Senior Facilities Manager
Medtronic
Summary
The Senior Facilities Manager is part of the Site Operations function and is responsible for enabling safe, reliable, and efficient facility performance across the North Haven campus. This function supports critical manufacturing, laboratory, warehouse, office, and infrastructure operations through strategic management of facilities, utilities, building systems, and workplace services.
Job description
A Day in the Life
The Senior Facilities Manager is part of the Site Operations function and is responsible for enabling safe, reliable, and efficient facility performance across the North Haven campus. This function supports critical manufacturing, laboratory, warehouse, office, and infrastructure operations through strategic management of facilities, utilities, building systems, and workplace services.
The Senior Facilities Manager provides strategic and operational leadership for campus facilities, utilities, infrastructure, and workplace services across a complex site environment. This role is accountable for facility reliability, capital planning, operational performance, regulatory compliance, and team leadership while partnering across multiple functions to support business objectives and long-term site needs.
Primary Responsibilities
- Lead campus facilities operations, including utilities, infrastructure, workplace services, and building systems
- Ensure reliable, compliant, and cost-effective support for manufacturing, laboratory, warehouse, office, and critical support environments
- Direct facility design, construction, maintenance, and infrastructure improvement projects to support business growth and operational performance
- Develop and manage operating plans, budgets, forecasts, and project schedules for facilities and infrastructure activities
- Oversee capital expenditure planning and execution, including prioritization and delivery of site investment projects
- Partner with Operations, Engineering, Quality, Environmental Health and Safety, Supply Chain, Security, and Finance leaders to support business continuity and operational excellence initiatives
- Manage outsourced service providers and vendor relationships to ensure performance, compliance, and accountability
- Build, coach, and develop a high-performing facilities organization aligned with current and future business requirements
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree and 7+ years of facilities management experience OR advanced degree and 5+ years of facilities management experience
- 5+ years of people leadership experience
- Experience managing multi-million-dollar operating budgets
- Experience leading capital expenditure planning and project execution
- Experience supporting facility operations within manufacturing, laboratory, industrial, or similarly complex environments
Preferred Qualifications
- Certified Facilities Manager (CFM), Facilities Management Professional (FMP), Project Management Professional (PMP), or Certified Energy Manager (CEM) certification
- Advanced degree or Master of Business Administration (MBA)
- Experience supporting multiple facilities or campus environments
- Experience within a regulated industry, preferably medical device, pharmaceutical, or life sciences
- Experience with commercial or industrial HVAC, electrical, plumbing, mechanical, building automation, or cleanroom systems
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree and 7+ years of facilities management experience OR advanced degree and 5+ years of facilities management experience
- 5+ years of people leadership experience
- Experience managing multi-million-dollar operating budgets
- Experience leading capital expenditure planning and project execution
- Experience supporting facility operations within manufacturing, laboratory, industrial, or similarly complex environments
- 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
- Unrestricted U.S. work authorization required (roles below Principal level)
Benefits
- Health, Dental & Vision Insurance
- Health Savings Account
- Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
- Life Insurance
- Long-term Disability Leave
- Dependent Daycare Spending Account
- Tuition Assistance
- 401(k) Matching
- Short-term Disability
- Paid Time Off
- Paid Holidays
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Employee Assistance Program
- Incentive Plans
Company overview
Medtronic is a global healthcare technology leader and one of the world's largest medical device companies, founded in 1949 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The company operates in over 150 countries and employs more than 90,000 people worldwide. Medtronic's mission is to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life through innovative medical technologies. The company develops and manufactures devices and therapies to treat more than 70 health conditions, including cardiac devices, cranial and spine robotics, insulin pumps, surgical tools, patient monitoring systems, and more. With a rich history that began with the invention of the battery-powered pacemaker, Medtronic has grown into a diversified healthcare technology company with four main business units: Minimally Invasive Therapies Group, Diabetes Group, Restorative Therapies Group, and Cardiac and Vascular Group. The company's therapies help approximately 72 million people annually and represent a significant force in advancing medical technology to address some of humanity's most challenging health problems.