Johnson & Johnson

Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Johnson & Johnson • $108K — $130K *
Anasco, PR 00610In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
8 - 10 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (required); advanced degree or leadership training preferred.
  • Minimum of 8 years relevant experience in manufacturing engineering or related fields.
  • Proven people leadership and team development experience.
  • Familiarity with the medical device or pharmaceutical industry is preferred.
  • Strong project management and financial/resource planning skills.
  • Experience with GMP/ISO validation processes is important.
  • Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and develop a team of manufacturing engineers, ensuring effective leadership and accountability.
  • Establish engineering standards and governance to enhance manufacturing effectiveness.
  • Drive key operational performance metrics through disciplined engineering execution.
  • Lead complex programs ensuring compliance with safety and regulatory requirements.
  • Oversee investigation processes, including root cause analysis and corrective actions.
  • Ensure robust validation strategies for manufacturing implementation.
  • Build systems for resource planning and project prioritization across operations.

Benefits

  • Opportunities for leadership development and team-building training.
  • Exposure to cross-functional collaboration with global engineering partners.
  • Participation in critical business and technical initiatives.
  • A dynamic work environment in a highly regulated industry.
  • Potential for travel opportunities up to 10%.
Full Job Description
Job Function:
Supply Chain Engineering

Job Sub Function:
Manufacturing Engineering

Job Category:
People Leader

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 Manufacturing Engineer Manager. This position will be located in Añasco, Puerto Rico.

The Manufacturing Engineering Manager leads and develops a team of manufacturing engineers and technical contributors supporting daily operations, process robustness, yield improvement, equipment reliability, productivity, validation execution, technical investigations, and business-critical engineering initiatives. The role interfaces directly with Operations, Quality, Maintenance, Automation, Facilities, Finance, Human Resources, Supply Chain, global engineering partners, and other functional organizations to align resources, priorities, governance, and execution in a regulated GMP/ISO environment.
The position is also expected to strengthen leadership systems for prioritization, escalation, decision making, talent development, and operational communication, while ensuring compliance with staffing governance expectations, appropriate documentation of role purpose, and disciplined approval processes before hiring or filling roles.

Key Role Responsibilities
  • Lead, coach, and develop the Manufacturing Engineering team, ensuring proper span of control, clear priorities, accountability, and effective leadership routines that support engagement, retention, and talent development.
  • Establish engineering standards, direction, and governance for manufacturing areas, ensuring effective line-side support, technical escalation, and structured problem solving across value streams.
  • Drive operational performance metrics including yield, UPPH, uptime, OEE, process reliability, and productivity through disciplined engineering execution, trend analysis, and risk-based prioritization.
  • Lead and execute programs and projects of moderate to high complexity, ensuring safety, regulatory compliance, company standards, operational requirements, financial discipline, and business needs are achieved.
  • Provide leadership for root cause analysis, non-conformance investigations, corrective and preventive actions, process characterization, process control improvements, and complex production or processing equipment support.
  • Ensure validation strategies and execution are robust, including FAT, IQ, OQ, PQ, computer systems validation where applicable, design reviews, and readiness for regulated manufacturing implementation.
  • Build sustainable systems for resource planning, workload management, and project prioritization across day-to-day operations, strategic initiatives, and long-term process improvement work.
  • Partner cross-functionally with Operations, Quality, Maintenance, Automation, Facilities, Supply Chain, Finance, Human Resources, Talent Acquisition, and global engineering to align business needs, staffing plans, and execution deliverables.
  • Prepare and present business cases, CARs, project estimates, schedules, forecasts, resource plans, and status updates to support timely decisions and leadership alignment.
  • Challenge the status quo and promote continuous improvement, technical excellence, standard work, and proactive risk identification across the manufacturing engineering organization.
  • Support staffing governance by ensuring roles have clear business justification, impact assessment, role expectations, equivalent pay grade alignment, and required approvals before filling positions.
  • Ensure adherence to Standard Operating Procedures, Good Manufacturing Practices, company policies, environmental, safety, occupational health, and applicable federal, state, and local regulations.
Qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering is required; advanced degree or business/operations leadership training is preferred.
  • Minimum of 8 years of relevant experience in manufacturing engineering, maintenance manufacturing, process development, R&D, automation, or regulated manufacturing operations is preferred.
  • People leadership or demonstrated technical/team leadership experience is required; experience developing engineers, managing priorities, and leading through influence is strongly preferred.
  • Experience in the medical device or pharmaceutical industry is preferred.
  • Demonstrated experience in project management, financial management, resource planning, and presentation of business cases or CARs is preferred.
  • Demonstrated experience with GMP/ISO requirements, validation lifecycle, FAT, IQ, OQ, PQ, process characterization, and technical investigations is preferred.
  • Experience with optical inspection systems, automated equipment, design reviews with vendors, and equipment/process optimization is preferred.
  • Strong communication, cross-functional collaboration, decision-making, coaching, and stakeholder management skills are required.
Other:
  • This position will require up to 10% travel
  • The attendance policy for this requisition is Fully Onsite

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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$462.7 billion
Industry
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
Net Income
$14.7 billion
Founded
1886
5 Year Trend
+5.5%
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$82.5 billion
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