Staff Project Engineer

6094-Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. Legal Entity; Jacksonville (FL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson Vision Care is hiring a Staff Project Engineer in Jacksonville, Florida. The role leads site capital projects, coordinates cross-functional teams, and ensures compliance with FDA and GMP standards.

The position emphasizes budget ownership and timely delivery within manufacturing environments. Responsibilities include developing scopes, schedules, and budgets for line installations, retrofits, and utility upgrades, with travel up to 10%.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering required; Master’s preferred.
• At least 5 years of experience with multi-functional teams delivering capital projects in a manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated budget ownership and capital investments > $1MM.
• Experience installing, commissioning, and validating automated process equipment.
• Familiarity with FDA regulatory standards and Good Manufacturing Practices.

Responsibilities

• Deliver site priority capital projects spanning equipment upgrades, product brand conversions, and new line installations.
• Establish project timelines, objectives, and budgets; obtain funding approvals from senior leadership.
• Lead cross-functional teams and coordinate internal and external resources for project milestones.
• Ensure adherence to FDA/QA policies, J&J standards, and customer specifications.
• Communicate project status through formal updates to site leadership.

Skills

AI Judgement Integration

Coaching

Collaboration

Project Engineering

Regulatory Compliance

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Master’s in Science, Engineering, or Business

Job description

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 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.

Job Function: Supply Chain Engineering Job Sub Function: Project Engineering Job Category: Scientific/Technology All Job Posting Locations: Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America

Job Description: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care is recruiting for a Staff Project Engineer, Vision Care located in Jacksonville, Florida. An internal pre‑identified candidate for consideration has been identified. However, all applicants will be considered.

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. Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech At Johnson & Johnson Vision, we have a bold ambition: to change the trajectory of eye health. That’s why, through our operating companies, we’ve developed solutions for every stage of life—to help people see better, connect better and live better. We partner with eye care professionals to provide some of the world’s leading products and technologies to address refractive error, cataracts, dry eye, and beyond. We are committed to using our reach and size for good and strive to put quality eye care within reach of everyone, everywhere. Visit us at www.jjvision.com. Follow @JNJVision on Twitter and Johnson & Johnson Vision on LinkedIn.

The Staff Project Engineer is responsible for executing all phases of site wide capital projects that enable growth and continuous improvement of our world class manufacturing platforms and supporting systems. You will be responsible for developing scope, schedules, and budgets for new manufacturing line installations, capital equipment retrofits, and process utility system upgrades. The successful candidate will take an active role in utilization of contracted services and contribute to the design and delivery of appropriate contracts and agreements that provide adequate resources for all services needed. The candidate must have a strong track record in deploying capital projects within a manufacturing environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Accountable individual for delivering site priority capital projects that span equipment upgrades, product brand conversions, and new line installation / commissioning under minimal supervision.
• Establishes project timelines, objectives, priorities, and targets.
• Responsible for developing project budgets, acquiring bids, preparing funding requests and obtaining Capital Appropriation approval from senior leadership.
• Utilize experience with formal project management tools to ensure execution to best practices including budget development, resource management, schedule creation and risk mitigation.
• Lead multi‑functional teams (internal and external to Engineering) and influence business decisions.
• Provide scope options analysis to stakeholders where necessary to align best value scope required to meet project objectives.
• Align project scope and change manage with stakeholders via project charter.
• Provide regular project updates to site leadership.
• Supervise the activities of multi‑disciplined team that may change in size and composition from project to project.
• Responsible for providing technical interpretation and expertise to ensure adherence to FDA / Safety / Quality policies, good engineering practices, J&J standards, and customer specifications.
• Drive business alignment through the development and execution of a formal communication plan.
• Represent project through formal stakeholder updates.
• Demonstrates a strong leadership style which reflects the standards and expectations outlined in the Johnson & Janson Credo.

Qualifications

• Education: A minimum of bachelor’s degree is required (preferably in Engineering) a Master’s in Science, Engineering, or Business is highly preferred.
• Required: At least 5 years’ experience with direct accountability over multi‑functional teams delivering capital projects to plan within a manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated experience with budget ownership and direct accountability of capital investments in excess of $1MM.
• Able to effectively communicate methods for developing budgetary estimates and obtaining capital appropriations through a formal approval process.
• Experience providing direction to internal and contract project team members and driving tactical execution to project milestones.
• Experience owning the installation, commissioning, and validation activities for automated process equipment in a regulated environment.
• Familiarity with FDA regulatory standards and Good Manufacturing Practices.
• Proven track record of effectively forecasting project cash flows and actively managing spend to achieve accurate results against forecast.
• Familiar with Process Safety Management and Process Hazard Analysis for equipment installations and qualifications within PSM governed areas.
• Other: This position could have up to 10% travel both domestic and/or international. Experience in Medical Device or Pharmaceutical industry is preferred.

Required Skills

• AI Judgement Integration
• Coaching
• Collaboration
• Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA)
• Critical Thinking
• Customer Centricity
• Feasibility Studies
• Lean Supply Chain Management
• Organizational Project Management
• Problem Solving
• Project Engineering
• Quality Assurance (QA)
• Regulatory Compliance
• Relationship Building
• Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Application
• Scientific Research
• Supply Planning
• Technologically Savvy

Preferred Skills

• AI Judgement Integration
• Coaching
• Collaboration
• Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA)
• Critical Thinking
• Customer Centricity
• Feasibility Studies
• Lean Supply Chain Management
• Organizational Project Management
• Problem Solving
• Project Engineering
• Quality Assurance (QA)
• Regulatory Compliance
• Relationship Building
• Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Application
• Scientific Research
• Supply Planning
• Technologically Savvy

Equal Opportunity Employer

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act. Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, external applicants please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers , internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

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/. Our Credo calls on us to respect the dignity of every individual and create an environment for all people to thrive. Throughout the recruitment process - from application through hiring - we are committed to providing reasonable accommodations/adjustments for qualified candidates with disabilities. If you need support at any stage of the recruitment process, please complete our candidate accommodation request form so we can assist you.