Staff Manufacturing Engineer

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: Manufacturing Engineering Job Category: Scientific/Technology All Job Posting Locations: Limerick, Ireland Job Description:

This is an exciting opportunity for a highly experienced and technically outstanding Staff Manufacturing Engineer to play a key role in shaping manufacturing performance, capability, and strategy within a fast-paced, highly automated, and regulated manufacturing environment. In this role, you will provide staff-level technical leadership across manufacturing operations, driving improvements in equipment performance, process capability, yield and output. You will lead complex, high-impact initiatives, influence technical direction across functions, and help build future manufacturing capability through innovation, standardisation, and the delivery of robust engineering solutions that support safe, efficient, and fully compliant manufacturing. What You’ll Do As Staff Manufacturing Engineer, you will: − Act as a staff-level technical leader in the deployment of manufacturing and automation solutions that improve process capability, equipment performance, quality, and output across multiple value streams or manufacturing areas. − Lead the design, installation, qualification, optimisation, and standardisation of manufacturing processes, equipment, tooling, and controls, ensuring scalable and sustainable solutions are deployed across the organisation where appropriate. − Provide expert troubleshooting support and technical direction on complex process and equipment issues, using structured problem-solving, data-driven analysis, and engineering judgement to deliver sustainable improvements. − Partner closely with operations, quality, maintenance, validation, supply chain, and other engineering disciplines to define technical direction and implement robust solutions across manufacturing systems. − Identify, prioritise, and lead high-value continuous improvement initiatives that enhance yield, reduce cost, increase capacity, and strengthen overall manufacturing competitiveness. − Lead complex technical projects from concept through implementation, providing clear direction, strong execution, effective risk management, and timely communication on progress, challenges, and outcomes. − Influence cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders to support day-to-day manufacturing needs while shaping longer-term engineering priorities, standards, and investment decisions. − Mentor and coach engineers, technicians, and project teams by sharing technical expertise, building capability, and helping to raise engineering standards across the organisation. − Ensure timely and effective completion of Quality System deliverables including CAPAs, non-conformances, audit actions, change controls, and associated technical documentation. − Ensure safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements are fully integrated into the design, purchase, modification, and operation of new and existing manufacturing equipment. − Contribute to the development and execution of strategic engineering goals, technology roadmaps, and