Facilities Reliability Maintenance Manager - Onsite at Medtronic in Memphis, Tennessee

Job Description:

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 1 Apr 2025

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
Medtronic is hiring a Facilities Reliability & Maintenance Engineering Manager at its Distribution Center in Memphis, TN. We've been on a three-year journey to modernize our U.S. distribution network and transform how we distribute our products. The Airways DC is one of two new U.S. distribution hubs opened within the last two years to enhance and streamline our delivery operations. We're aiming to elevate the customer experience and generate cost savings with state-of-the-art technology and standardized processes. But none of it can happen without you - the people who power our operations and ensure that our customers receive our life-saving therapies when they need them.

As a Facilities Reliability & Maintenance Engineering Manager you will lead the strategic oversight and operational management of our facilities and operational equipment to ensure optimal functionality, safety, and efficiency. You will be responsible for managing all aspects of facility design, planning, construction, maintenance, and policy development, aligning with organizational goals and standards.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

• Lead and manage a team of supervisors and technicians, providing tactical and operational leadership. Mentor and coach staff to meet performance expectations and departmental objectives.


• Work with Operations leadership and Maintenance Planner to perform maintenance activities on automation, conveyance, and other critical equipment during shift changes, lunch breaks, and other opportune times where possible


• Oversee the development and implementation of contingency plans for equipment failure to deliver maximum availability of critical equipment, and ensure that plans are executed with urgency when required


• Implement reliability best practices in alignment with Medtronic Facilities Maintenance Excellence strategy


• Coordinate with Maintenance Planner and Technicians to ensure coverage across 3 shifts plus weekends


• Manage the design, planning, construction, and maintenance of equipment, machinery, buildings, and other facilities.


• Plan, budget, and schedule facility modifications, including estimating equipment, labor, materials, and related costs.


• Monitor maintenance KPIs to drive optimal performance across critical metrics including uptime, mean time to repair, mean time between failures, recirc, etc.


• Design and develop organizational policies relevant to the facilities department, ensuring compliance and operational efficiency.


• Oversee the coordination of building space allocation, layout, communication services, and facilities expansion to support business needs.


• Review, create, and optimize asset PM scopes of work and schedules to optimize maintenance program effectiveness


• Establish and maintain health and safety standards across facilities, ensuring a secure and compliant work environment.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience

Nice to Have

• Practical knowledge and demonstrated competence in leading and managing processes, projects, and tactics within facilities management.


• Experience in a distribution center, warehouse, and/or fulfillment operation


• Experience with Exotec warehouse robotics systems, Sparck box-on-demand equipment, material handling equipment, conveyors, etc.


• Demonstrated ability in managing financial and material resources, critical thinking, project management, and personnel resources.


• Proficiency in Building Automation Systems (BAS), Computerized Maintenance Management Software programs (CMMS), HVAC, Electrical, and Plumbing systems, maintenance operations, contract management, security, janitorial & grounds maintenance.


• Demonstrated ability to drive continuous improvement and operational excellence.


• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to interact effectively at all levels of the organization.

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):$99,200.00 - $148,800.00

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).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: Health, Dental and vision insurance , Health Savings Account , Healthcare Flexible Spending Account , Life insurance, Long-term disability leave , Dependent daycare spending account , Tuition assistance/reimbursement , and Simple Steps (global well-being program).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees: Incentive plans, 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match , Short-term disability , Paid time off , Paid holidays , Employee Stock Purchase Plan , Employee Assistance Program , Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums) , and Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).

Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns. Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.

Further details are available at the link below:

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 95,000+ 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.

If you are applying to perform work for Medtronic, Inc. ("Medtronic") in any position which will involve performing at least two (2) hours of work on average each week within the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County, you can find here a list of all material job duties of the specific job position which Medtronic reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment. Medtronic will consider for employment qualified job applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.