Senior Facilities Engineer - Maintenance Excellence

Medtronic•Mounds View, MN

2d•$102,400 - $153,600•Hybrid

About The Position

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. In this role, you will help shape how Medtronic operates and maintains its global facilities by leading programs that strengthen our Maintenance Excellence and Reliability strategy across a worldwide real estate portfolio. You will turn strategy into action by building standardized processes, scalable initiatives, and measurable improvements that enhance asset reliability, elevate technician and supplier performance, and drive operational efficiency. Working in close partnership with Facilities, Operations, Quality, IT, and Finance teams, you will play a key role in modernizing how facilities work is planned, executed, measured, and continuously improved. Your efforts will help ensure our facilities operate safely, efficiently, and in alignment with Medtronic’s enterprise priorities and regulatory standards—supporting the environments where life‑saving technologies are developed and delivered. At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We’re working a minimum of 4 days a week onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary. We are open to having someone based at any major US Medtronic location.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree and 4+ years of progressive experience in Industrial/Electrical/Mechanical Engineering, Facilities Engineering, Reliability Engineering, or related field OR 2+ years with a Master’s degree OR a PhD
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.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Industrial, Electrical, Mechanical, or related discipline)
Strong working knowledge of Maintenance & Reliability best practices, including asset criticality, PM/PdM strategies, failure analysis, performance metrics (e.g., MTTR, MTBF, uptime), and continuous improvement methodologies
Experience deploying enterprise CMMS/CAMS systems (e.g. Fluke eMaint, Maximo, ServiceChannel, MaintainX) across multiple sites or regions
Proven ability to translate engineering and operational requirements into scalable standards, processes, and technical solutions
Experience operating in regulated manufacturing environments (e.g., FDA, ISO, GMP), with strong understanding of documentation, validation, and audit readiness expectations
Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP) certification

Responsibilities

Lead the end-to-end program management of global Facilities initiatives, including CMMS/CAMS deployment, reliability programs, performance metrics, and process standardization
Serve as program owner for the Maintenance Excellence & Reliability strategy, driving consistent adoption of reliability best practices such as Criticality & Redundancy Analysis, PM & Spare Parts Optimization, and Operator-Driven Reliability
Plan, execute, and govern software system deployments (e.g., Fluke eMaint CMMS/CAMS), including data migration, system configuration, change management, training, and continuous improvement
Develop, document, and implement standard facilities and maintenance processes and procedures, ensuring they are practical, scalable, and aligned with operational, quality, and compliance requirements
Partner with site Facilities leaders to support rollout, adoption, and maturity of standardized programs
Establish clear program goals, milestones, success metrics, and dashboards to track adoption, performance, and impact
Monitor and analyze maintenance and reliability KPIs (e.g., asset availability, MTTR, MTBF, on-time percentage, first time repair) to identify trends, risks, and continuous improvement opportunities
Coordinate cross-functional stakeholders including Operations, Quality, IT, and EHS to ensure successful program execution
Drive development and optimization of asset management standards, including asset hierarchy, naming conventions, PM scopes of work, and job plans
Lead change management efforts associated with new processes and systems, including stakeholder engagement, communications, training materials, and support
Ensure programs and processes align with regulatory, safety, and quality system requirements, including audit readiness and documentation standards
Develop and manage program plans, timelines, risks, and dependencies, escalating issues as needed to ensure successful delivery
Travel up to 50%