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
Careers that Change Lives - onsite daily at our Danvers facility
This position is a key role at site level at start, during and post deployment of the MES system, the role requires strong manufacturing process knowledge combined with industrial data and Operational Technology knowledge. This is a hands-on role and requires deep knowledge of the MES system. The aim of the role is to assure local ownership of the MES system with the objective to become self-sustaining. The MES owner is the core site experts that assures smooth transition of current as-is process to future to-be processes according to GxP.
Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.
The go to person at site level for everything related to Manufacturing Execution System (MES). Overall, the Site MES Owner plays a critical role in ensuring the successful deployment, operation, and optimization of the MES system at the manufacturing site, ultimately contributing to improved efficiency, productivity, and quality within the organization.
Facilitates collaboration between Core and Deployment Teams. Obtains formal acceptance/sign-off when necessary.
Working closely with stakeholders across different departments to gather and document requirements for the MES system. This includes understanding business needs, user requirements, and technical specifications to ensure alignment with site-specific objectives.
Overseeing the configuration and customization of the MES system to meet site-specific requirements. This may involve defining workflows, configuring user interfaces, and integrating with other systems and equipment within the manufacturing environment.
Complete the maintenance plan and report. Review and approve scenarios, as well as conduct regression testing. Load and review user acceptance testing results into the QMS for validation. 3
Ensuring that site personnel are adequately trained on using the MES system effectively. This includes developing training programs, conducting user training sessions, and providing ongoing support to facilitate smooth adoption of the system.
Monitoring the performance of the MES system to ensure that it meets site objectives for productivity, efficiency, and quality. This involves analyzing system metrics, identifying areas for optimization, and implementing improvements to enhance system performance.
Ensuring that the MES system complies with relevant industry standards, regulations, and quality management requirements. This may involve conducting audits, maintaining documentation, and implementing controls to ensure regulatory compliance.
Facilitating change management processes associated with the MES deployment, including communicating changes and key decisions to site personnel, addressing concerns, and promoting acceptance of the new system.
Driving continuous improvement initiatives to optimize the use of the MES system and maximize its value to the organization.
Serving as the primary point of contact for communication and coordination between stakeholders involved in the MES deployment. This includes providing regular updates, facilitating meetings, and addressing concerns raised by stakeholders.
Driving standardization relating to MES System and business processes
Aligning with other global plant deployment teams to drive standardization relating to MES system and business processes.
Required Knowledge and Experience: .
Requires a Baccalaureate degree (or for degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree which satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)( 4)(iii)(A) and minimum 7 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience.
Nice to Have
Strong expertise of current manufacturing processes, information flows, material flows, production flows, critical data collection points
Ideally MES experience gained in previous deployments.
Strong computer literacy and passionate about digitalization
Experience in Microsoft office tools like powerpoint / visio
Project management skills
Communication and influence skills
Written communication skills
Presentation skills
Knowledge of product development, manufacturing, clinical, regulatory and business management requirements
PC skills; word processing, project management, and spreadsheet software.
Knowledge of medical device industry
Macintosh, Microsoft word and project management and Excel
Experience leading project teams
7+ years technical experience in a manufacturing industry with BS or 5+ years technical experience in a manufacturing industry with MS
Project management experience
MBA or MS in engineering
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):$118,400.00 - $177,600.00This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).
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 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.
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.
At Medtronic, most positions are posted on our career site for 3-7 days.