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Director Facilities Management (FM) MedTech Make Orthopedics

Johnson & Johnson
Lancashire
2 days ago
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Director Facilities Management (FM) MedTech Make Orthopedics

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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.


Locations: Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom; Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium; Ringaskiddy, Cork, Ireland; Zug, Switzerland; Palm Beach Gardens, FL; Raynham, MA; Warsaw, IN; Turnhoutseweg, Beerse; Loughbeg, Ireland.


Johnson & Johnson announced plans to separate our Orthopaedics business to establish a standalone Orthopaedics company, operating as DePuy Synthes. The process of the planned separation is anticipated to be completed within 18 to 24 months, subject to legal requirements, including consultation with works councils, regulatory approvals and other customary conditions and approvals. If you accept this position, you will become an employee of DePuy Synthes under its employment processes, programs, policies, and benefit plans, with details of any planned changes provided at an appropriate time.


Major Duties & Responsibilities

  • Champion the delivery of standardized, high-quality FM hard and soft services across Orthopaedics manufacturing sites, ensuring global consistency through collaboration with regional and global peers.
  • Drive integration and alignment across global functions, regional FM roles, and outsourced providers to enable seamless service delivery and strategic execution.
  • Cultivate and sustain strategic partnerships between FM and Orthopaedics leadership to align facilities strategy with business objectives and operational priorities.
  • Own vendor relationships, ensuring performance, issue resolution, and alignment with Orthopaedics site needs.
  • Act as the senior escalation point for FM hard and soft services, standards, programs, and processes, ensuring resolution and continuous improvement across Orthopaedics sites.
  • Lead, develop, and empower Facility Leads, fostering a high-performance culture and ensuring operational excellence across all Orthopaedics locations.
  • Ensure robust business continuity and infrastructure management programs are in place, tested, and aligned with enterprise risk frameworks.
  • Provide strategic FM input into capital and operational projects, serving as the escalation point to ensure alignment with enterprise standards and site needs.
  • Chair and contribute to governance and customer forums, representing FM interests and driving strategic alignment across stakeholders.
  • Ensure regulatory compliance across all Orthopaedics sites, proactively managing risk and maintaining audit readiness.
  • Lead the deployment of FM and E&PS strategies, translating global initiatives into actionable regional plans with measurable outcomes.
  • Own the integrity of Orthopaedics FM data, ensuring accuracy to support global performance metrics, reporting, and strategic decision‑making.
  • Champion and deliver FM Global and E&PS strategic initiatives, ensuring alignment with Orthopaedics operational goals and long‑term vision.
  • Monitor and enforce compliance with mandatory training requirements, ensuring workforce readiness and regulatory adherence.
  • Ensure accountability for accurate occupancy, utilization, and spatial data, enabling strategic space planning and optimization.
  • Provide fiduciary oversight of operating and capital budgets, ensuring financial stewardship and performance accountability.
  • Lead and support Crisis Management Team (CMT) operations for Advanced Therapies & Deliver, ensuring structured decision‑making, real‑time information gathering, and timely updates to Regional and Global leadership to maintain operational continuity.
  • Act as a strategic advisor in regional escalation protocols, participate in Local CMTs, and collaborate with Regional SMEs to address critical issues effectively, driving continuous improvement through After‑Action Reviews and cross‑functional collaboration to enhance crisis response and readiness.

Qualifications

Education:



  • University/Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Engineering, Business, Architecture or similar degree required. Master’s degree in engineering, Business, Architecture or similar preferred.

Experience:



  • A minimum of ten to twelve (10‑12) years of related work experience.
  • Strong proven experience in facilities and/or supply chain engineering & maintenance function.
  • Strong management and technical skills.
  • Experience related to risk management, quality, safety, and compliance.
  • Knowledge of business strategy and projected business unit requirements for the workplace, infrastructure, real property, and facilities, including impact on the portfolio plan.
  • Ability to make decisions across business units with authority.
  • Experience working with and socializing strategies within a complex regionally driven organization.
  • Experience leading a facilities function at multinational enterprise in a manufacturing site or experience as General Manager of a manufacturing site or experience as engineering lead of a manufacturing site.

Other:



  • Must be able to travel up to 50%.

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 an accommodation, external applicants please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers. Internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.


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