Director, Engineering and Design

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Job Function:
Supply Chain Engineering

Job Sub Function:
Project Engineering

Job Category:
People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America

Job Description:

We are searching for the best talent for a Director, Engineering and Design located in Wilson, NC.

This critical position will lead a team that designs and supports building and start up a greenfield pharmaceutical manufacturing site. The successful candidate is initially required to travel and co-locate with the selected AE Design Firm and later to be located within commutable distance of the construction site in Wilson, North Carolina,

At Engineering and Property Services (E&PS), we take care of all J&J buildings around the world providing end to end services from Real Estate, Engineering & Strategic Project Delivery to Facilities Management. We have a profound influence on the entire J&J Enterprise, providing innovative workplaces where our employees can collaborate and grow, and delivering flexible site solutions which enable our business to best serve our important customers and patients.

Are you interested in joining J&J in this exciting role, delivering outstanding results, delivering high quality medicines to our patience? Apply now for this unique opportunity!

The Director, E&D Project Delivery is accountable to lead complex capital-project engineering and design activities in alignment with J&J business objectives and E&PS Project Delivery Practices. This role focuses on the production of medicines-specifically bulk biologics (monoclonal antibodies), packaging processes (fill-finish), and clean utilities (Purified Water, Water for Injection). The Director is accountable for providing technical direction and coordinating process-system alignment for complex projects with J&J subject-matter experts and key business partners.

The role partners with the E&PS Data and Systems team and JJT partners to support implementation of the systems roadmap, including systems standardization and design, appropriate governance structures, and data input/output standards across project delivery. The Director is also responsible for leading an industrialized project-delivery approach that establishes reusable and scalable digital design standards, increases facility efficiency through best-in-class tools, reduces design and construction changes by leveraging technology, and shifts from a traditional "handover" model to seamless integration.

Key relationships include J&J Operating Company teams and E&PS Project/Design Managers-to ensure third-party architectural and engineering firms implement design elements accurately-and collaboration with SDP SMEs, EH&S, Security, Procurement, Risk Management, Quality, and GHS to ensure their requirements are understood and incorporated into designs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the overall engineering process including process and infrastructure design working closely with operating company engineering team and J&J SMEs.
• Assure that the J&J IDEA Project Delivery Process is followed.
• Work with the E&D Director, Project Dir./Project Mgr. to drive the performance (cost, schedule, quality) of A/E firm and define correction action plans if necessary.
• Establish plans for personal talent development, diversification, and professional development
• Develop personal yearly project and personal goals and objectives that support the overall J&J E&PS and development goals.
• Execute short- and long-term tactical engineering initiatives and programs based on strategic project goals and objectives
• Assure use of the Value Improving Practices (VIPs) Value Engineering and Constructability Reviews
• Assure the…