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Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact.

A Day in the Life

Job Specific Summary
Medtronic is hiring for multiple Facilities Automation Maintenance Technician positions at our Airways 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. This critical role supports ongoing maintenance of our automation, conveyance, and sortation equipment to enable the distribution center to serve patients around the world.

We recognize your extraordinary potential to help ensure future generations live better, healthier lives. A career at Medtronic is purposeful, mission-driven, and unlike any other. We are committed to alleviating pain, restoring health, and extending life for millions worldwide.

This role is based onsite in Memphis.

         

         

• Proactively performs scheduled preventive maintenance on automation, conveyance, and sortation equipment to minimize unplanned downtime and ensure equipment is maintained in like-new condition 

• Works flexibly with Operations leadership to perform maintenance activities during shift changes, lunch breaks, and other opportune times where possible 

• Acts with urgency and leverages experience and deep knowledge of automation and conveyance to quickly restore equipment to operation following an unplanned event 

• May perform repairs and maintenance in plant or office facilities, or on machines and equipment. 

• May perform work in additional maintenance trades: carpentry, plumbing, painting, machine and equipment repair, electrical, sheet metal fabrication, and welding. 

• Conducts routine, periodic, or special inspections to determine repair and maintenance work necessary to prevent breakdowns of facilities, machinery, and equipment. 

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

• Uses hand and power tools. 

• Tests, inspects, troubleshoots, and repairs machines and equipment. 

• Uses blueprints, sketches, layouts, wiring diagrams, drawings, and specifications 

Must Haves 

3+ years of Facilities/Maintenance experience 

Nice to Have 

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

• Troubleshooting, maintaining, and repairing Exotec warehouse robotics systems, Sparck box-on-demand equipment, automated shipping sorters, material handling equipment, conveyors, etc.  

• Experience with Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) 

• Ability to use multi meter to troubleshoot incoming power and low voltage controls 

• HVAC experience 

• Electrical experience 

• EPA universal certification 

• Desirable demonstrated knowledge and understanding of GMPs, FDA regulations, Quality System Regulations (QSR), ISO 13485 requirements

• Knowledge in EHS field

• Works under moderate degree of supervision

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.

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. 

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