Senior Manufacturing Innovation Engineer

Suzhou - China

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 10 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

At Johnson & Johnsonwe believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build aworld where complex diseases are prevented treated and curedwhere treatments are smarter and less invasive andsolutions are 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 more at

Job Function:

Non-Standard

Job Sub Function:

Non-Employee

Job Category:

Non-Standard

All Job Posting Locations:

Suzhou Jiangsu China

Job Description:

SECTION 1: JOB SUMMARY
This role serves as a driver of Manufacturing Innovations in Joints Supply Chain manufacture site. The role is part of the Suzhou Manufacturing Innovation (MI) organization and will be reporting to the Manufacturing Innovation Customer Manager. This position demands a hands-on approach with a significant presence on site ensuring active engagement and alignment with customer operations and internal innovation initiatives.
SECTION 2: DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
In accordance with all applicable federal state and local laws/regulations and Corporate Johnson & Johnson procedures and guidelines this position:
Customer Engagement - Communicate closely with site leadership and operations to understand their frustrations and opportunities. Monitor and analyze manufacturing value streams and translate site needs into focused engineering tasks and technical pilots that deliver measurable improvements.
Manufacturing Solution Design and Delivery - Identify practical technical opportunities and develop detailed engineering solutions prototypes and pilot plans. Collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to ensure solutions are realistic scalable and aligned with site priorities.
Best Value for Money - Support development of fully scoped costed and scheduled technical proposals that underpin business cases. Contribute to ROI analysis evaluate internal and external funding options (including government grants and tax incentives) and help balance technical risk with speed of delivery from TRL 1 to TRL 9.
Process Roadmap Ownership - Take ownership for delivering parts of the process innovation roadmap by executing and delivering engineering activities that align with site KPIs.
Programme Delivery - Lead realization within programmes from inception through commissioning and handover. Ensure engineering deliverables meet schedule budget and risk-exposure expectations while driving the intended operational benefits.
Involvement and collaboration - Collaborate across functions (Production Quality Maintenance EHS Supply Chain) to provide balanced technical assessments and ensure customer requirements are met. Actively contribute to site and platform initiatives (e.g. JJPS JJOS) and represent engineering perspectives in multidisciplinary forums.
Manufacturing Accountability - Supervise and coach technical staff during installation commissioning and process changes and coordinate with global teams for consistent deployment of upgrades and modifications.
Responsible for communicating business-related issues or opportunities to next management level
Responsible for following all Company guidelines related to Health Safety and Environmental practices as applicable.
For those who supervise or manage a staff responsible for ensuring that subordinates follow all Company guidelines related to Health Safety and Environmental practices and that all resources needed to do so are available and in good condition if applicable
Responsible for ensuring personal and Company compliance with all Federal State local and Company regulations policies and procedures
Performs other duties assigned as needed
SECTION 3: EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION
Degree in Chemical Material Mechanical Electrical Manufacturing Engineering or related field.
Bachelors Degree is must Post Graduate Degree is preferred.
5 years working experience is must 7 10 years is preferred.
Fluent Oral/Written English is must Excellent English Speaker/Writer is preferred
Internal/External auditor experience is preferred
SECTION 4: REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE SKILLS ABILITIES CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSES and AFFILIATIONS
Strong experience in manufacturing/process improvement and project delivery.
Experience with project management and engineering validation (FMEA FAT/SAT IQ/OQ/PQ CSV as applicable).
Knowledge of project finance control such as cost estimating ROI analysis and business case setup.
Lean / Six Sigma familiarity (Green/Black Belt or equivalent experience preferred). Experience in data analysis.
Strong problem-solving skills.

Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Analytical Reasoning Computerized Equipment Skills Emerging Technologies Gemba Kaizen Issue Escalation Lean Supply Chain Management Problem Solving Process Control Process Engineering Process Oriented Product Improvements Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) Application Situational Awareness Supply Planning Technical Research Technologically Savvy Validation Testing

Required Experience:

Senior IC

Job Function:

Non-Standard

Job Sub Function:

Non-Employee

Job Category:

Non-Standard

All Job Posting Locations:

Suzhou Jiangsu China

Job Description:

SECTION 1: JOB SUMMARY
This role serves as a driver of Manufacturing Innovations in Joints Supply Chain manufacture site. The role is part of the Suzhou Manufacturing Innovation (MI) organization and will be reporting to the Manufacturing Innovation Customer Manager. This position demands a hands-on approach with a significant presence on site ensuring active engagement and alignment with customer operations and internal innovation initiatives.
SECTION 2: DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
In accordance with all applicable federal state and local laws/regulations and Corporate Johnson & Johnson procedures and guidelines this position:
Customer Engagement - Communicate closely with site leadership and operations to understand their frustrations and opportunities. Monitor and analyze manufacturing value streams and translate site needs into focused engineering tasks and technical pilots that deliver measurable improvements.
Manufacturing Solution Design and Delivery - Identify practical technical opportunities and develop detailed engineering solutions prototypes and pilot plans. Collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to ensure solutions are realistic scalable and aligned with site priorities.
Best Value for Money - Support development of fully scoped costed and scheduled technical proposals that underpin business cases. Contribute to ROI analysis evaluate internal and external funding options (including government grants and tax incentives) and help balance technical risk with speed of delivery from TRL 1 to TRL 9.
Process Roadmap Ownership - Take ownership for delivering parts of the process innovation roadmap by executing and delivering engineering activities that align with site KPIs.
Programme Delivery - Lead realization within programmes from inception through commissioning and handover. Ensure engineering deliverables meet schedule budget and risk-exposure expectations while driving the intended operational benefits.
Involvement and collaboration - Collaborate across functions (Production Quality Maintenance EHS Supply Chain) to provide balanced technical assessments and ensure customer requirements are met. Actively contribute to site and platform initiatives (e.g. JJPS JJOS) and represent engineering perspectives in multidisciplinary forums.
Manufacturing Accountability - Supervise and coach technical staff during installation commissioning and process changes and coordinate with global teams for consistent deployment of upgrades and modifications.
Responsible for communicating business-related issues or opportunities to next management level
Responsible for following all Company guidelines related to Health Safety and Environmental practices as applicable.
For those who supervise or manage a staff responsible for ensuring that subordinates follow all Company guidelines related to Health Safety and Environmental practices and that all resources needed to do so are available and in good condition if applicable
Responsible for ensuring personal and Company compliance with all Federal State local and Company regulations policies and procedures
Performs other duties assigned as needed
SECTION 3: EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION
Degree in Chemical Material Mechanical Electrical Manufacturing Engineering or related field.
Bachelors Degree is must Post Graduate Degree is preferred.
5 years working experience is must 7 10 years is preferred.
Fluent Oral/Written English is must Excellent English Speaker/Writer is preferred
Internal/External auditor experience is preferred
SECTION 4: REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE SKILLS ABILITIES CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSES and AFFILIATIONS
Strong experience in manufacturing/process improvement and project delivery.
Experience with project management and engineering validation (FMEA FAT/SAT IQ/OQ/PQ CSV as applicable).
Knowledge of project finance control such as cost estimating ROI analysis and business case setup.
Lean / Six Sigma familiarity (Green/Black Belt or equivalent experience preferred). Experience in data analysis.
Strong problem-solving skills.

Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Required Experience:

Senior IC

Key Skills

Lean Manufacturing
Six Sigma
CNC Programming
Lean
Machining
Tooling
CAD
CNC
Assembly Experience
SolidWorks
Kaizen
Manufacturing

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