Line Facilitator

J&J Family of Companies; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson is seeking a Line Facilitator to lead resources and drive operational excellence on the production lines, while ensuring safety, quality and compliance with GMP and company standards.

You will work with planning, stores, maintenance and quality control to reduce cycle times, raise NCs, and maintain zero errors on batch records and related documentation. This frontline role offers exposure to healthcare manufacturing within a global leader.

Qualifications

• Minimum GCSE level numeracy and literacy.
• Hands-on experience working under GMP conditions to ensure compliant, traceable, and hygienic production processes.
• Develop working relationships with planning, stores, maintenance and quality control to maximise safety, quality and efficiency.
• Understands cycle time and escalates deviations to Value Stream Leader (VSL).
• Responsible for compliance with all regulations, policies, and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Lead compliance with GMP and housekeeping within the work cell.
• Ensure equipment is operated per procedures and JBS/JES.
• Raise Non-conformances (NCs) and lead investigations when initiated.
• Raise awareness of open NCs within the work cell and escalate as needed.
• Escalate H&S issues to Value Stream Leader and relevant bodies.
• Ensure conformance with all H&S regulations within the workplace.

Skills

GMP experience

Team communication

Cycle time monitoring

Regulatory compliance

Safety awareness

Quality control

Education

GCSE level

Job description

Purpose: As a Line Facilitator, you will lead resources to add value to production operations whilst ensuring compliance with safety, environmental, quality and business systems. The role will be the catalyst for improvement in the performance of the production lines and drive operational excellence in the areas under their control. As a Line Facilitator, you will: Compliance

• Be accountable for all aspects of GMP and Housekeeping within the work cell
• Ensure equipment is operated as per procedures and JBS/JES
• Be responsible for raising Non-conformances (NC's)
• Raise awareness of all open NCs within work cell
• Lead investigation of NCs, when initiated on shift and within Cell.
• Challenge all act of non-compliance (H&S, WI, SOPs)
• Be responsible for zero errors on batch records/DHS/WO/Pressure Sheets etc.

Health and Safety

• Be responsible for ensuring the correct PPE is worn
• Raise awareness of EH&S
• Escalate H&S issues to Value Stream Leader and relevant bodies
• Ensure conformance with all H&S regulations within the workplace

Requirements & Skills

• Minimum GCSE level (or equivalent) numeracy and literacy.
• Hands-on experience working under Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) conditions to ensure compliant, traceable, and hygienic production processes in a regulatory environment.
• Develop working relationships and ensure proactive communication with planning, stores, maintenance and quality control teams to maximize the areas safety, quality, and efficiency
• Understands cycle time, monitors and escalates to Value Stream Leader (VSL) when cycle times deviate
• Responsible for ensuring personal and Company compliance with all Federal, State, local and Company regulations, policies, and procedures
• Responsible for ensuring that subordinates follow all Company guidelines related to Health, Safety and Environmental practices and that all resources needed to do so are available and in good condition, if applicable

Accountability, Agile Manufacturing, Analytical Reasoning, Brand Research, Detail-Oriented, Equipment Maintenance, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Materials Handling, Package and Labeling Regulations, Package Equipment, Plant Operations, Process Oriented, Product Packaging Design, Professional Ethics, Quality Assurance (QA), Report Writing, Safety-Oriented, Validation Testing

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com.) . As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit., 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 the possibilities of Orthopaedics? Ready to join a team that's reimagining how we heal? Our Orthopaedics teams help keep more than 6 million people moving each year while delivering clinical and economic value to surgeons and healthcare systems. Our teams build solutions for joint reconstruction; trauma and craniomaxillofacial; sports, extremities, and elective foot and ankle; spine; and robotics and digital surgery. Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech

Johnson & Johnson announced plans to separate our Orthopaedics business to establish a standalone orthopaedics company, operating as DePuy Synthes. The process of the planned separation is anticipated to be completed within 18 to 24 months, subject to legal requirements, including consultation with works councils and other employee representative bodies, as may be required, regulatory approvals and other customary conditions and approvals. Should you accept this position, it is anticipated that, following conclusion of the transaction, you would be an employee of DePuy Synthes, and your employment would be governed by DePuy Synthes employment processes, programs, policies, and benefit plans. In that case, details of any planned changes would be provided to you by DePuy Synthes at an appropriate time and subject to any necessary consultation processes.