Senior Process Engineer

Johnson & Johnson; Leeds; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

DePuy Synthes in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Process Engineer for a 12-month maternity cover. The role is full-time (37 hours per week) and on-site in Leeds, focusing on leading manufacturing value streams and driving process improvements.

You will oversee process development and validation (IQ/OQ/PQ), support continuous improvement, and mentor engineers while delivering safe, compliant, and cost-effective production of medical devices.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant engineering experience.
• Experience in process development and industrialization for complex processes.
• Expertise in IQ, OQ, and PQ validation strategies.
• Experience leading CAPAs, NCRs and audit actions.
• Ability to mentor junior engineers and influence equipment strategy.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on engineering leadership to achieve HSE, Quality, Supply, and Cost metrics across value streams.
• Lead end-to-end process development and industrialization for complex processes and NPI.
• Develop and execute IQ/OQ/PQ validation strategies and review validation deliverables.
• Own and drive closure of quality actions (Audit Actions, NCRs, CAPAs).
• Lead cost reduction and productivity initiatives with measurable savings.

Skills

Process development

Industrialization

IQ/OQ/PQ validation

Leadership

Cost reduction

Job description

Senior Process Engineer (Maternity Cover)

Working mode: On-site

Duration: 12 months

Hours: Full-time, 37 hours per week

Imagine your next project leading and supporting exciting manufacturing and process improvement initiatives while developing your technical and leadership capabilities in a high-profile engineering role.

The Senior Process Engineer owns and optimizes assigned manufacturing value streams to ensure safe, compliant, and cost-effective production of medical devices.

In this role you will provide strategic technical leadership, direct process development and validation programs (IQ/OQ/PQ), lead continuous improvement initiatives, and influence long-term process and equipment strategy.

roles and responsibilities

• Provide hands-on engineering leadership to achieve key business metrics (HSE, Quality, Supply, Cost) across assigned value streams.
• Lead end-to-end process development and industrialization for complex processes and New Product Introductions (NPI), ensuring scalable, robust, and validated manufacturing processes.
• Develop, plan, and execute validation strategies and protocols including Installation Qualification (IQ), Operational Qualification (OQ) and Performance Qualification (PQ); review and approve validation deliverables and ensure regulatory compliance.
• Own and drive closure of quality actions (Audit Actions, NCRs, CAPAs), prioritize resources, and ensure sustained corrective and preventive measures.
• Lead cost reduction and productivity initiatives (scrap/rework reduction, throughput improvements, consumables optimization) with measurable savings and sustainability impacts.

how to succeed

• 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience in process development and industrialization for complex processes and New Product Introductions (NPI).
• Expertise in developing, planning, and executing validation strategies and protocols including Installation Qualification (IQ), Operational Qualification (OQ), and Performance Qualification (PQ).
• Proven capability in managing quality actions including Audit Actions, NCRs, and CAPAs.
• Demonstrated track record of leading cost reduction, scrap/rework reduction, throughput improvement, and productivity initiatives.
• Strong technical and leadership capabilities with experience mentoring junior engineers and influencing long-term process and equipment strategies.

This role offers a very competitive hourly rate. This contract will run for 12 months

you are welcome here

DePuy Synthes is working to create an inclusive environment where diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences are valued and each and every one of our people feels that they belong and can reach their potential. No matter who they are.

about DePuy Synthes

DePuy Synthes is the orthopaedic and neurological businesses of Johnson & Johnson - the world's most comprehensive and broadly-based healthcare company. At DePuy Synthes we specialise in our innovations in healthcare products, services and programs that make a real difference to millions of people across the world. We specialise in joint reconstruction, trauma, extremities, craniomaxillofacial, spinal surgery and sports medicine, and also the VELYS™ Digital Surgery portfolio. Contribute to the next healthcare breakthrough with your next project at DePuy Synthes.

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For more than 130 years, diversity, equity & inclusion (DEI) have been part of our cultural fabric at Johnson & Johnson and woven into how we do business every day. Our commitment to respect the dignity and diversity of all is embedded in our Credo. 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”.