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Medtronic Plant Maintenance Mechanic II in Alajuela Coyol, Costa Rica
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
Job Specific Summary
At Medtronic, we are driven by our Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. We are committed to improving lives through our innovative surgical products and solutions. Join us, and help us make a difference in the lives of patients worldwide.
The Plant Maintenance Mechanic Technician II is responsible for preventive, corrective, and emergency maintenance of industrial equipment and systems within a medical metalworking plant. This key role focuses on ensuring that machinery and systems critical to production operate efficiently and continuously, in line with quality standards and medical industry regulations.
The technician will work closely with the production, engineering, and quality teams to diagnose technical issues, implement solutions, and optimize equipment performance. Additionally, they must be familiar with industrial safety protocols and medical industry regulations to ensure product quality and compliance.
Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.
Performs repairs and maintenance in plant or office facilities, or on machines and equipment.
Typically performs work in one or more of the maintenance trades: carpentry, plumbing, painting, machine and equipment repair, electrical, sheet metal fabrication, and welding.
Perform periodic inspections, adjustments, and repairs on production equipment such as lathes, milling machines, hydraulic and pneumatic systems, CNC machines, and other specialized equipment in medical metalworking.
Diagnose mechanical, electrical, and electronic failures, proposing and executing immediate repairs or corrective maintenance plans.
Collaborate in the development and implementation of preventive maintenance programs, ensuring that critical equipment operates optimally.
Diagnose and resolve technical problems in real-time to minimize production downtime.
Conducts routine, periodic, or special inspections to determine repair and maintenance work necessary to prevent breakdowns of facilities, machinery, and equipment.
Assist in the installation of new equipment or modifications to existing equipment according to manufacturer specifications or plant requirements.
Ensure installations and modifications comply with safety standards and production specifications in the medical environment.
Maintain detailed records of repairs and maintenance performed, in accordance with plant procedures and applicable regulations.
Uses hand and power tools.
Tests, inspects, troubleshoots, and repairs machines and equipment.
Uses blueprints, sketches, layouts, wiring diagrams, drawings, and specifications.
Required Knowledge and Experience:
Requires full job knowledge of production-related systems and procedures obtained through prior work experience or education.
Technician Degree in Industrial Maintenance, Mechanics, Electromechanics, or a related field.
At least 3+ years of experience in maintaining industrial machinery, preferably in the metalworking or medical industry.
Experience working with CNC equipment, precision machines, and automated systems.
Strong knowledge of mechanics, electricity, electronics, hydraulics, and pneumatics.
Ability to read blueprints, electrical diagrams, and technical manuals.
Skilled in using diagnostic tools and maintenance software.
Familiarity with regulations and standards applicable to the medical sector (ISO 13485, GMP).
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.
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 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)
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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. You're 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.
For sales reps and other patient facing field employees, going into a healthcare setting is considered an essential function of the job and we expect our employees to comply with all credentialing requirements at the hospitals or clinics they support.
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