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 accoun