At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. Youll lead with purpose breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

Senior Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) Manager

Location: Colorado Campus (Boulder Louisville and Parker)
Work Type: 100% On-site may require flexible shifts including nights and weekends (24/7 operation)
Travel: Minimal (5%)

About Medtronic

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. Youll lead with purpose breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

As a Sr. EHS Manager you will lead the implementation of Environmental Health and Safety policies programs and systems to ensure compliance with federal state local and company regulations. You will build trust and influence change across cross-functional operations teams through comprehensive risk assessment safety data analysis and clear communication.

You will manage and develop a team of EHS professionals to execute proactive EHS initiatives focusing on:

• Manufacturing operations

• Industrial safety

• Risk assessment and controls using hierarchy of controls

• Industrial hygiene and ergonomic injury reduction

• Regulated waste management

• Machine and electrical safety

• Environmental reporting (air waste water)

You will monitor workplace safety risks and environmental impacts by observing work processes equipment and employee habits to ensure a strong safety and health culture.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop implement and enforce EHS procedures and programs in alignment with regulatory and company requirements including:

• • Hazard communication

  • Hazardous materials management

  • Respiratory protection and hearing conservation

  • Lock-out/tag-out and emergency response

  • Confined space PPE ergonomic safety

  • Industrial hygiene material handling machine safety

  • Hazardous waste and wastewater management

• Serve as a strategic partner to the Colorado Campus Site Leadership Team to drive long-term risk reduction.

• Lead and develop the EHS team to implement programs and promote a safety culture.

• Measure site performance against EHS Management System requirements; identify and implement corrective actions.

• Manage projects to drive world-class EHS performance; conduct Kaizen events with Operations teams based on identified risks.

• Identify potential threats to worker health and safety; recommend process or material improvements and ensure timely corrective actions.

• Analyze safety metrics and incident trends to allocate resources effectively.

• Promote employee training and awareness on EHS matters to foster accountability and a culture of belonging.

• Evaluate regulations for financial operational and environmental impact; collaborate with regulatory agencies on compliance.

• Review and improve deployed EHS tools to ensure continuous improvement.

• Collaborate with global EHS networks to leverage best practices at the Colorado Campus.

• Conduct environmental studies impact reports and support audits construction projects and permit compliance.

• Represent Medtronic in government and industry rule-making activities as required.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Industrial Management Engineering or Science discipline.

• Minimum of 7 years of relevant EHS experience in Lean Six Sigma manufacturing organizations with 5 years in a managerial role

• OR Advanced degree with 5 years of relevant experience and 5 years managerial experience

• Flexibility to work varied shifts including nights and weekends to support 24/7 operations.

Preferred Qualifications (Nice to Have)

• Advanced degree

• Experience in Lean Six Sigma manufacturing environments

• Strong leadership project management and communication skills

• Strong project management experience with multi-phase projects and diverse stakeholders.

• Leadership through influence in matrixed and cross-cultural environments.

• Advocacy for EHS and Sustainability at leadership levels.

• Implementation of EHS programs across multinational organizations.

• Certifications such as Certified Safety Professional (CSP) OSHA training.

• Experience in data analytics for EHS systems.

• Strong leadership team-building problem-solving and project management skills.

• Excellent communication and training capabilities.

Physical Job Requirements

• General mobility and ability to interact with computers.

• Reasonable accommodations available for individuals with disabilities.

• Refer to manager or HR for role-specific physical and work conditions.

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.

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20 hours per week: Health Dental and vision insuranceHealth Savings AccountHealthcare Flexible Spending AccountLife insurance Long-term disability leaveDependent daycare spending accountTuition assistance/reimbursement andSimple Steps (global well-being program).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees:Incentive plans 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and matchShort-term disabilityPaid time offPaid holidaysEmployee Stock Purchase PlanEmployee Assistance ProgramNon-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums) andCapital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above or subject to IRS earning minimums).

Regular employees are those who are not temporary such as interns. Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time as required under applicable state law and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.

Further details are available at the link below:

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 95000 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 addition Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.