Principal Process Principal Engineer

Johnson & Johnson Johnson & Johnson · Pharma · Wilson, NC +1

Seeking a Principal Process Engineer with a minimum of 8 years of experience in GMP manufacturing of large molecule biologics facilities. The role involves providing advanced engineering design, start-up support for GMP facilities and systems, and technical/business support for new production technologies. Responsibilities include developing integrated business solutions, ensuring process fit to plant methodology, and leading multi-functional teams for technology transfers and process improvements. Requires a Bachelor's degree in engineering and experience in green or brown field GMP facility start-up.

What you'd actually do

  1. Extensive interaction with external partners (A&E, construction firms, equipment vendors) to develop, organize and execute project plans as SME and process systems owner.
  2. Serve as Process Engineering Expert to develop business based technology solutions and provide integrated equipment, utility, and facility engineering expertise with an operational focus to support execution of strategic and key CAPEX manufacturing projects, driving ‘right first time’ start up and execution.
  3. Provide strong technical leadership and expertise for technology transfers and new technology development projects to ensure process fit to plant methodology and practices..
  4. Explore and understand Technology and Manufacturing challenges and synthesize business needs, manufacturing requirements, engineering elements, and technology inputs, etc. into business solutions.
  5. Provide technical leadership of multi-functional teams on many projects/ process improvements and resolves inter-functional issues.

Skills

Required

  • process/plant engineering experience in GMP MFG large molecule biologics facilities
  • green or brown field GMP MFG facility start-up including process systems, automation, utilities, facilities and operations
  • Process and Manufacturing engineering
  • analytical skills
  • synthesize business needs, manufacturing requirements, engineering elements, and technology inputs, etc. into business solutions
  • Operational and financial fundamentals
  • lead and/or support multiple projects simultaneously
  • Defines technical or scientific direction of programs composed of multiple complex projects
  • Engineers new and modifies existing processes to ensure right first time process start up
  • successful program execution and team outcomes

Nice to have

  • FPX certification
  • Six Sigma
  • Lean experience
  • MS/MBA/Ph.D.
  • PE Certificate

What the JD emphasized

  • GMP large molecule biologics manufacturing facilities
  • GMP MFG facility start-up
  • process systems
  • automation
  • utilities
  • facilities
  • operations
  • Process and Manufacturing engineering
  • process fit to plant methodology
  • technology transfer