Manufacturing Lead
Johnson & Johnson
August 24, 2026
On-site
Santa Clara, CA
Operations
Manufacturing Lead (Ottava Production Team)
Responsibilities:
- Lead daily production floor activities to achieve safety, quality, delivery, and productivity.
- Assign/coordinate technician priorities; mentor, coach, and develop technicians.
- Facilitate shift handoffs; communicate status, priorities, risks, and critical issues.
- Represent the floor in performance meetings and operational reviews.
- Monitor progress and proactively escalate staffing, material, equipment, quality, and schedule issues.
- Ensure adherence to manufacturing procedures, quality standards, safety requirements, and training compliance.
- Verify training/qualification prior to work execution.
- Maintain proficiency across at least five subassemblies; provide technical guidance.
- Troubleshoot electrical/mechanical/software issues; support root-cause analysis and corrective actions.
- Create/review/release work orders in MES/ERP (when required); maintain material transactions and cycle counts.
- Support quality improvement, hazardous waste handling, calibration/safety standards, Kaizen/Lean projects.
- Lead alignment across shifts/departments; initiate/investigate/close Incident Reports (IRs) and Nonconformances (NCs).
Qualifications:
- Associate degree + 6–8 years related experience, or engineering/mechatronics degree + 6–8 years.
- Manufacturing Technician experience (Type II/III medical devices or complex electromechanical capital equipment) with GDP.
- Advanced electrical/mechanical troubleshooting (multimeter, isolation); leadership and mentoring experience.
- SAP and MES/ERP proficiency; assembly/test competence; ESD/anti-static knowledge.
- Read mechanical/technical writing; use tools (torque wrenches, screwdrivers, multimeters, IPA, presses, Loctite).
- Strong communication and ability to prioritize in a fast-paced environment.
Preferred:
- NPI builds and change management in regulated manufacturing; Lean/Kaizen participation.
- Six Sigma Yellow Belt (or similar); structured problem-solving tools (5 Whys, Fishbone, DMAIC-lite).
- Experience training/certifying technicians across modules.
Benefits (time off): Vacation, sick time, holiday/floating holidays, work/personal/family time, parental leave, bereavement leave, caregiver leave, volunteer leave, and military spouse time-off (per stated hour/day amounts).
Responsibilities:
- Lead daily production floor activities to achieve safety, quality, delivery, and productivity.
- Assign/coordinate technician priorities; mentor, coach, and develop technicians.
- Facilitate shift handoffs; communicate status, priorities, risks, and critical issues.
- Represent the floor in performance meetings and operational reviews.
- Monitor progress and proactively escalate staffing, material, equipment, quality, and schedule issues.
- Ensure adherence to manufacturing procedures, quality standards, safety requirements, and training compliance.
- Verify training/qualification prior to work execution.
- Maintain proficiency across at least five subassemblies; provide technical guidance.
- Troubleshoot electrical/mechanical/software issues; support root-cause analysis and corrective actions.
- Create/review/release work orders in MES/ERP (when required); maintain material transactions and cycle counts.
- Support quality improvement, hazardous waste handling, calibration/safety standards, Kaizen/Lean projects.
- Lead alignment across shifts/departments; initiate/investigate/close Incident Reports (IRs) and Nonconformances (NCs).
Qualifications:
- Associate degree + 6–8 years related experience, or engineering/mechatronics degree + 6–8 years.
- Manufacturing Technician experience (Type II/III medical devices or complex electromechanical capital equipment) with GDP.
- Advanced electrical/mechanical troubleshooting (multimeter, isolation); leadership and mentoring experience.
- SAP and MES/ERP proficiency; assembly/test competence; ESD/anti-static knowledge.
- Read mechanical/technical writing; use tools (torque wrenches, screwdrivers, multimeters, IPA, presses, Loctite).
- Strong communication and ability to prioritize in a fast-paced environment.
Preferred:
- NPI builds and change management in regulated manufacturing; Lean/Kaizen participation.
- Six Sigma Yellow Belt (or similar); structured problem-solving tools (5 Whys, Fishbone, DMAIC-lite).
- Experience training/certifying technicians across modules.
Benefits (time off): Vacation, sick time, holiday/floating holidays, work/personal/family time, parental leave, bereavement leave, caregiver leave, volunteer leave, and military spouse time-off (per stated hour/day amounts).