Site Engineering Lead

Johnson & Johnson Johnson & Johnson · Pharma · Gurabo, Puerto Rico +1

Lead the Site Engineering team at Johnson & Johnson's Gurabo, PR Drug Product site, focusing on Project Execution, Maintenance, and Automation. This role involves strategic and technical leadership, talent development, budget ownership (~$10M operational, ~$20M capital), and contributing to the global digitalization strategy within the pharmaceutical industry. The position emphasizes driving innovation, reliability, and real-time data integration in a manufacturing environment.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead GET Gurabo site team being a critical member of the Site Leadership Team.
  2. Provide strategic and technical leadership for the Site Engineering team guiding Project Execution, Maintenance and Automation resources.
  3. Help developing the collaboration with different departments structuring the design of new solutions and processes.
  4. Drive talent development throughout the site serving as a true talent incubator for the full Johnson & Johnson organization.
  5. Own an operational budget of ~$10M, a capital spend of ~$20M, and be part of the GET Synthetics Platform Leadership Team which includes the GET leaders of 11 manufacturing locations across LATAM, NA, EU and APAC.

Skills

Required

  • Engineering or Life Sciences bachelor's or higher degree
  • 10 or more years of related experience
  • Experience in facilities & utilities operations, maintenance & metrology
  • CAPEX project management
  • Lean methodologies
  • Process control systems and strategies
  • Integration of process control systems to MES/Digital tools
  • Global regulatory and GMP standards
  • Asset Management
  • Reliability
  • Quality standards

Nice to have

  • leading highly technical specialists and technicians
  • operating in a sophisticated environment within a global organization
  • leading leaders
  • developing people
  • End-to-End Platform focus
  • Communicate effectively with customers at multiple levels of the organization
  • challenge the status quo
  • frame problems with the end goal in mind
  • using persuasive tactics
  • cost advantage

What the JD emphasized

  • strong interest in leading highly technical specialists and technicians
  • proven experience in leading leaders
  • Understand process control systems and strategies, with some experience in integration of these to higher level MES/Digital tools
  • Know global regulatory and GMP standards for design and operation of drug product manufacturing facilities
  • Envision a future where digital and data will drive new results.