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 https://www.jnj.com

Job Function:

Supply Chain Engineering

Job Sub Function:

Manufacturing Engineering

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Athens, Georgia, United States of America, Gurabo, Puerto Rico, United States of America

Job Description:

Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow.

Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.

Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine

Johnson & Johnson Services is recruiting for a Global Lead of Maintenance & Reliability, based in a J&J manufacturing site in Athens GA, Gurabo PR, Cork IR, Leiden NL, Beerse/Geel BE, Schaffhausen CH, or Latina IT. This position is required to be on site 3 days per week.

The Global Lead of Maintenance & Reliability owns the global maintenance strategy that aligns with the company’s overarching objectives, including those related to manufacturing, operational excellence, and asset reliability. This leadership position is responsible for driving innovation in maintenance practices, enhancing reliability engineering, and advancing maintenance capabilities through predictive and preventive approaches, aligned with the company’s strategic objectives. The successful candidate will ensure that maintenance functions align with overall business objectives and regulatory compliance while continuously improving operational efficiency and asset reliability.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement a comprehensive global maintenance strategy that focuses on long-term asset reliability, cost efficiency, and operational excellence, and is aligned with IMSC and MTO Strategy as well as Site Strategies.

• Lead and oversee the implementation of the Assets Management Framework and maturity roadmaps. Standardize maintenance practices and tools across all global sites to ensure consistency and compliance with industry regulations.

• Lead efforts to improve equipment reliability, availability, and performance by developing and implementing reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) and total productive maintenance (TPM) programs.

• Spearhead the transformation of maintenance practices from reactive to predictive and preventive maintenance through advanced technologies (e.g., IoT, AI-based predictive analytics).

• Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) for maintenance performance across global sites, including metrics such as MTBF, MTTR, downtime, and maintenance costs. Drive continuous improvement initiatives to optimize these KPIs and report progress to senior leadership regularly.

• Work closely with operations, quality, finance, procurement, and engineering teams to ensure that maintenance strategies are aligned with production goals, safety standards, and business objectives.

• Foster strong relationships with external vendors and technology partners to enhance maintenance capabilities.

• Streamline information flows and handovers across functions, such as project handover into operations/maintenance.

• Lead and develop a high-performing global maintenance organization (indirect reporting relationship), fostering a culture of accountability, innovation, and excellence.

• Mentor and coach maintenance leaders and talents direct reports, ensuring the development of future maintenance leaders.

• Ensure all maintenance strategies, standards and practices comply with global regulatory requirements (e.g., FDA, EMA), industry standards (e.g., GMP), and company policies.

Key Leadership Behaviors & Strategic Skills:

• Strategic Vision:  Ability to develop and execute global maintenance strategy that aligns with the company’s global operational goals and drives innovation.

• Transformational Leadership:  Proven track record in leading transformative change, particularly in advancing maintenance functions through digitalization and predictive technologies.

• Cross-functional Influence:  Strong collaborative skills, with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders across multiple functions and regions.

• Business & Financial acumen: Strong business understanding at unit, site/node and network level, as well as strong business financials and cost structure understanding and experience including business case development

• Results-oriented:  Demonstrated ability to set ambitious goals, monitor progress through KPIs, and achieve measurable improvements in equipment reliability and cost efficiency.

• Problem Solving & Decision Making:  Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a focus on data-driven decision-making to optimize asset performance and reduce downtime.

• Change Management:  Experience in leading organizational change, including the adoption of new technologies, systems, and practices at a global scale.

• Communication:  Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical information to senior leadership and broader teams in a clear, concise manner.

Qualifications & Experience:

• A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree is required. A Master’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial) or a related field is preferred. Advanced degrees (i.e MBA) are preferred.

• A minimum of 15 years of experience in maintenance, reliability engineering, or asset management roles within multi-layered global organizations, including at least 5 years of regional or global leadership experience is required.

• Extensive experience in global maintenance management in a regulated environment, ideally within the pharmaceutical or healthcare industries is required.

• Proven track record of leading large-scale maintenance transformations, including the adoption of predictive maintenance strategies, and advanced technologies (e.g., IoT, AI, machine learning) for asset management is required.

• Hands-on experience with the development and monitoring of key KPIs (MTBF, MTTR, downtime, maintenance costs) and driving continuous improvements based on data insights is required.

• Strong knowledge of regulatory and compliance requirements (FDA, GMP) is required.

• Experience in managing large, geographically dispersed teams is required.

• This position is required to be on site 3 days per week and requires up to 25% domestic and international travel, based on business needs.

Why Join Us? This role offers the opportunity to lead a critical function within a global organization, driving the adoption of best practices in project management and contributing to the success of our initiatives. If you are a visionary leader with a passion for project excellence and continuous improvement, we invite you to be part of our transformative journey.

Please note that this role is available across multiple countries and may be posted under different requisition numbers to comply with local requirements. While you are welcome to apply to any or all of the postings, we recommend focusing on the specific country(s) that align with your preferred location(s):

Switzerland: 2506236568W

Belgium, Italy, Netherlands, Ireland: R-005754

US, Puerto Rico: R-005757

Remember, whether you apply to one or all of these requisition numbers, your applications will be considered as a single submission