2nd Shift - Process Engineer III

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Job Function:

Supply Chain Engineering

Job Sub Function:

Process Engineering

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Job Description:

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Process Engineer III provides technical leadership for process improvement, equipment reliability, validation, and compliance within a regulated medical supply chain facility. The role requires engineering expertise, data-driven problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration to improve safety, quality, capacity, uptime, and product flow while reducing operational risk and ensuring reliable service to customers and patients.

 

Duties and Responsibilities

• Serves as the process engineering technical authority, delivering scalable, compliant solutions for regulated medical supply chain operations.
• Leads troubleshooting and root-cause analysis for sortation, conveyance, PLC, HMI, drives, sensors, safety systems, and controls networks to restore uptime and prevent recurrence.
• Manages equipment and process KPIs, including availability, throughput, cycle time, MTBF, MTTR, quality, and cost, to improve reliability and service performance.
• Develops validation and change-control strategies for equipment, controls, software, and process modifications, ensuring risk assessment, testing, approval, training, and regulatory compliance.
• Drives Lean Six Sigma, statistical, and failure-mode analyses to improve capacity, product flow, labor utilization, and operational resilience.
• Defines preventive and predictive maintenance strategies, critical spares, obsolescence plans, maintenance windows, and recovery procedures for business-critical assets.
• Leads technical escalations and business-continuity planning by coordinating internal teams and vendors through containment, recovery, root-cause confirmation, and closure.
• Provides technical leadership across equipment design, commissioning, qualification, lifecycle support, engineering standards, and team development while reinforcing safety, cybersecurity, quality, and compliance.

 

Qualifications

• A minimum of a bachelor's degree in mechanical, industrial, electrical engineering or equivalent field is required.
• A minimum of 4 years of relevant experience supporting a warehousing or manufacturing environment.
• A minimum of 1 year of experience with the MAXIMO application (config & admin)
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt required; Black Belt preferred.
• 3+ years managing Lean/Six Sigma projects with demonstrated business impact.
• Project Management experience; control of information flows, manage/control budgets and follow-up planning is required. Knowledge of FPX methodology is preferred
• Experience in healthcare, medical device, pharmaceutical, or other regulated environments strongly preferred.
• Use of Good Manufacturing/ Distribution principles (GMP) principles is required
• Capable to lead and motivate people, and coach them to develop and grow
• Presentation and well-developed communications skills
• FPX, Six Sigma, Lean training preferred
• This position may require up to 15% of travel both internationally and domestically

 

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 accommodation, please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

“If you are under 18 years of age, you (the candidate) may need to obtain the necessary working papers or other documentation required by state law to start the assignment, as well as get a parent’s consent for the background check.”

 

 

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