Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Biopharma Careers; Añasco (PR); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson Med Tech, located in Añasco, Puerto Rico, seeks a Manufacturing Engineer Manager to lead and develop a team of manufacturing engineers and technical contributors, overseeing daily operations, process robustness, and validation programs. The role requires a Bachelor's in Engineering, 8+ years in manufacturing engineering or related fields, and demonstrated leadership.

Candidates with GMP/ISO experience, project management, and cross‑functional collaboration are preferred; travel

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering is required; advanced degree or leadership training preferred.
• Minimum of 8 years of relevant experience in manufacturing engineering or related fields.
• Proven people leadership and ability to develop engineers.
• Experience in the medical device or pharmaceutical industries is preferred.
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop the Manufacturing Engineering team with clear priorities.
• Establish engineering standards and governance for manufacturing areas.
• Drive metrics like yield, uptime, OEE through disciplined execution.
• Lead programs of moderate to high complexity with regulatory alignment.
• Provide leadership for root cause analyses and CAPA activities.
• Ensure robust validation strategies including FAT/IQ/OQ/PQ.
• Plan resources and prioritize projects across operations and improvements.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Operations, Quality, Maintenance, and Supply Chain.
• Prepare business cases, CARs, and schedules for leadership decisions.
• Support staffing governance and enforce compliant role approvals.

Skills

People leadership

Regulatory compliance

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Process validation

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Advanced degree preferred

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.

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/ ( https://www.jnj.com/

About Vision

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 on the possibilities of vision treatments? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how vision is improved? Our Vision team solves the toughest health challenges. Help combine cutting-edge insights, science, technology, and people to encourage eye care professionals and patients to proactively protect, correct and enhance healthy sight for life. Our products and services address these needs – from the pediatric to aging eye – in a patient’s lifetime.

Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech

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‑time 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

At Johnson & Johnson, we’re on a mission to change the trajectory of health for humanity. That starts by creating the world’s healthiest workforce. Through cutting‑edge programs and policies, we empower the physical, mental, emotional and financial health of our employees and the ones they love. As such, candidates offered employment must show proof of COVID‑19 vaccination or secure an approved accommodation prior to the commencement of employment to support the well‑being of our employees, their families and the communities in which we live and work.

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

For more information on how we support the whole health of our employees throughout their wellness, career and life journey, please visit www.careers.jnj.com

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.