STAFF R&D COMPLIANCE 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 https://www.jnj.com

Job Function:

Supply Chain Engineering

Job Sub Function:

Environmental Engineering

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America

Job Description:

We are searching for the best talent to join our Vision team as a Staff R&D Compliance Engineer located in Jacksonville, Florida.

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments.

Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of vision treatments? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how vision is improved? Our Vision team solves the toughest health challenges. Help combine cutting-edge insights, science, technology, and people to encourage eye care professionals and patients to proactively protect, correct and enhance healthy sight for life. Our products and services address these needs – from the pediatric to aging eye – in a patient’s lifetime.

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech

Purpose: We are seeking a knowledgeable individual contributor to manage diverse EHS compliance assignments, including planning, development, and regulatory coordination. The role involves leading projects of significant scope, reviewing progress, and working with all levels of the organization to ensure continuous improvement and compliance. The ideal candidate will serve as an advocate for safety and process enhancements, engaging with internal teams and external agencies as needed.

You will:

• Acts as an R&D Liaison with JJVC EH&S staff.
• Owns, directs and monitors compliance for the R&D organizations to specific JJVC, EGOPs and SGOPs as assigned by management.
• Develops and implements new programs, processes and procedures to improve compliance within the R&D organizations with a focus on lean initiatives.
• Works as a key team member on R&D projects to address potential compliance concerns and resolve issues.
• Maintains appropriate documentation to support R&D compliance needs and provides input to EH&S as needed for EH&S reporting.
• Facilitates all internal and external assessment preparations for R&D to meet compliance requirements.
• Coordinates the R&D 90-day waste storage room to ensure that waste materials are appropriately labeled, stored, shipped, tracked, and disposed or recycled in compliance with JJVC and regulatory procedures.
• Coordinate and participate as an active member or incident commander in all emergency response activities in support of R&D. 
• Provide training or presentations as required to R&D to maintain/improve current compliance and EH&S Culture.
• Provide updates and recommendations to management at all levels as necessary.
• Performs other related duties as assigned by management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferably in Occupational Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Sciences, or Engineering/Chemistry related field.   
• 7+ years EH&S experience or 5 years with a CSP in a manufacturing or R&D environment.
• Chemistry knowledge and understanding highly preferred.
• Complete understanding of OSHA compliance regulations and knowledge of EPA and ISO environmental compliance standards. 
• Tactical regulatory and business knowledge to drive compliance improvement process. 
• Broad-based technical knowledge and skills in diverse areas of business (e.g. operations, laboratories, research & development, drug development process). 
• Ability to effectively negotiate and partner with colleagues from a wide variety of disciplines and organizational levels.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills required.

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