Engineering Excellence Lead

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

Job Function:

Supply Chain Engineering

Job Sub Function:

Manufacturing Engineering

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America

Job Description:

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

We are currently recruiting for an Engineering Excellence Lead in Jacksonville, FL.

This role will support engineering excellence activities for the Global Surgical Vision Engineering functions.

The Engineering Excellence Lead is responsible for the development and implementation of lean strategies and continuous improvement methodologies across the engineering organization. This role focuses on enhancing engineering processes, optimizing resource utilization, and ensuring the delivery of efficiency programs. The Engineering Excellence Lead will collaborate with cross-functional teams to foster a culture of excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement that supports the company's goals.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Lead and facilitate lean and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance productivity and standardize work.
• Analyze current processes, systems, and workflows to identify inefficiencies and areas for improvement.
• Develop and implement training programs for employees on lean principles, methodologies, and best practices.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to identify process inefficiencies, implement solutions, and optimize consolidation of project ideas.
• Lead & Facilitate Kaizen & Problem-Solving Workshops in support of Business Goals.
• Document and standardize processes to ensure effective implementation of lean practices, including creating detailed reports and presentations for management.
• Conduct regular audits and assessments of engineering processes and practices to identify areas for improvement and complete confirmation checks of process and discipline.
• Develop a repository of engineering tools, templates, and resources to support project execution and knowledge sharing to ensure consistent standard of work.
• Support teams in governance meetings by assisting with preparation of content and standardizing presentation formats, fostering more effective conversations, and ensuring consistent feedback.
• Bridge the gap for engineers in transforming ideas into actionable steps to accelerate change and drive productivity within the organization.

Qualifications 

Education: 

• Bachelors Degree in Engineering or equivalent. 

 Experience and Skills: 

Required:  

• Minimum of 6+ years of experience industry experience. 
• Ability to work in an empowered work team environment. 
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to oversee multiple projects.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, as well as strong interpersonal and influencing skills.

Preferred: 

• Lean and Continuous Improvement Expertise with using tools and executing projects.
• Experience in project and change management. 
• Process Excellence Certification (Lean/Six Sigma Green/Black Belt)

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 and 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, please email the Employee Health Support Center (ra-) or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Accelerating, Coaching, Critical Thinking, Facility Management, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Lean Manufacturing Principles, Lean Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing Engineering, Performance Measurement, Product Design, Program Management, Project Engineering, Project Scheduling, Risk Compliance, Robotic Automation, Safety-Oriented, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Application, Technologically Savvy

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