Senior Engineering Manager, Equipment Engineering
Alcon
Summary
The Senior Engineering Manager, Equipment Engineering, is responsible for leading the contact lens manufacturing equipment engineering organization. This role provides strategic and operational leadership for design, reliability, lifecycle management, and continuous improvement of manufacturing equipment across lens production processes.
Job description
The position is accountable for developing and executing equipment strategies that improve safety, quality, compliance, capacity, reliability, and cost performance while enabling future business growth at our Manufacturing Facility in Johns Creek, GA. Specifics include:
- Leads engineering managers, engineers, and technical specialists, oversees capital and automation investments, drives equipment standardization and technical governance.
- Partners closely with Operations, Maintenance, Quality, Product Engineering (MS&T) and global engineering teams to deliver sustainable manufacturing excellence.
- Building organizational capability, developing future engineering leaders, and ensuring the equipment engineering function remains positioned to support current production demands and long-term manufacturing strategy.
Key areas of ownership include:
- Contact lens manufacturing equipment and platforms
- Equipment reliability, OEE, and asset lifecycle management
- Automation and robotics systems
- Production support on escalation and equipping production and maintenance teams to maintain equipment
- Capital projects, automation, and technology deployment
- Including Smart Technology initiatives (Industry 4.0/5.0) – AI/ML
- Technical standards, equipment governance, and compliance
- Engineering talent development and succession planning
- Manufacturing capacity expansion and continuous improvement
- Cross-functional alignment with Operations, Quality, Maintenance, and Supply Chain
- Equipment-related risk management and business continuity planning
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent years of directly related experience (or high school +15 yrs; Assoc.+11 yrs; M.S.+4 yrs; PhD+3 yrs)
- The ability to fluently read, write, understand and communicate in English
- 7 Years of relevant experience
- 5 Years of demonstrated leadership
- Location: Onsite
- Travel Requirements: Up to 10%
- Relocation Assistance: Yes
- Sponsorship Available: No
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Retirement plan
- Flexible time off
Company overview
Alcon Inc. is the global leader in eye care, dedicated to helping people see brilliantly. Founded in 1945 as a small pharmacy in Fort Worth, Texas, the company has grown into the world's largest eye care device company with complementary businesses in Surgical and Vision Care. As a Swiss-American multinational corporation headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland with major operations in Fort Worth, Texas, Alcon operates in 60 countries and serves patients in over 140 countries. The company's Surgical segment focuses on ophthalmic products for cataract surgery, vitreoretinal surgery, refractive laser surgery, and glaucoma surgery, including implantables, consumables, and surgical equipment. The Vision Care segment comprises daily disposable, reusable, and color-enhancing contact lenses, along with a comprehensive portfolio of ocular health products for dry eye, contact lens care, and ocular allergies. With over 75 years of heritage, Alcon has a long history of industry firsts and makes substantial annual investments in research and development to meet evolving customer needs and advance patient care. The company became an independent publicly-traded entity in 2019 after spinning off from Novartis.