Engineering Project Manager

Johnson & Johnson Co.; Courcelles; Hybrid; EUR 83,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson MedTech is seeking a Project Management Lead to drive two strategic automation initiatives at the Courcelles EDC in Belgium. You will establish disciplined project controls, own project execution and reporting, while engineering leads handle technical design and validation decisions.

Role requires seniority to challenge technical leads, manage costs, coordinate suppliers, and deliver an integrated plan.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience on capital equipment and automation projects, including 8+ years in project or program management across engineering, automation, capital equipment, distribution, manufacturing, or facilities.
• Demonstrated control of schedule, cost, forecast, accruals, risks, issues, changes, suppliers, and executive reporting across concurrent workstreams.
• Fluent English; French required (professional French preferred for Courcelles site).
• On-site presence required: at least 2 days/week, hybrid mode of 3 days on-site with occasional 100% on-site.

Responsibilities

• Manage technical project delivery, budget control versus actuals, and vendor communication.
• Build and maintain integrated project plans, milestones and look-ahead schedules for two programs.
• Run weekly workstream reviews, monthly cost review, RAID log, and concise status reporting.
• Coordinate monthly accruals, purchase-order tracking, forecasts, commitments, invoices and budget variance explanations.
• Coordinate suppliers, integrators, Operations, Quality, EHS, IT, and site stakeholders to drive closure and escalate when needed.
• Prepare program-manager updates, steering materials, meeting notes, and change-control inputs.
• Maintain document control and evidence of scope, approvals, deliverables, acceptance criteria, and handover readiness.
• Support project close-out, lessons learned, and transfer to Operations.

Skills

Project management

Budget control

Stakeholder management

Excel

PowerPoint

MS Project

Planisware

SharePoint

Teams

Agile techniques

Waterfall

English & French communication

Vendor management

Tools

Planisware

Microsoft Project

Power BI

SharePoint

Teams

Job description

Location: Courcelles, Belgium (Courcelles EDC; Hybrid working model, target 2 to 3 days on site with occasional requirements for 100% on-site)

Languages: English and French

Duration: Start ASAP upon project approval (expected November 2026) through March 31, 2028 (approximately 17 months)

PLEASE NOTE WE CANNOT CONSIDER FREELANCERS.

Imagine your next project leading multi-million-euro automation programs at a premier European Distribution Center, driving high-impact technical delivery and cutting-edge packaging solutions.

Act as the Project Management Lead for two strategic automation initiatives at the Johnson & Johnson MedTech European Distribution Center (Courcelles EDC), including Project Morpheus. This key project focuses on delivering an integrated automated packaging solution to increase automation, improve operational performance, and support future volume growth. In this role, reporting to the EMEA MedTech Engineering Senior Manager, you will establish disciplined project controls so that scope, schedule, cost, risks, decisions, and supplier actions are visible, controlled, and reported. You will own project-management execution and administration, while the engineering team retains accountability for technical design, validation decisions, and engineering judgment. Recommended seniority aligns with a Senior Project Manager or Project Controls Lead (roughly 7-12+ years), capable of challenging technical leads, controlling financials, coordinating suppliers, and turning incomplete inputs into one integrated plan. Key stakeholders include Engineering project leads and SMEs, EDC Operations, Finance, Procurement, Quality/Validation, EHS, IT/JJT, external suppliers and system integrators, as well as program and portfolio leadership.

roles and responsibilities

• Manage technical project delivery, budget control versus actuals, spending control, vendor communication, weekly progress reporting, and oversee capital equipment implementation for a 15–20 million budget.
• Build and maintain integrated project plans, milestones, dependencies, resource views, and look-ahead schedules for two strategic programs.
• Run the project operating rhythm: weekly workstream reviews, monthly cost review, action follow-up, decision log, RAID log, and concise status reporting.
• Coordinate monthly accruals, purchase-order tracking, forecasts, commitments, invoices, and budget variance explanations with Finance and Procurement.
• Coordinate suppliers, integrators, Operations, Quality, EHS, IT, and site stakeholders; drive actions to closure and escalated blocked decisions early.
• Prepare program-manager updates, steering materials, meeting notes, change-control inputs, and leadership decision packs.
• Maintain document control and clear evidence of scope, approvals, deliverables, acceptance criteria, and handover readiness.
• Support project close-out, lessons learned, final cost reconciliation, and transfer to Operations.
• Deliver key deliverables including baselined integrated plan and 90-day look-ahead.
• Deliver monthly cost reports detailing actuals, commitments, accruals, forecast, and variance.
• Maintain RAID, decision, and change logs with named owners and dates.
• Maintain supplier action tracker and meeting governance.
• Provide monthly program reports with RAG status and decisions required.
• Produce handover and close-out packs for each project.

how to succeed

• Bring 10+ years of experience with capital equipment and automation projects (with a minimum of 8+ years in project or program management across engineering, automation, capital equipment, distribution, manufacturing, or facilities).
• Demonstrate direct control of schedule, cost, forecast, accruals, risks, issues, changes, suppliers, and executive reporting across concurrent workstreams.
• Possess advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills, strong working knowledge of Microsoft Project and Planisware, and effective use of SharePoint and Teams.
• Apply practical Waterfall or stage-gate delivery, with Agile techniques where useful, backed by strong follow-up and escalation discipline.
• Hold experience in a regulated, safety-critical, or quality-controlled environment, working within GxP, validation, and change-control constraints.
• Communicate fluently in English with the ability to interact clearly across Engineering, Operations, Finance, Procurement, and suppliers, with French required (professional French is strongly preferred for the Courcelles site).
• Ability to commit to required on-site presence (at least 2 days/week, hybrid mode of 3 days on-site with occasional requirements for 100% on-site).
• Nice-to-have: MedTech, pharmaceutical, GMP, or GxP experience.
• Nice-to-have: Capital-project controls, construction, or warehouse automation background.
• Nice-to-have: FPX, PMP, or PRINCE2 Practitioner certification.
• Nice-to-have: Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and FMEA/risk management knowledge.
• Nice-to-have: Cost control experience and Power BI reporting skills.
• Nice-to-have: Exposure to WCS/WES/WMS, robotics, conveyors, AS/RS, or AMR/AGV technologies.

This role offers a very competitive hourly rate. This contract will run for November 2026 through March 31, 2028.

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about Johnson & Johnson MedTech

At Johnson & Johnson MedTech, we unleash diverse healthcare expertise, purposeful technology, and a passion for people to transform the future of medical intervention and empower everyone to live their best life possible. For more than a century, we have driven breakthrough scientific innovation to address unmet needs and reimagine health. In surgery, orthopaedics, vision, and interventional solutions, we continue to help save lives and create a future where healthcare solutions are smarter, less invasive, and more personalised.

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We know that the success of our business depends on having the best talent in a workforce that reflects the diverse markets we serve around the world and an inclusive culture that values different perspectives and life experiences. That is why we are working to create an inclusive environment where diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences are valued and each one of our people feels that they belong and can reach their potential. No matter who they are. Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Johnson & Johnson means “You Belong”.