Principal Facilities Engineer
Irvine, CA - USA
Job Summary
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
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.In this role you will serve as a key engineering partner to the Global Facilities Team acting as the primary liaison between Operations Project Management and Construction teams to ensure facility projects and infrastructure initiatives are delivered successfully. As the Owners Representative you will help translate business and operational needs into effective engineering solutions while maintaining alignment across multiple internal teams and external partners.
You will lead and coordinate the work of Facilities teams experienced technical professionals and specialized vendors providing technical oversight and direction throughout the lifecycle of projects and operational initiatives. While many of the individuals you collaborate with will not report directly to you you will play an influential leadership role guiding cross-functional teams through complex facility improvements and infrastructure efforts.
A significant focus of this position is supporting Mechanical and Plumbing systems across global facilities. You will help drive projects and initiatives that strengthen facility infrastructure improve operational reliability and enhance energy performance. From early planning and design through execution and operational support you will ensure that systems are efficient compliant and aligned with organizational goals.
Success in this role requires strong collaboration and influence within a matrixed environment. You will work closely with internal stakeholders and external partners to coordinate resources provide technical expertise and ensure that critical infrastructure projects are completed safely efficiently and to the highest quality standards.
This role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on global facility operations by shaping infrastructure strategy advancing sustainability and energy initiatives and contributing to the long-term reliability and performance of essential building systems.
At Medtronic we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we -person exchanges are invaluable to our work. Were working a minimum of 4 days a week onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary.
We are open to having someone based at any of these locations:
Irvine CA
Santa Ana CA
Tijuana Mexico
Plans designs and oversees the reconfiguration maintenance and alteration of equipment machinery buildings structures and other facilities
Gathers and reviews data concerning facility or equipment specifications company or government restrictions required completion date and construction feasibility
Coordinates with architecture/engineering firms in developing design criteria and preparing layout and detail drawings
Prepares bid sheets and contracts for construction and facilities acquisition
Reviews and estimates design costs including equipment installation labor materials preparation and other related costs
Inspects or directs the inspection of construction installation progress and commissioning to ensure conformance to established drawings specifications and schedules
Travel to other sites 20-40% depending on project work
Must Haves
Bachelors Degree and 7 years of Facility Mechanical infrastructure Electrical Infrastructure and Building Automation Systems experience OR Masters Degree and 5 years of experience OR PhD and 3 years of experience
Fluent in English and Spanish
Nice to Have
Mechanical system knowledge (HVAC electrical building automation plumbing systems)
Experience supporting design/build of clean rooms chiller plants compressed air plants
Ability to read and understand blueprints shop drawings and schematics
Experience with integrated building solutions including temperature control critical environment monitoring power management and alarming zoned lighting control and facility access control
Experience with automation protocols including Modbus BACnet and LonWorks
Tridium/Niagara BAS Certification
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.
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.
U.S. Work Authorization & Sponsorship
At Medtronic we are committed to fostering an environment where employees can thrive and make a meaningful alignment with our enterprise-wide workforce planning approach U.S. work authorization sponsorship (H-1B TN J etc.) is offered exclusively for Principal-level roles and above where specialized expertise aligns with long-term business needs. Roles below the Principal level require candidates to possess unrestricted U.S. work authorization at the time of hire and for the duration of employment.
Join us in our mission to alleviate pain restore health and extend lifewhere your unique background and perspective are valued.
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.
If you are applying to perform work for Medtronic Inc. (Medtronic) in any position which will involve performing at least two (2) hours of work on average each week within the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County you can findhere a list of all material job duties of the specific job position which Medtronic reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct adverse and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment. Medtronic will consider for employment qualified job applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
Required Experience:
Staff IC
About Company
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