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A Day in the Life

The Maintenance Planner / Scheduler is responsible for planning, coordinating, and overseeing maintenance activities to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient operation of process equipment. Working under the direction of the Engineering Supervisor, this role develops and maintains maintenance schedules, administers the CMMS, coordinates internal plus external resources, and supports continuous improvement initiatives while ensuring compliance with safety, quality, and regulatory requirements.

         

         

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

• • Plan, develop, and maintain schedules for predictive, preventive, corrective/reactive, and emergency maintenance activities.  

  • Assign and prioritize work orders based on operational requirements, maintenance priority, estimated labor hours, technician, vendor availability, and equipment criticality.  

  • Coordinate maintenance activities with internal technicians, contractors, and external vendors to ensure timely and effective execution of work.  

  • Collaborate with manufacturing, operations, and site leadership to plan and schedule equipment downtime in a manner that maximizes equipment availability and production efficiency.  

  • Coordinate the preparation and submission of required forms, permits, and notifications to internal stakeholders, including IT, EHS, Engineering and Quality, as necessary to perform maintenance work.  

  • Maintain and administer the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS), ensuring accuracy and completeness of asset records, preventive maintenance schedules, task lists, and related master data.  

  • Promote and ensure effective utilization of the full functionality of the CMMS system.  

  • Analyze maintenance data and prepare reports to monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) and evaluate the effectiveness of maintenance programs.  

  • Identify opportunities for process improvement and increased efficiency within maintenance planning, scheduling, and execution activities.  

  • Review work requests and work orders for scope, completeness, and clarity, and follow up as necessary to resolve deficiencies.  

  • Ensure all work orders are properly documented, including as-found conditions, work performed, as-left conditions, and identification of additional corrective actions.  

  • Support deployment of Medtronic Maintenance Excellence initiatives, including participation in kaizen events, continuous improvement efforts, and providing data or reports as required.  

  • Ensure compliance with all safety policies, engineering, maintenance procedures, applicable regulatory and quality requirements.  

  • Provide CMMS training and support for new hires and maintenance personnel.  

  • Support quality and regulatory audits by providing maintenance records, reports, and CMMS-related documentation as requested.  

  • Provide feedback to site leadership and technicians to support the accuracy and optimization of spare parts inventory and bill of materials (BOMs). 

  • Collaborate regularly with Spare Parts Coordinator and backfill duties when required  

  • Note: Perform other duties as assigned to support business needs. 

Required Knowledge and Experience: Requires minimum of 8 years of relevant experience.

Requires high school diploma or equivalent , vocational or technical education or 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 impact. In 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 life—where 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.
 

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

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 95,000+ 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.