Skip to main content

Process Engineering

Apply now
Share
Download (1)

Description

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 jnj.com.

As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit.

Job Function:

Supply Chain Engineering

Job Sub Function:

Process Engineering

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Groningen, Netherlands

Job Description:

About Vision

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 https://www.jnj.com/medtech

Position Overview

The Process Engineer leads process engineering projects and continuous improvement initiatives supporting the manufacturing of intraocular lenses in Groningen and across other sites using the same processes. The role requires strong technical expertise and project management skills to drive process improvements, characterization activities, and design or NPI changes while collaborating with cross‑functional teams. The engineer is responsible for problem identification, root cause analysis, project execution, reporting, financial analysis, support new product introduction and implementing productivity and efficiency improvements. Close collaboration with other departments, sites, and corporate functions is required to achieve quality, delivery, cost, and KPI objectives, all within GMP and ISO compliance.

Key Responsibilities
Responsible for providing technical leadership within a production value stream and have ownership for the following:

  • Identify key opportunities to develop and implement equipment and/or process enhancements that will improve efficiency, product yield, and safety.
  • Identify, plan, and implement projects related to product and process improvement, ensuring alignment with strategic goals.
  • Design and implement experimental protocols applying statistical tools to enhance manufacturing processes and product performance.
  • Analyze current processes to identify key opportunities for equipment and process enhancements that improve efficiency, yield, and safety.
  • Develop detailed documentation for process validation, project management, business case proposals, and root cause problem solving while ensuring compliance with industry regulations and internal standards.
  • Monitor and analyze production data to identify trends and provide actionable insights for continuous improvement.
  • Lead Six Sigma initiatives to drive process optimization and problem resolution within production environments.
  • Support NPI launch by completing process characterization work, process challenge testing, process capability and stability runs, to qualify new product & processes and achieve annual business plan.
  • Engage with personnel in the identification and resolution of corrective/preventative actions that address any process quality related manufacturing issues.

Qualifications & Skills

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Material Science with 4+ years of relevant experience, or a Master’s degree in Engineering with 2+ years of experience
  • Project management experience in an engineering environment

Preferred Experience

  • 2+ years of experience in an engineering role within an FDA‑regulated environment
  • Six Sigma certification or extensive experience applying Six Sigma methodologies for analytical problem solving

Don't miss this exceptional opportunity to join a world-class company and make a lasting impact. Apply now and be part of our ambitious team!

#LI-FullyOnsite

#LI-MR11

Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Analytical Reasoning, Computerized Equipment Skills, Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA), Emerging Technologies, Execution Focus, Gemba Kaizen, Issue Escalation, Lean Supply Chain Management, Process Control, Process Engineering, Process Oriented, Product Improvements, Project Engineering, Safety-Oriented, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Application, Situational Awareness, Technical Research, Technologically Savvy

The anticipated base pay range for this position is:

€44,700.00 - €70,840.00

Benefits:

In addition to base pay, we offer the following benefits*: an annual bonus with set target (% of pay) depending on pay grade / location, where the actual amount is based on the employees’ and companies’ performance of the previous calendar year, or sales commissions. Moreover, we offer vacation days, parental leave for a minimum of 12 weeks, bereavement leave, caregiver leave, volunteer leave, well-being reimbursement, programs for financial, physical and mental health. We also offer service anniversary and recognition awards, and subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees - and in some location’s eligible dependents - can participate in several insurance plans. For more information, visit Employee benefits | Supporting well-being & career growth | Johnson & Johnson Careers.

*This is for informative purposes only. Amounts and actual benefits may vary by location and are subject to change.

Process Engineering

Apply now
Share

Not ready for a new role right now?

No worries. Join our talent community and we’ll reach out when we post new jobs that may match your interests and skills so you can apply when the time is right.

A man looking down at his mobile device