Senior Equipment Engineer

Medtronic · Mounds View, MN · 4 days ago

On-siteManufacturing$105k–$157k/yrFull-time

About the role

In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We're working onsite 4 days a week at one of the following Medtronic sites:

Mounds View, Minnesota
North Haven, Connecticut

This role requires up to 50% travel to enhance collaboration and ensure successful completion of projects. The Senior Equipment Engineer supports the advancement of equipment reliability and maintenance excellence across manufacturing operations. This role contributes to the implementation of best practice standards for equipment performance and maintenance strategies while helping deploy elements of the Enterprise Maintenance Excellence (MEx) roadmap as part of the Medtronic Performance System (MPS), leveraging Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) principles.

Responsibilities

Establishes best practice standards and principles for equipment requirements and maintenance.
Deploys the Enterprise Maintenance Excellence (MEx) roadmap as part of the Medtronic Performance System (MPS), leveraging Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) principles.
Provides technical expertise on equipment performance and reliability.
Establishes programs and solutions to increase equipment uptime and resolve equipment issues impacting the manufacturing process, with a focus on a zero-loss and zero-downtime mindset.
Provides technical support to manufacturing maintenance equipment teams and process engineering teams.
Develops and deploys equipment and maintenance excellence initiatives by applying root cause analysis and advanced problem-solving methodologies across the enterprise.
Defines and develops preventative and predictive maintenance strategies.
Develops and motivates a highly talented, diverse engineering team responsible for the development and maintenance of the global equipment inventory.
Partners with internal and external experts to maintain and strengthen engineering and technical expertise.
Builds and nurtures cross-site and cross-functional relationships within a large, multi-site, matrixed organization.
Understands and complies with company policies, procedures, and external standards and regulatory guidance.
Generates innovative and unique solutions to complex engineering and organizational challenges.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

4+ years of experience with a bachelor’s degree or 2+ years of experience (in equipment or maintenance engineering) with an advanced degree.
Bachelor degree must be in mechanical, electrical, reliability engineering, equipment control, or related discipline.

Preferred Qualifications

4+ years relevant direct equipment or maintenance engineering experience.
Excellent team building, communications, and leadership skills.
Experience in the application of Total Performance Maintenance (TPM).
CMRP or CRL certification.

For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.

Physical Job Requirements

The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

For Office Roles: The employee is regularly required to be independently mobile and interact with a computer, as well as communicate with peers and co-workers.

U.S. Work Authorization & Sponsorship

U.S. work authorization sponsorship (H-1B, TN, J, etc.) is offered exclusively for Principal-level roles and above. Roles below the Principal level require candidates to possess unrestricted U.S. work authorization at the time of hire and for the duration of employment.

Benefits

Medtronic offers a competitive salary and flexible benefits package designed to support employees at every career and life stage.

Salary ranges for U.S. locations (excl. PR): $104,800.00 - $157,200.00.
Eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).
Health, dental, and vision insurance.
Health Savings Account and Healthcare Flexible Spending Account.
Life insurance and long-term disability leave.
Dependent daycare spending account.
Tuition assistance/reimbursement.
Simple Steps (global well-being program).
Incentive plans and 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match.
Paid time off and paid holidays.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Employee Assistance Program.
Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums).
Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).

Note: Some benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico. Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan.