Associate Engineer

Ethicon, a member of the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies, is recruiting for a Associate Engineer located in its manufacturing site at San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico.

Ethicon, part of the Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies, has made significant contributions to surgery for more than 60 years from creating the first sutures, to revolutionizing surgery with minimally invasive procedures. Our continuing dedication to Shape the Future of Surgery is built on our commitment to help address the world's most pressing health care issues and improve and save more lives. Through Ethicon's surgical technologies and solutions including sutures, staplers, energy devices, trocars and hemostats and our commitment to treat serious medical conditions like obesity and cancer worldwide, we deliver innovation to make a life-changing impact. For more information, visit www.ethicon.com .

Thriving on a diverse company culture, celebrating the uniqueness of our employees, and committed to inclusion. Proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

Under guidance of the supervisor the Associate Engineer will be assigned to a department and/or project to execute projects that increase process efficiencies, reduce cycle time, cost, and improve overall quality of execution. This role is intended as a part time position, employee must work a minimum of 20 or more hours per week.

Responsibilities:

• Performs basic duties primarily consisting of responsibilities to support Technical or Operations teams.
• Documents records of assignments and results including documentation concerning materials, concepts, designs, and processes.
• Assists with the manufacturing phase in of new production and material handling equipment.
• Identifies safety issues in production facilities and control systems and provides support in their resolution.
• Assists in basic industrial engineering processes to increase efficiencies and yields in manufacturing.
• Executes projects that increase process efficiencies, reduce cycle time, cost, and improve overall quality of execution within assigned department using project management methodologies (I.E.FPX).
• Makes significant improvements in the assigned areas by using process excellence methodologies (Lean/Six Sigma).
• Undertakes and successfully completes simple or basic project/product development tasks to include any of the following: writing and/or verifying specifications, maintaining product/process documentation, testing processes, equipment, raw materials, and product, and validating equipment and processes.
• May assist in creating concepts and designs/approaches for new products/processes/test methods.
• Prepares standard reports/documentation to communicate results.