The Senior Engineering Manager, Equipment Engineering, is responsible for leading the contact lens manufacturing equipment engineering organization. This role provides strategic and operational leadership for design, reliability, lifecycle management, and continuous improvement of manufacturing equipment across lens production processes.
The position is accountable for developing and executing equipment strategies that improve safety, quality, compliance, capacity, reliability, and cost performance while enabling future business growth at our Manufacturing Facility in Johns Creek, GA. Specifics include:
- Leads engineering managers, engineers, and technical specialists, oversees capital and automation investments, drives equipment standardization and technical governance.
- Partners closely with Operations, Maintenance, Quality, Product Engineering (MS&T) and global engineering teams to deliver sustainable manufacturing excellence.
- Building organizational capability, developing future engineering leaders, and ensuring the equipment engineering function remains positioned to support current production demands and long-term manufacturing strategy.
Key areas of ownership include:
- Contact lens manufacturing equipment and platforms
- Equipment reliability, OEE, and asset lifecycle management
- Automation and robotics systems
- Production support on escalation and equipping production and maintenance teams to maintain equipment
- Capital projects, automation, and technology deployment
- Including Smart Technology initiatives (Industry 4.0/5.0) – AI/ML
- Technical standards, equipment governance, and compliance
- Engineering talent development and succession planning
- Manufacturing capacity expansion and continuous improvement
- Cross-functional alignment with Operations, Quality, Maintenance, and Supply Chain
- Equipment-related risk management and business continuity planning
WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO ALCON:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent years of directly related experience (or high school +15 yrs; Assoc.+11 yrs; M.S.+4 yrs; PhD+3 yrs)
- The ability to fluently read, write, understand and communicate in English
- 7 Years of relevant experience
- 5 Years of demonstrated leadership
- Location: Onsite
- Travel Requirements: Up to 10%
- Relocation Assistance: Yes
- Sponsorship Available: No
HOW YOU CAN THRIVE AT ALCON:
- Collaborate with teammates to share standard processes and learnings as work evolves!
- Join Alcon’s mission to provide top-tier, innovative products and solutions to enhance sight & enhance lives.
- Grow your career in a highly collaborative and diverse environment.
- Alcon provides robust benefits package including health, life, retirement, flexible time off for salaried associates, paid time off for hourly associates and much more!
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