Staff Project Engineer

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Johnson & Johnson Vision Care is recruiting for a Staff Project Engineer, Vision Care located in Jacksonville, Florida.

An internal pre-identified candidate for consideration has been identified. However, all applicants will be considered.

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

At Johnson & Johnson Vision, we have a bold ambition: to change the trajectory of eye health. That’s why, through our operating companies, we’ve developed solutions for every stage of life-to help people see better, connect better and live better. We partner with eye care professionals to provide some of the world’s leading products and technologies to address refractive error, cataracts, dry eye, and beyond. We are committed to using our reach and size for good and strive to put quality eye care within reach of everyone, everywhere. Visit us at www.jjvision.com. Follow @JNJVision on Twitter and Johnson & Johnson Vision on LinkedIn.

TheStaff Project Engineer is responsible for executing all phases of site wide capital projects that enable growth and continuous improvement of our world class manufacturing platforms and supporting systems. You will be responsible for developing scope, schedules, and budgets for new manufacturing line installations, capital equipment retrofits, and process utility system upgrades. The successful candidate will take an active role in utilization of contracted services and contribute to the design and delivery of appropriate contracts and agreements that provide adequate resources for all services needed. The candidate must have a strong track record in deploying capital projects within a manufacturing environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Accountable individual for delivering site priority capital projects that span equipment upgrades, product brand conversions, and new line installation / commissioning under minimal supervision.
• Establishes project timelines, objectives, priorities, and targets. Responsible for developing project budgets, acquiring bids, preparing funding requests and obtaining Capital Appropriation approval from senior leadership.
• Utilize experience with formal project management tools to ensure execution to best practices including budget development, resource management, schedule creation and risk mitigation.
• Lead multi-functional teams (internal and external to Engineering) and influence business decisions. Provide scope options analysis to stakeholders where necessary to align best value scope required to meet project objectives.
• Align project scope and change manage with stakeholders via project charter. Provide regular project updates to site leadership.
• Supervise the activities of multi-disciplined team that may change in size and composition from project to project.
• Responsible for providing technical interpretation and expertise to ensure adherence to FDA / Safety / Quality policies, good engineering practices, J&J standards, and customer specifications.
• Drive business alignment through the development and execution of a formal communication plan. Represent project through formal stakeholder updates.
• Demonstrates a strong leadership style which reflects the standards and expectations outlined in the Johnson & Johnson Credo.

Qualifications

Education:

• A minimum of bachelor’s degree is required (preferably in Engineering) a Master’s in Science, Engineering, or Business is highly preferred.

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• At least 5 years’ experience with direct accountability over multi-functional teams delivering capital projects to plan within a manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated experience with budget ownership and direct accountability of capital investments in excess of $1MM. Able to effectively communicate methods for developing budgetary estimates and obtaining capital appropriations through a formal approval process.
• Experience providing direction to internal and contract project team members and driving tactical execution to project milestones.
• Experience owning the installation, commissioning, and validation activities for automated process equipment in a regulated environment.
• Familiarity with FDA regulatory standards and Good Manufacturing Practices.
• Proven track record of effectively forecasting project cash flows and actively managing spend to achieve accurate results against forecast.
• Familiar with Process Safety Management and Process Hazard Analysis for equipment installations and qualifications within PSM governed areas.

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• This position could have up to 10% travel both domestic and/or international.
• Experience in Medical Device or Pharmaceutical industry is preferred.

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.

Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, external applicants please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers , internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

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