At Alcon, we're passionate about enhancing sight and helping people see brilliantly. With more than 25,000 associates, we innovate fearlessly, champion progress, and act swiftly to impact global eye health. We foster an inclusive culture, recognizing your contributions and offering opportunities to grow your career like never before. Together, we make a difference in the lives of our patients and customers. Are you ready to join us?
This role is part of Alcon's Engineering function, a team focused on improving quality, processes, products, packaging and materials across our business to help deliver brilliant outcomes. The Sr. Associate, Repair & Maintenance Engineering (Science/Tech/Engineering Path), is primarily responsible for planning, designing, and implementing maintenance programs to enhance facility and equipment productivity. You will coordinate repair work, safety inspections, and new equipment installations, requiring advanced project management, technical expertise, and problem-solving skills. In this role, a typical day will include:
- Take on complex tasks in planning, designing, and implementing maintenance programs to optimize facility and equipment productivity
- Oversee maintenance engineering work and review mechanical and electrical engineering specifications
- Assess new equipment designs for reliability, ease of maintenance, and availability of replacement parts
- Liaise with production staff to coordinate repair work, statutory safety inspections, and supply of new plant and equipment with production schedules
- Lead the installation and commissioning of new equipment
- Manage multiple technical projects, making critical decisions impacting project performance and innovation
- Adhere to GxP regulations by following Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), maintaining accurate documentation, ensuring quality control, and completing required training
- Commit to continuous improvement and compliance with regulatory requirements, meeting individual job requirements and contributing to overall organizational compliance
WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO ALCON:
- Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent years of directly related experience (or high school +10 yrs; Assoc.+6 yrs)
- The ability to fluently read, write, understand and communicate in English
- 2 Years of Relevant Experience
- Location: Onsite-Johns Creek, Georgia
- Schedule: 1st Shift: Monday - Friday
- Travel Requirements: N/A
- Sponsorship & Relocation: Not Available
HOW YOU CAN THRIVE AT ALCON:
- Collaborate with teammates to share standard processes and learnings as work evolves!
- See your career like never before with focused growth and development opportunities
- Join Alcon’s mission to provide outstanding, innovative products and solutions to improve sight, improve lives, and grow your career!
- Alcon provides robust benefits package including health, life, retirement, flexible time off for exempt associates, PTO for hourly associates, and much more!
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ALCON IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER AND PARTICIPATES IN E-VERIFY
Alcon takes pride in maintaining an inclusive environment that values different perspectives and our policies are non-discriminatory in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. Alcon is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an email to [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent directly related experience; alternatively, high school diploma plus 10 years of experience or associate degree plus 6 years of experience
- Fluent English reading, writing, comprehension, and communication skills
- Two years of relevant experience
Alcon Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Alcon and has not been reviewed or approved by Alcon.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits are framed as unusually strong, pairing a 401(k) match with an additional employer-funded retirement plan contribution. Stock purchase access and performance bonuses are also positioned as meaningful components of total rewards.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive across medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and mental health support. Distinctive vision-related perks, including free contact lenses in some cases, reinforce the perceived strength of the health-and-wellness offering.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings are characterized as robust, including paid holidays, PTO/vacation, paid sick time, and parental leave. Flexible time off for certain exempt roles and reported year-end shutdown periods further strengthen perceived coverage.
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What We Do
Alcon helps people see brilliantly. As the global leader in eye care with a heritage spanning more than seven decades, we offer the broadest portfolio of products to enhance sight and improve people’s lives. Our Surgical and Vision Care products touch the lives of more than 260 million people in over 140 countries each year living with conditions like cataracts, glaucoma, retinal diseases and refractive errors. Our more than 20,000 associates are enhancing the quality of life through innovative products, partnerships with eye care professionals and programs that advance access to quality eye care.
