Global Manufacturing SME, Welding, Brazing & Surface Finishing

Role Overview

The Joining & Surface Finishing Technologies SME is Johnson Controls global technical authority for the joining and surface finishing processes that hold its products together and protect them for the field robotic and automated welding (arc/resistance) automated brazing and leak-proof joint validation and protective coatings and finishing (e-coat/powder coat corrosion protection for outdoor-rated equipment). Operating within the newly established global Advanced Manufacturing PPO and reporting to the VP of Advanced Manufacturing this role sets the enterprise standards owns the technology roadmap and defines the best practices that govern how Johnson Controls joins and finishes its key products across every region and plant. This is a hands-on front-line role: the SME is expected to be at Gemba on the plant floor at the weld cell at the coating line not behind a desk personally driving problem solving and results rather than delegating them. The role is deliberately positioned at the intersection of day-to-day plant operations product engineering and the global supply base close enough to the shop floor to understand real constraints close enough to engineering to influence design for manufacturability and durability and close enough to suppliers of welding brazing and coating equipment to guarantee incoming capability. Success requires deep hands-on technical mastery across joining and finishing disciplines; the credibility and influence to set direction across a global network without direct line authority; an intense urgent focus on delivering substantial measurable improvements in safety quality delivery productivity and cost rather than incremental activity; and the ability to experiment quickly prove out solutions at a single line or plant and then scale what works decisively across locations and regions.

Key Accountabilities

A) Global Standards & Governance

Define publish and govern the global standards specifications and procedures that apply across all Johnson Controls plants for: robotic and automated welding (arc/resistance) and brazing including welding/brazing procedure specifications and leak-proof joint validation for refrigerant and pressure-bearing joints; and protective coatings and finishing (e-coat/powder coat corrosion protection for outdoor-rated equipment). Ensure alignment with applicable codes and international standards and establish the audit and governance mechanisms that keep every site compliant and consistent.

B) Technology Roadmap & Innovation

Own and continuously refresh the multi-year global technology roadmap spanning joining and surface finishing. Evaluate and pilot emerging technologies automated/robotic welding and brazing leak-proof joint validation methods adaptive process control digital/Industry 4.0 weld and coating-line monitoring and next-generation e-coat/powder coat and corrosion-protection systems and drive their adoption where they create the greatest enterprise value.

C) Best Practice Deployment & Manufacturing Excellence

Identify codify and deploy joining and finishing best practices across the global plant network. Partner with plant regional and business-system teams to close performance gaps in weld/braze quality leak integrity coating durability and corrosion performance cost throughput and first-time-right execution building a common global playbook rather than site-by-site solutions. Favor rapid experimentation over lengthy analysis: pilot new standards technologies and practices quickly at a single line or plant prove out the result and then scale successful solutions decisively across other locations and regions rather than re-solving the same problem repeatedly.

D) Engineering & Supplier Partnership

Serve as the primary technical liaison between product engineering and manufacturing ensuring new designs are manufacturable joinable and finishable/durable from the earliest stages including corrosion protection requirements for outdoor-rated equipment. Qualify develop and audit the global supply base for welding/brazing equipment and consumables and for coating/finishing lines (e-coat powder coat) to guarantee that the best available technology and capability reach Johnson Controls products.

E) Technical Leadership & Capability Building

Build joining and surface-finishing technical capability across the network through training certification pathways and hands-on mentoring of plant and engineering talent. Act as the escalation point and final technical authority for the most complex welding brazing joint-leak and coating/corrosion problems leading root-cause investigations and ensuring fixes are sustained not just applied.

F) Hands-On Gemba Leadership & Results Delivery

Spend the majority of working time at Gemba on the plant floor at the weld/braze cell at the coating line rather than remotely directing work from a desk. Personally lead problem solving on the highest-priority safety quality delivery productivity and cost issues with a visible sense of urgency and hold self and others accountable for converting standards and roadmaps into substantial measurable results not just documented plans.

