Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc., a member of the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies, is recruiting a Materials Engineer Director to join its dynamic team located in Jacksonville, FL.
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Position Summary
The Materials Engineering Director will work with the Senior Director of Process Engineering at Johnson & Johnson Vision. This strategic leadership role is critical in supervising Materials Engineering activities across our facilities in Jacksonville, Florida; Anasco, Puerto Rico; Uppsala, Sweden; Groningen, Netherlands; and Limerick, Ireland. The director will coordinate multi-functional teams to drive product and materials development, ensuring alignment with our objectives and maintaining high-quality standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Strategic Leadership: Provide visionary direction for Materials Engineering initiatives across multiple global sites and takes and approves initiatives and high-level strategies for Material Engineering schematics.
- Business Strategy Contribution: Actively participate in developing strategies to ensure timely delivery of high-quality products to our customers.
- Multi-functional Coordination: Collaborate with manufacturing teams to enhance material and product development in line with organizational objectives
- Project Management: Successfully lead multiple projects while balancing day-to-day responsibilities in Materials Engineering.
- Supply Chain Optimization: Collaborate to develop optimal product and platform materials enhancing supply chain performance concerning quality, cost, and delivery timelines.
- Regulatory Compliance: Ensure that all Engineering standard operating procedures and protocols are consistently in compliance with federal and local regulatory statutes.
- Talent Development: Lead and mentor a complementary team of Materials Engineers, fostering capabilities development across engineering and manufacturing functions.
- New Product Introduction (NPI): Liaise with R&D Materials groups to prepare for engineering readiness ahead of commercialization.
- Engineering Program Administration: Ensure the application of meticulous technical standards and sound engineering principles throughout all projects.
- Product Change Control: Be responsible for raw material changes orchestrated by quality improvements and standard methodologies.
- Standards and Risk Management: Drive the establishment of standards related to problem solving, risk assessments, design methodologies and resource management
- Multi-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with key functions including Supply Chain Engineering, R&D Materials, Quality, and Procurement to build alignment and support.
Qualifications
Qualifications
Education: A minimum of a Bachelor's degree and/or equivalent University degree in Engineering or related technical field required. Advanced degree preferred
Required:
- Minimum ten (10) years of relevant professional work experience
- Manufacturing, engineering, R&D, technical development, or quality-related area experience.
- People management experience, demonstrating success in performance development and team management.
- Exceptional communication and collaboration skills to navigate multi-functional management environment effectively.
- Strong understanding of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs)
- Knowledge of equipment and process validation procedures
- Validated leadership qualities are crucial: resilience, tenacity, motivation, conscientiousness, and self-direction.
- Ability to lead medium-complexity technical issues and adapt to changing environments.
Preferred:
- Demonstrated capability to lead remote teams across multiple facilities and countries.
Other:
- May require up to 25% domestic and/or international travel to other locations and sites.
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.
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