Senior Equipment Engineer at Medtronic in North Haven, Connecticut

Job Description:

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You'll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life
Maximize business value by establishing systems and practices for the design and management of equipment to optimize availability and its effective life, through the prioritization of effective and efficient planned, preventative, and predictive maintenance.

At our Enterprise Maintenance Excellence function in Medtronic plc is part of the Operation Innovations (OI) Group. We focus on all aspects of the equipment life cycle, from development, maintain as new and ultimate decommissioning. We will engineer the extraordinary through rigorous application of technical excellence and enterprise-wide development, deployment, and execution of engineering strategy.

Come for a job, stay for a career!

Location: North Haven, CT or Danvers, MA (Onsite)

Ability to Travel:

Engineering Maintenance Excellence

• Establish best practice standards and principles for equipment requirements and maintenance.


• Deploy Enterprise Maintenance Excellence (MEx) road map as part of Medtronic Performance System (MPS) leveraging Total Performance Maintenance principles (TPM)


• Provide technical expertise on equipment performance and reliability.


• Establish programs and solutions for increasing uptime solving equipment problems that affect the manufacturing process based on zero loss and zero downtime mindset.


• Technical support to the manufacturing maintenance equipment teams and process engineering teams.


• Develop and deploy equipment and maintenance excellence applying root cause analysis and problem-solving skill sets across the Enterprise.


• Defines and writes preventative and predictive maintenance strategies.


• Develop and motivate a highly talented, diverse, engineering team responsible for development and maintenance of our Global equipment inventory.


• Partner with internal and external experts to maintain and strengthen relevant engineering and technical expert.


• Grow and nurture cross site and cross functional relationships in a large, multi-site, matrixed organization.


• Understand and comply with company policies & procedures and external standards & guidance.


• Generate novel and unique solutions to both engineering and organizational challenges.

Must Have (Minimum Requirements):

(To be considered for this role, please ensure the minimum requirements are evident on your resume.)

• Bachelors degree in Electrical, Mechanical or related Engineering field required with minimum of 4 years of direct equipment or maintenance engineering experience


• OR advance degree in Engineering with minimum of 2 years of direct equipment or maintenance engineering experience

Nice to Have (Preferred):

• 4+ years of direct equipment or maintenance engineering experience


• Excellent team building, communication, facilitation, and leadership skills


• 3-5 years of experience in Total Performance Maintenance (TPM) application


• CMRP or CRL certification

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description 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: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$100,000.00 - $150,000.00

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).

Medtronic benefits and compensation plans

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission - to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life - unites a global team of 90,000+ passionate people.
We are engineers at heart- putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here .

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

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