Winning Behaviors

This role must model and embed Johnson Controls Winning Behaviors as the how:

• We Focus on What Matters We align our teams around customer needs and opportunities identified at Gemba set clear priorities that deliver the most value and enable data-informed decisions closest to where the work happens.

• We Win as One Team We seek and bring together different perspectives connect teams across the value stream to achieve shared goals address challenges constructively promote collaboration and enable ownership closest to the customer.

• We Own the Outcome We hold our teams accountable take ownership for team results drive clear and consistent execution and build systems that enable sustained performance always prioritizing safety and integrity.

• We Improve Everyday We create an environment where problems are surfaced transparently red is embraced as an opportunity to improve root causes are sustainably addressed and teams rapidly learn experiment adapt innovate and grow.

Key Leadership Attributes

A. Critical thinking. Ability to process and evaluate information challenge assumptions deal with complexity and make logically sound technical judgments especially under ambiguity.

B. Strategic and systems thinking. Ability to see across the full value stream design process supply base and plant execution and anticipate upstream and downstream implications of technical decisions. Ability to connect technology choices to longer-term cost quality and capability outcomes.

C. Learning agility & adaptability. Ability and willingness to learn from experience and apply it in unfamiliar plants regions or processes. Curiosity to seek feedback test new technologies and learn from both successes and failures.

D. Drive & achievement orientation. High internal standard for technical excellence and an unmistakable sense of urgency; not satisfied with standards and roadmaps on a shelf but driven to deliver substantial measurable improvement in safety quality delivery productivity and cost. Persistence in converting plans into results in the field.

E. Resilience. Ability to remain calm confident and composed when a complex technical failure has to be diagnosed under pressure. Ability to sustain performance and credibility across a global network over time.

F. Interpersonal awareness and orientation & influence without authority. Ability to read plant engineering and supplier stakeholders and understand their constraints. Natural inclination to build trust persuade and shape technical direction across teams that do not report to this role.

G. Disciplined and conscientious. Natural tendency toward rigor structure and follow-through in documentation standards and qualification records. Internal bar for excellence safety and precision.

H. Leadership courage. Confidence and conviction to challenge a plant engineering or supplier decision on technical grounds and to escalate risk clearly when standards or safety are at stake.

I. Humility. Ability to place the standard and the outcome above personal authorship; inclined to share credit generously listen to frontline and supplier expertise and recognize that the best answer often comes from the plant floor.

J. Bias for action & hands-on presence. Genuine preference for being at Gemba over being in a conference room or behind a screen. Comfort rolling up sleeves alongside operators welders and technicians. Ability to move fast testing a solution quickly learning from the result and scaling it across other lines plants and regions rather than waiting for perfect information.

Knowledge & Experience

Required:

• Bachelors degree in Welding Engineering Materials/Metallurgical Engineering Mechanical Engineering or a related technical field (Welding Engineering strongly preferred)

• 12 years of progressive experience in welding brazing or joining engineering within complex manufacturing or industrial operations including hands-on process development and plant-floor deployment

• Deep hands-on expertise across multiple welding and joining processes (e.g. resistance MIG/MAG TIG laser brazing) including leak-proof joint validation for refrigerant or pressure-bearing assemblies

• Working knowledge of protective coating and finishing processes (e-coat powder coat) and corrosion protection design for outdoor-rated equipment

• Demonstrated experience setting technical standards specifications or procedures adopted across multiple sites or a global network

• Experience partnering directly with product engineering to influence design for manufacturability joinability and long-term durability/corrosion resistance

• Experience qualifying developing and managing a global or multi-regional supplier base for welding/brazing equipment and consumables and/or coating and finishing lines

• Willingness and ability to travel internationally (approximately 3050%) to plants and suppliers with an expectation of spending the majority of time on the plant floor rather than in the office

• Track record of being personally hands-on at Gemba leading problem solving on the floor not just directing it from a distance with a demonstrated sense of urgency in closing out safety quality delivery productivity and cost issues

