We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 30 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
Today, we’re partnering across the industry to confront systemic healthcare challenges – this requires bold leadership. If you want a challenging, energizing, rewarding career that changes lives, join us. Help us bring the next generation of life-changing medical technology to patients worldwide.
Join our team as the Manufacturing Engineering Director where you will lead engineering, maintenance, PMO, PDP support, to drive the synergies across the 3-building campus in Danvers, MA. The Danvers facility touches 4.4B of extended revenue for Medtronic and is on the journey to become the Center of Excellence for braiding, extrusion, and high value assembly.
At Medtronic, Engineers are indispensable to achieving our Mission. That’s why we empower you to bring the best of your experience to bear on our market-leading portfolio of innovations. Apply your existing skills and develop new ones, with the training, mentorship, and guidance you need to continue to develop your expertise. With roles in specific business units, as well as at the corporate level, you’re sure to find an opportunity to make an impact that’s right for you.
As the Manufacturing Engineering Director, you will:
Lead, form, mentor, develop and coach an engineering team on meeting / exceeding performance expectations.
Schedule and coordinate multiple projects to drive the resolution of line-down situations.
Participate in establishing project objectives, timelines, milestones, and budgets.
Lead or participate in the appropriation of funds for projects through the preparation and approval of capital expenditure requests.
Influences across functions and businesses to deliver the results according to plan and budget.
Communicate and lead meetings with internal /external suppliers and stakeholders.
Interface with Senior Management to communicate/report progress and receive strategic updates impacting projects.
Conceive and propose creative solutions to solve difficult external manufacturing constraints.
Plan, direct, and implement all aspects of line-down resolution utilizing technical knowledge.
Oversees the investigation and evaluation of existing processes and technologies to find opportunities for improvement and develop action plans for execution.
Organize the coordination of activities with outside suppliers to improve yield or reduce quality risks.
Ensure the prioritization of strategic and department level initiatives to include defining performance goals and targets, conducting performance reviews, and staff 1:1s to guide performance management and employee development efforts and manage toward departmental goals.
Must Have: Minimum Requirements
To be considered for this role, please ensure the minimum requirements are evident on your resume.
Bachelor’s degree and 10 years of relevant manufacturing engineering experience with 7+ years of managerial experience OR
Advanced Degree and 8 years of relevant manufacturing engineering experience with 7+ years of managerial experience.
Nice to Have:
Green or Black Belt certification.
Experience in the Medical Device field.
Engineering Degree (preferably: Mechanical or Electrical Engineering).
Demonstrated experience managing large, complex transformation initiatives with high level of visibility and business criticality.
Ability to lead, energize and influence change efforts at all levels of a complex organization.
Hands-on experience managing cross-functional projects working across businesses, sites, or regions.
Demonstrated skills to support a lean transformation.
Demonstrated ability to lead in an FDA-regulated environment.
Experience with preventative/corrective action process.
Experience working within a quality system or regulated industry with subsequent knowledge of appropriate documentation and or quality requirements. Understanding of Qualification protocols – IQ/OQ/PQ.
Experience with manufacturing systems such as MES, Blue Yonder, SAP, Maximo, Mainserver.
Experience and accountability driving change resulting in improvement of Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost KPIs.
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):$187,200.00 - $280,800.00This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).This position is eligible for an annual long-term incentive plan.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, andSimple 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), andCapital 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.
