Production Engineering Manager

About This Role

This role involves overseeing technical support for production engineering operations, focusing on improving manufacturing processes, tools, and calibration. The manager will mentor a team, reduce defects, and enhance productivity and product quality within the Cardiovascular team at Johnson & Johnson MedTech.

Responsibilities

• Mentor, coach, and develop direct reports by planning, assigning, directing work, appraising performance, rewarding, disciplining employees, addressing complaints, and resolving problems
• Mentor on areas of engineering expertise, acting as an agent of change to improve technical skills and systems knowledge
• Anticipate potential issues using prior experience and gaining new industry knowledge
• Qualify, optimize, and trend processes via IQ/OQ/PQ, Gage R&R Studies, Process Capability Studies, Designs of Experiments, and Statistical Process Controls
• Establish and maintain key metrics including yield, equipment/fixture uptime, and product quality
• Suggest and lead technical improvement projects, estimating resource requirements, return on investments, and time to implement
• Manage resources for production floor support and production transfer efforts, ensuring corporate objectives are met
• Use Lean and Six Sigma tools to analyze process trend data or communication issues, identifying opportunities for process and yield improvements
• Support and enforce company goals and objectives, policies and procedures, Good Manufacturing Practices, Good Documentation Practices, FDA QSR, and ISO regulations
• Develop and maintain process documentation including assembly procedures, test procedures, routers, travelers, BOMs, process flows, and process FMEAs
• Plan and schedule projects, estimating required timing, resources, and budgets consistent with corporate objectives, using Microsoft Project

Requirements

• Intimate knowledge of FDA QSR and ISO regulations
• Knowledge of lean, six sigma, kaizen, and continuous improvement initiatives
• Ability to communicate ideas and information clearly, effectively, and frequently (oral or written) within the internal project team
• Ability to exercise judgment in selecting methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite

Nice to Have

• Black Belt certification
• Working knowledge of SAP
• Microsoft Project experience

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits