Senior Production Engineer

**"Johnson & Johnson companies are equal opportunity employers"**At Johnson & Johnson, the largest heatlhcare company in the world, we come together with one purpose: to profoundly change the trajectory of health for humanity.Diversity & Inclusion are essential to continue building our history of pioneering and innovation, which has been impacting the health of more than 1 billion patients and consumers every day for more than 130 years. Regardless of your race, belief, sexual orientation, religion or any other trait, YOU are welcome in all open positions at the largest healthcare company in the world.When You Join Johnson & Johnson, Your Next Move Could Mean Our Next Breakthrough.**Company**:Ethicon WCR**SENIOR PRODUCTION ENGINEER**- A Production Engineer provides technical expertise and leadership to the manufacturing process lines. It is (he’s/her) responsibility to identify and resolve technical opportunities on Safety, Quality, Compliance, Customer Service or/and Cost, through continuous improvement, and decision-making based on CREDO values. Production Engineer is accountable for maintaining pieces of equipment in optimal conditions to support manufacturing requirements. In addition, Production Engineers shall share their knowledge and expertise with Operation Technicians guiding/coaching them or maintaining manufacturing processes in optimal conditions to support manufacturing requirements.- Ensure to comply with quality Metrics (i.e. Non-Conformance, CAPA, Audit observations Timeliness Metric).- Manages and coordinates Engineering through subordinated technicians in order to meet Production/NPD requirements consistent with costs, high quality, profitability and the required delivery times.- Schedules, organizes, runs, integrates and wraps up projects within the expected scope and time frame, either by personally carrying them out or assigning them to subordinates.- Must display individual creativity, forethought, and skills in making judgment calls, anticipating to and solving problems, creating programs to meet goals/requirements, organization/leadership of projects, and developing standards and guidelines for technical activities.**DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES**:Under limited supervision and in accordance with all applicable federal, state and local laws/regulations and Corporate Johnson & Johnson, procedures and guidelines, this position:- Plans, conducts and directs engineering projects or studies including complete projects requiring advanced knowledge of a specialized field.- Applies comprehensive and diverse knowledge of engineering principles and practices within broad assignments areas.- May coordinate and direct activities of technical support staff and is responsible for technical development of assigned staff.- Provides complex design reviews and feedback for improvements in manufacturability.- Designs experiments and capability studies, develops process specifications, and designs and procures process tooling.- Analyzes new processes and equipment with the intent of achieving continuous improvement of present methods.- Communicates and monitors process and material quality targets.- Develops process documentation and training materials for new processes, materials, and equipment.- Provides process engineering and controls support. Coaching Engineers and Mechanics- Responsible for providing technical expertise and leadership for daily manufacturing operations and ensuring established metrics (Production, Quality, Scrap and Cycle Time) are met- Utilizes Process Excellence methodology and tools to identify and implement improvement projects geared to reduce cost, eliminate scrap, improve quality and minimize cycle time- Provides specific technical expertise to support special projects, pilot operations, product and process improvements; and provides input to develop capital expense forecast and equipment/spare parts budgets to support business needs- Identifies and develops corrective action plans to improve product reliability in the field- Provides support to product inquiry investigations- Follow all company safety policies and other safety precautions within the work area- Compliance with safety policies and procedures- Ensures compliance with Environmental Management System (EHS) responsibilities- Other responsibilities may be assigned and not all responsibilities listed may be assigned- Provides and implements robust corrective actions to quality, safety and ergonomic risk detected in the manufacturing area.- Responsible for communicating business related issues or opportunities to next management level- For those who supervise or manage a staff, 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- Responsible for ensuring personal and Company compliance with all Federal, State, loc