Principal Equipment Engineer
areers that Change Lives
Medtronic
At Medtronic, we value what makes you unique. Be part of a company that thinks differently to solve problems, make progress, and deliver meaningful innovations.
Our Purpose
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: Mounds View, MN
Ability to Travel: up to 25%
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 Haves
- Bachelors degree and 7+ years of direct equipment or maintenance engineering experience
Nice to Have
- Degree in Electrical, Mechanical or related Engineering field
- Excellent team building, communication, facilitation, and leadership skills
- Experience in Total Performance Maintenance (TPM) application
- CMRP or CRL certification
About Medtronic
Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.
We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let’s work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients’ lives. Help us shape the future.
Physical Job Requirements
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. (ADA-United States of America).
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. Learn more about our benefits here.
This position is eligible for a short-term incentive plan. Learn more about Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP) here.
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).
