The position is responsible for reviewing and implementing comprehensive project plans, ensuring projects are completed on time, within scope, and within budget while leveraging established project management methodologies and engineering best practices.

The individual analyzes, edits, and translates complex manufacturing and operational data into clear, actionable insights for leaders and stakeholders, enabling informed decision-making and effective project governance. They utilize engineering tools, problem-solving techniques, and continuous improvement principles to identify opportunities, mitigate risks, and optimize manufacturing processes across the supply chain.

The role regularly communicates project status, milestones, challenges, and achievements to stakeholders at multiple organizational levels. Additionally, the position serves as a mentor and coach to junior team members, fostering technical development and strengthening project execution capabilities. Success requires strong cross-functional collaboration, analytical expertise, leadership influence, and a commitment to Johnson & Johnson's Credo and Leadership Imperatives in all interactions and decision-making.

Key Role Responsibilities

• Leads and executes projects and/or programs of moderate to high level of complexity ensuring safety, regulatory compliance, company standards, operation requirements and business needs.

• Drive the optimization of process output and throughput, equipment utilization, equipment downtime, waste reduction/yield improvements, budget management, standard cost, and capital investment management in a creative manner.

• Provides technical support to peers and production areas in evaluating process deficiencies, process changes, modifications, and equipment failure. Defines, analyzes, reviews, and evaluates problems for prompt solutions.

• Supports manufacturing in the day-to-day troubleshooting of equipment’s to ensure increase production outputs and increase operation team capabilities.

• Follows Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), Company Policies and Federal, State and Local Government Regulations.

• Revise and maintain engineering, equipment’s, and process procedure.

• Support the GMP audits as subject matter guide for product and processes.

• Coordinates communications and interfaces within end users and machine manufacturers or suppliers.

• Lead or participates in projects involving other departments and activities.

• Evaluates process trends (Ex. Yield, OEE) to drive improvements of business results.

• Daily monitoring and support to manufacturing lines

• Provide training on process and validation requirements to operators and engineers

• Stay in sync with all environmental, safety and occupational health policies

Qualifications

Required Skills

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

• Minimum of 4 years of experience is required in a maintenance manufacturing environment, R&D or Process Development

• Proven experience with validation cycle (FAT, IQ, OQ and PQ)

• Must be fully bilingual: Spanish & English

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Preferred Skills

• Preferred experience with data analysis tools: Minitab

• Experience working at medical device industry or pharmaceutical preferred Experience in Project Management preferred

Other:

• This position will require up to 10%  travel

• The attendance policy for this requisition is Fully Onsite

At Johnson & Johnson, we’re on a mission to change the trajectory of health for humanity. That starts by creating the world’s healthiest workforce. Through cutting-edge programs and policies, we empower the physical, mental, emotional and financial health of our employees and the ones they love. As such, candidates offered employment must show proof of COVID-19 vaccination or secure an approved accommodation prior to the commencement of employment to support the well-being of our employees, their families and the communities in which we live and work.

 Johnson & Johnson is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

 For more information on how we support the whole health of our employees throughout their wellness, career and life journey, please visit www.careers.jnj.com

Established and productive individual contributor in a scientific/technology field. Administers extensive and diversified knowledge of manufacturing engineering principles and practices to a broad range of supply chain engineering project plans, as well as associated key performance metrics, goals, and objectives. Works collaboratively with management to drive decisions regarding engineering schematics and methods, and represents the company for comprehensive engineering structure, efficiencies, and final deliverables.

 

 

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