Staff Project Engineer

Johnson & Johnson Johnson & Johnson · Pharma · Limerick, Ireland

Staff Project Engineer responsible for executing site-wide capital projects for manufacturing platforms and supporting systems in a regulated medical device industry. This includes equipment upgrades, product brand conversions, and new line installation/commissioning, with a focus on budget adherence, schedule execution, and technical expertise. Requires experience with formal project management tools, leading multi-functional teams, and ensuring compliance with FDA/Safety/Quality policies.

What you'd actually do

  1. Accountable individual for delivering site priority capital projects that span equipment upgrades, product brand conversions, and new line installation/commissioning under minimal supervision.
  2. Utilize experience with formal project management tools to ensure execution to best practices around budget development, resource management, and schedule creation.
  3. Lead multi-functional teams (internal and external to Engineering) and influence business decisions around optimal scope approaches. Supervise the activities of a multi-disciplined staff that may change in size and composition from project to project.
  4. Responsible for providing technical interpretation and expertise to ensure adherence to FDA/Safety/Quality policies, good engineering practices, J&J standards, and customer specifications.
  5. Align project scope with stakeholders and document in project charter. Provide regular project updates to site leadership. Drive business alignment through the development and execution of a formal communication plan.

Skills

Required

  • direct accountability over multi-functional teams delivering capital projects to plan within a manufacturing environment
  • budget ownership and direct accountability of capital investments in excess of $1MM
  • effectively communicate methods for developing budgetary estimates and obtaining capital appropriations through a formal approval process
  • effectively communicate formal project methodologies around the key areas of project management
  • owning the installation, commissioning, and validation activities for automated process equipment in a regulated medical device industry
  • familiarity with FDA regulatory standards and Good Manufacturing Practices
  • developing budgets and business case proposals that led to acquiring capital appropriations in excess of $1M USD
  • effectively forecasting project cash flows and actively managing spend to achieve accurate results against forecast
  • familiar with Process Safety Management and Process Hazard Analysis for equipment installations and qualifications within PSM governed areas

Nice to have

  • Certification in a Project Management framework

What the JD emphasized

  • direct accountability over multi-functional teams delivering capital projects to plan within a manufacturing environment
  • budget ownership and direct accountability of capital investments in excess of $1MM
  • owning the installation, commissioning, and validation activities for automated process equipment in a regulated medical device industry
  • Familiarity with FDA regulatory standards and Good Manufacturing Practices
  • developing budgets and business case proposals that led to acquiring capital appropriations in excess of $1M USD