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Manager Project Engineering-Orthopaedics

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This job posting is anticipated to close on Nov 12 2026. We may however extend this time period, in which case the posting will remain available on www.careers.jnj.com to accept additional applications.

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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:

Project Engineering

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Warsaw, Indiana, United States of America

Job Description:

DePuy Synthes is recruiting for a Project Engineering Manager located in Warsaw, IN!


About Orthopaedics

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 the possibilities of Orthopaedics? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our Orthopaedics teams help keep more than 6 million people moving each year while delivering clinical and economic value to surgeons and healthcare systems. Our teams build solutions for joint reconstruction; trauma and craniomaxillofacial; sports, extremities, and elective foot and ankle; spine; and robotics and digital surgery.

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech

Johnson & Johnson announced plans to separate our Orthopedics business to establish a standalone orthopedics company, operating as DePuy Synthes. The process of the planned separation is anticipated to be completed within 18 to 24 months, subject to legal requirements, including consultation with works councils and other employee representative bodies, as may be required, regulatory approvals and other customary conditions and approvals. Should you accept this position, it is anticipated that, following conclusion of the transaction, you would be an employee of DePuy Synthes and your employment would be governed by DePuy Synthes employment processes, programs, policies, and benefit plans. In that case, details of any planned changes would be provided to you by DePuy Synthes at an appropriate time and subject to any necessary consultation processes.

The Project Engineering Manager provides leadership and direction for project engineering resources responsible for the end-to-end execution strategic capital manufacturing projects supporting the Warsaw site. This role is accountable for projects from scope and business-case development through engineering, procurement, implementation, qualification/validation, production readiness, and formal handoff to the sustaining organization. A successful candidate must partner across functions to deliver projects within established safety, quality, compliance, scope, schedule, and budget requirements. If you want to develop and lead a high-performing technical team that delivers tangible results to the factory floor, this is a role that gives you that opportunity!


Key Responsibilities:

In accordance with all applicable federal, state and local laws/regulations and Corporate Johnson & Johnson procedures and guidelines, this position:

  • Manages the sites capital portfolio and operational expense budget to deliver increased capacity, deliver new manufacturing technology, complete manufacturing transfers and new product introductions, and deliver strategic manufacturing projects from concept and business-case development through formal handoff and closure.
  • Establishes project governance, scope, milestones, resource plans, budgets, and risk-management plans
  • Supervises technical execution and facilitates resolution of complex technical and operational issues.
  • Allocates engineering resources to achieve project objectives within approved timelines and budgets.
  • Ensures appropriate engineering process design and process risk management, qualification/validation, change control, production readiness, and documented handoff.
  • Partners with Operations, Quality, Engineering, Planning, Supply Chain, Regulatory, Product Development, Document Control, Finance, Procurement, Maintenance, etc to ensure successful project completion
  • Leads, coaches, develops, and engages engineers and technical project leaders and establishes clear accountability for project execution.
  • Ensures compliance with environmental, health, safety, quality-system, regulatory, and company requirements.

Qualifications


Education:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline, or equivalent education and experience

Experience and Skills:


Required:

  • 8–10 years of meaningful professional experience.
  • Demonstrated experience delivering complex capital, manufacturing technology, or technical projects.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of manufacturing principles, practices, processes, and engineering procedures.

Preferred:

  • Experience in medical device, pharmaceutical, aerospace, automotive, or another highly regulated or advanced manufacturing industry preferred.
  • 2–4 years of experience leading technical teams preferred.

Other:

  • English Fluency is required

For more information on how we support the whole health of our employees throughout their wellness, career and life journey, please visit www.careers.jnj.com.]


Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, external applicants please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers, internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Agile Decision Making, Budget Management, Business Case Modeling, Collaboration, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Customer Centricity, Developing Others, Inclusive Leadership, Leadership, Lean Supply Chain Management, Organizational Project Management, Project Engineering, Project Support, Quality Assurance (QA), Regulatory Compliance, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Application, Scientific Research, Team Management

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