Apply to Engineering & Design (E&D) Lead

Summary:

Source a senior, hands-on E&D Lead able to act on the owner side, coordinating architecture/engineering (A/E) firms and multidisciplinary design across multiple active and emerging projects in an operating manufacturing environment. The candidate must drive deliverable readiness, design reviews, issue closure, stakeholder alignment, and construction-support interfaces from early definition through execution.
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• Demonstrated owner-side A/E design-management experience across Concept, Basis of Design (BOD), Construction Documents (CDs), and construction support.
• Documented example of multidisciplinary design review, consolidated comments, disposition/closure, and decision to advance a design phase.
• Ability to commit to 40 hours/week and at least 3 onsite days/week at Añasco; confirm local residence or realistic travel plan.
• Experience in operating industrial/manufacturing environments; strong preference for regulated cGMP/GEP or MedTech facilities.
• Working familiarity with Bluebeam, AutoCAD, and Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC) or equivalent design/document-control tools.

Key Responsibilities:

• Front-end / business need Coordinate URB and feasibility studies (FS), validate assumptions, options and scope; support A/E RFP packages and Concept Package (CP) readiness.

• Design governance Lead A/E coordination from CP through BOD and CDs; align disciplines, manage deliverables, design maturity, change control, phase gates and acceptance evidence.
• Standards / project systems Track applicable IDEA deliverables, J&J engineering standards/SDPs, DTV, GURS, and EHS by Design reviews. Familiarity is preferred; ability to learn J&J-specific workflows quickly is acceptable.
• Design reviews / constructability Run interdisciplinary design reviews and constructability reviews with CM/preconstruction; maintain comment logs, owners, due dates, dispositions and verified closure.
• Construction administration Support RFIs, submittals/shop drawings, field clarifications, design handover, CQV/Operations interfaces and as-built readiness.
• Reporting / continuous improvement Maintain scope/action/decision/risk logs, design status, readiness reporting, issue escalation, and lessons learned; support monthly A/E status reporting.
• Technical / project environment
• Potential disciplines: architectural, civil/structural, mechanical/HVAC, process and purified-water utilities, electrical, instrumentation/automation, fire protection/life safety, IT/OT, material/personnel/waste flows, BIM/document control, sustainability and energy. Interfaces may include J&J PM/PD, Operations, Facilities, EHS, Quality/CQV, A/E firms, CM, OEMs, FM Global and AHJs.
• Relevant operating-site constraints include ongoing production, phased relocations, construction isolation and cleanroom requirements where applicable, utilities capacity, logistics flows, schedule pressure and procurement lead times.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Candidate differentiators (preferred, not automatic disqualifiers)
  Engineering or architecture degree and/or professional licensure (PE) are advantages; the RFP does not expressly establish these as mandatory.
• Direct MedTech / pharmaceutical GMP project delivery, site capital portfolio experience, and work with multiple design disciplines.
• Evidence of EHS leadership, quality-by-design, cGMP/GEP, NFPA and applicable codes/standards, and design-review governance.
• Familiarity with J&J IDEA, SDPs, DTV, EHS by Design and formal phase acceptance; otherwise, credible plan to learn quickly.

Work Methodology

• Professional services agreement.
• Full time job assignment.
• Full on site job in Añasco-PR.
• Type of industry: Medical Devices
• Expected hiring month: November 2026.