Johnson & Johnson · 21 hours ago
Staff Engineer
Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
4+ years expJohnson & Johnson is a leader in healthcare innovation, and they are seeking a Staff Engineer for Automation & Controls. The role involves performing engineering functions for automation and controls, managing projects, and ensuring manufacturing equipment meets specifications.
Hospital & Health Care
Responsibilities
Plans, conducts and directs research, development or engineering assignments. Manages multiple projects across various disciplines
Qualifies new equipment and performs vendor and site acceptance testing to meet government standards
Performs concept analysis and justification of capital projects for future project development of a medium complexity
Prepares equipment, process, safety and materials specifications and conducts technical analysis of vendor proposals. Collaborate with R&D and Supply Chain Engineering towards the same duty
Directly or indirectly supervises teams of high skill JNJ Engineering team members, outside designers, consultants and contractors
Develops and implements equipment and/or process enhancements that will improve efficiency, product yield and safety
Provides guidance and/or training to Operations engineers and technicians to operate, troubleshoot and maintain new or upgraded equipment and control systems
Provide support to repackaging operations as required during off-shift hours
Performs other related duties as assigned by management
Qualification
Required
A minimum of a Bachelor's degree and/or equivalent University degree is required; focused degree in an Engineering discipline preferred
Minimum 4 years of relevant professional work experience
Experience working with automated controls systems in a highly automated, regulated manufacturing environment
Extensive experience programming, integrating and troubleshooting PLC, HMI and SCADA platforms in a high-speed discrete manufacturing validated environment is required, with strong discipline with regards to change control
Extensive experience designing, re-designing packaging or manufacturing equipment, processes or techniques which are significant to the solution of run-ability, safety or quality problems in a high-speed and high mix validated environment is required, with strong discipline with regards to change control
Knowledge of robotics (e.g. SCARA, web), BCR, RFID systems, Enterprise level software systems, MRP, MES Systems, peer to peer communication is beneficial
Ability to work in a cross functional/matrix team environment is required
Change management and project management experience in an FDA regulated environment is required, including installation and qualifications lifecycles
Experience in other industries like pulp & paper, steel / aluminum, food & beverage, or packaging may be considered
Must possess excellent oral and written communication skills
This position requires a highly motivated self-starter with solid organizational and prioritization skills
Preferred
Knowledge of Rockwell Automation RsLogix5000, Siemens S7, Siemens APT, Schneider PAC-Drive, Pilz PSS WinPro, Wonderware InTouch, Wonderware Industrial Application Server is highly desired
Experience with motion control (servo systems, robotics, etc), laser printing (e.g. Domino), vision systems (e.g. Cognex), fieldbus communications (Profibus, DeviceNet, etc), and Safety PLCs (Pilz, Guardlogix) is desired
Company
Johnson & Johnson
At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything.
10001+ employees
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Late StageLeadership Team
Alex Gorsky
Former Chairman and CEO, Johnson & Johnson
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Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
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