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Johnson & Johnson Med Tech Deliver, a member of Johnson & Johnson's Family of Companies, is recruiting for a Director of Manufacturing Engineering for our Jacksonville, Fl location.

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/

The role is a strategic leadership position responsible for shaping the organizational vision, driving process excellence, and enhancing operational capabilities. It oversees long-term financial planning, capital investment decisions, and project management to ensure efficient and sustainable manufacturing operations. The leader champions Industry 4.0 initiatives, develops asset replacement and technology strategies, and manages budgets and KPIs to optimize performance. Additionally, they foster a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and best practices, ensuring the organization remains at the forefront of technological and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible and accountable for establishing a clear organizational vision, building process excellence and organizational capability, driving execution, and measuring and improving functional performance.
• Direct, guide and provide oversight for the capital long-term financial planning (LRFP), forecasting, budgeting, controlling and reporting of the site capital plan communicating status and health to site and network partners.
• As the administrator of the site Capital Appropriations Committee (CIC), organizes the monthly meetings with the site Leadership Team passionate about reviewing and assessing Capital Appropriations Requests (CAR).
• Lead the business case development process for capital investments articulating the business value built and overall value proposition to the site, Contact Lens platform and Supply Chain Leadership Teams.
• Drive and promote a culture of project management excellence in the organization. Support continuous improvement of project delivery practices.
• Effectively engages in the identification, sharing and adaptation of standard methodologies multi-functionally establishing metrics to monitor performance and ensure sustainability.
• Lead the development of the manufacturing asset replacement strategy applying value analysis to repair/replace and repair/redesign decisions. Incorporate results into the Fleet Strategy, Site Master Plan and capital budget and five-year capital plan.
• Develop and implement the manufacturing strategy and technology roadmap including convergence of IT/OT technologies (e.g. Factory of the Future). Champion and drive Industry 4.0 strategy through Manufacturing for Future initiatives.
• Responsible for developing department long range plans, annual budgets, and supervising/controlling budget performance. Ensures sound management of head count and expenses to meet approved spending plan and functional commitments.
• Establishes and manages Key Performance Indicators to measure functional and / or asset base performance and efficiency. Improves business and operative processes to reduce costs and improve compliance.
• Keep up to date on new developments and technologies in assigned subject areas and present on new ‘Best Practice’ methodologies, procedures, processes and equipment to the company in a proactive manner.

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Required Skills:

• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in engineering is required; an advanced degree in Engineering or an MBA is helpful.
• PMP or comparable Certification and familiarity with J& J Project Management approaches (FPX & Project Delivery Process) is helpful.
• Professional Engineering Registration is helpful.
• Minimum 12 years of relevant business experience required preferably in the Life Sciences industries (Medical Device, Biotechnology or Pharmaceutical).
• A minimum of 8 years’ experience of people management experience with demonstrated success in performance management and development is required.
• Manufacturing and / or Engineering experience in FDA or other regulated environments from design through startup is required.
• Experience in conceptual development, design and implementation, planning and scheduling and project management of major capital projects is required.
• Prior experience in managing a cost center with profit and loss responsibility is required
• The ability to translate engineering goals and objectives into successful strategies that lead to tactical plans is required.
• Organizational change, project management, and the ability to work effectively and drive alignment in a global environment through strong communication and empowerment is required.
• The ability to work effectively and drive alignment in a matrix management environment through effective communication, collaboration and influence is required
• Must demonstrate working knowledge of process development and validation, including design of experiments, statistical analysis Equipment maintenance is required.

Preferred Skills:

• Knowledge continuous improvement tools, lean manufacturing and six-sigma is preferred.
• Cross-Sector/Cross Country exposure/experience desired.
• Prior experience managing a site capital portfolio is strongly preferred.
• Working in a highly automated, high volume fast-paced environment is preferred

Other:

• The anticipated travel for this position is 10%

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 innovative programs and policies, we empower the physical, mental, emotional and financial health of our employees and the ones they love.

Johnson & Johnson is an 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, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

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