• Demonstrated ability to pilot a solution quickly at one line or plant and then scale it successfully across multiple locations and regions rather than pursuing lengthy purely analytical rollouts

Strongly Preferred:

• AWS Certified Welding Engineer (CWEng) or Certified Welding Inspector (CWI); International Welding Engineer (IWE) credential through the IIW

• Experience with robotic/automated welding cells and digital or Industry 4.0 weld and coating-line process monitoring

• Direct experience with e-coat or powder coat line qualification corrosion testing (e.g. salt spray cyclic corrosion) and outdoor/harsh-environment product durability

• Six Sigma Lean or equivalent continuous improvement certification

• Experience in HVAC/refrigeration automotive or other high-volume manufacturing environments where leak integrity and corrosion performance are critical

• Prior global or multi-country role with exposure to diverse regulatory and cultural operating environments

Core Knowledge Expectations:

• Welding metallurgy and failure analysis (fatigue distortion porosity cracking)

• Welding Procedure Specifications (WPS) Procedure Qualification Records (PQR) and welder/operator qualification

• International and industry welding codes and standards (e.g. AWS D1.1 ISO 3834 ASME Section IX EN 1090)

• Leak-test methods and acceptance criteria for refrigerant/pressure joints (e.g. helium pressure decay) and other relevant non-destructive testing (VT RT UT MT PT)

• Protective coating and finishing fundamentals (e-coat powder coat) and corrosion-protection design principles

• Automation and robotics fundamentals as applied to welding joining and coating lines

• Financial acumen sufficient to build the business case for capital investment and new technology adoption

• Ability to challenge and be challenged by plant engineering and supplier technical experts as a peer authority

Success Measures

12-Month Expectations for Success (Role Scorecard Year 1)

• Global standards and specifications for welding/brazing joint integrity and for protective coatings/finishing published and communicated to all plants

• Technology roadmap for joining and surface finishing developed and aligned with Advanced Manufacturing leadership

• Baseline assessment of welding/brazing capability coating-line condition and supplier quality completed across the network

• Priority best practices identified and piloted at 23 lead plants

• Trusted technical relationships established with plant engineering and supplier leadership

• Escalation process defined for complex joint-quality leak and coating/corrosion issues with early wins on root-cause resolution

• Majority of working time demonstrably spent at Gemba across plants with visible hands-on involvement in solving the highest-priority safety quality delivery productivity and cost issues

• At least one standard or best practice taken from pilot to multi-site scale within the year demonstrating the experiment-deploy-scale model in action

24-Month Expectations for Success (Role Scorecard Year 2)

• Global standards and best practices fully deployed and audited across the plant network for both joining and surface finishing

• Technology roadmap translated into funded capital projects with measurable ROI

• Supplier base optimized with qualified capable suppliers producing the majority of welded/brazed and coated/finished output

• Global training and certification pathway established for joining and finishing disciplines with a growing bench of qualified practitioners

• Sustained measurable improvement in weld/braze quality leak integrity coating durability/corrosion performance cost and productivity across the network

• Recognized as Johnson Controls go-to global authority for joining and surface finishing proactively sought out by plants engineering and sourcing

• Multiple piloted solutions successfully scaled across regions with a repeatable experiment-deploy-scale rhythm now embedded as the standard way this role drives change

• Substantial quantified improvement delivered against safety quality delivery productivity and cost targets not just process and standards adoption sustained through consistent Gemba presence and urgency

HIRING SALARY RANGE: $112100.00 - $187100.00 USD Annual (Salary to be determined by the education experienceknowledge skills and abilities of the applicant internal equity and alignment with marketdata.) This position includes a competitive benefits package. The posted salary range reflectsthe target compensation for this role. However we recognize that exceptional candidatesmay bring unique skills and experiences that exceed the typical profile. If you believe yourbackground warrants consideration beyond the stated range we encourage you to apply. Tosupport an efficient and fair hiring process we may use technology assisted tools including

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