Senior Maintenance Planning Supervisor

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

The Senior Supervisor of Maintenance Planning will oversee a team of 30 maintenance professionals, spare parts and machine shop resources within a medical device FDA-regulated environment. This role ensures safety, compliance, and quality in all maintenance activities while optimizing equipment performance to minimize business disruptions.

Key responsibilities include:

Developing both technical and soft skills within the maintenance team.

Collaborating with cross-functional teams to uphold safety, compliance, quality standards, and business continuity, while achieving cost targets.

Managing preventive maintenance (PM) for manufacturing equipment, focusing on safety and quality compliance.

Leading troubleshooting and problem-solving efforts aimed at reducing downtime and ensuring project collaboration and implementation, as well as maintaining spare parts accuracy and budget compliance.

Supporting audits, eliminates safety risks and ensure compliance.

Supportings and facilitating the implementation and transfer of new equipment.

Overseeing the integration and execution of Maintenance Excellence (MEx) elements.

Responsible for recruiting and onboarding new team members as needed.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in maintenance management within regulated environments and a proven track record of driving team performance and operational excellence.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

Supervises skilled traders, general maintenance employees or outside contractors who construct, maintain, and repair utilities systems, buildings, and equipment.

Sets priorities and performs forecasting and allocates the resources needed to complete all preventive and corrective maintenance tasks.

May be responsible for building, maintenance, and repair budget for some or all of the facility, depending on scope and span of control.

May be responsible for maintenance of high voltage systems, utility infrastructures, steam generators, and piping systems.

Provides support to production services by ensuring that maintaining equipment, power, and light services for all facilities.

Management Skills: Management of Financial and Material Resources, Critical Thinking, Project Management, Management of Personnel Resources, Collaboration and Productivity Software, Effective Communication Skills.

Functional Skills: Systems Thinking, Installation, Machining and Manufacturing Technologies, Quality Management, Technology Awareness.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

Requires 3 years of experience with a high school diploma or equivalent.

Nice to Have-

Bachelors in engineering is required

Manufacturing Equipment maintenance and optimization expertise. Automation Equipment.GB

Six Sigma Certification

Project Management Experience

Lean Methodology knowledge

Regulatory Knowledge

Predictive Maintenance Technologies

Proven experience as a leader in managing technical resources is essential, with a minimum of 5 years in a supervisory role overseeing technical teams.

SKILLS:

Preventive Maintenance Planning: Proficiency in developing and implementing preventive maintenance programs is vital for minimizing equipment downtime. Effective planning reduces the risk of unexpected failures, thereby increasing overall productivity and efficiency.

Safety Management: Strong skills in identifying and mitigating safety risks can prevent workplace accidents and promote a culture of safety.

Budget and spare parts inventory Management: The ability to create and manage budgets effectively is essential for controlling costs while meeting maintenance needs. This skill ensures that resources are allocated efficiently, contributing to the financial health of the organization.

Continuous Improvement & Project Management: This skill ensures that maintenance initiatives are well-organized, tracked, and aligned with business objectives. This skill enables the identification of process inefficiencies and drives initiatives that support operational excellence.

Technical & Troubleshooting – Problem Solving Skills: A strong technical background in mechanical, electrical, or automation systems is crucial for diagnosing equipment issues. This expertise allows the supervisor to provide effective solutions and guidance to the maintenance team.

People Leader: Effective leadership skills are essential for guiding and motivating maintenance personnel. Effective Communication, Conflict resolution, Coaching and development, and Visionary thinking.

Data Analysis: Strong analytical skills in interpreting maintenance data and performance metrics enable informed decision-making.

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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.

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

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 90,000 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 (http://www.medtronic.com)

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.

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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 90,000 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.

We change lives . Each team member, each day, helps to improve and redefine how the world treats the most pressing health conditions, from heart disease to diabetes. Our industry leadership comes from the passion and ingenuity of our people. That’s who we are. Working alongside one another, we use science, medicine, and a profound understanding of the human body to build extraordinary technologies that can transform lives.

We build extraordinary solutions as one team . With one Medtronic Mindset defining how we work. Speed and decisiveness run through our DNA. Diverse perspectives inspire our bold answers to any challenge that comes our way. And we deliver results the right way, breakthrough after patient breakthrough.

This life-changing career is yours to engineer . By bringing your ambitious ideas, unique perspective and contributions, you will…

Build a better future, amplifying your impact on the causes that matter to you and the world

Grow a career reflective of your passion and abilities

Connect to a dynamic and inclusive culture that welcomes the challenge of life-long learning

These commitments set our team apart from the rest:

Experiences that put people first . Respect for people is the hallmark of our humanity. It fuels our team to positively impact even a single life. And it means we put our people first at Medtronic as well, creating a culture of belonging and always pushing to get you the career-building resources you need.

Life-transforming technologies . No matter your role, you contribute to technologies that transform lives. What we build empowers patients to live life on their terms.

Better outcomes for our world . Here, it’s about more than the bottom line. Our Mission to improve human welfare drives us. We advance healthcare, society, and equity with every design, inside and outside our walls.

Insight-driven care . Fresh viewpoints. Cutting-edge AI, data, and automation. Youre shaping the future of healthcare technology and defining the next generation of breakthroughs in care

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.

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