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Medtronic Senior Process Engineer in Kerkrade, Netherlands
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
The Medtronic site located in Kerkrade, the Netherlands, is evolving into a high-performance, data-driven, and connected manufacturing environment, supporting cleanroom assembly, warehousing, and quality operations. As part of this transformation, we have combined our value chain enabling functions — Process Engineering, Maintenance & Facility Services, Operational Excellence, and Environmental Health & Safety — into a multidisciplinary support department. This team deploys Flow Acceleration-style production cells, harmonizes Tier management structures, and drives changeover minimization across assembly operations.
We are looking for a Senior Process Engineer who is an engaged process improver with a track record of delivering performance improvements in manufacturing. You will work directly on the production floor, engaging supervisors, cell leads, and operators, while applying analytical, structured, and data-driven approaches to improve productivity, process robustness, and compliance.
Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:
Develop, improve, and simplify processes across the value chain, including assembly, warehousing, and quality control
Provide engineering support for troubleshooting, operator guidance, and continuous improvement
Facilitate daily Tier management huddles and lead problem-solving initiatives
Optimize productivity, capacity, process robustness, safety, and compliance using DMAIC, Flow Acceleration, SMED, and other Operational Excellence methodologies
Develop Standard Work, work instructions, and operator training tools to improve procedural adherence and operational performance
Plan, execute, and report on equipment qualification and process validation (Design of Experiments, FMEA, Statistical Process Control)
Lead engineering projects, ensuring solid planning, execution, monitoring, and reporting
Support process automation, digitization, and data-driven performance visualization, aligning with other enabling functions such as QA, Maintenance, EHS, and Operational Excellence
Required Knowledge and Experience:
10+ years of experience in multidisciplinary manufacturing environments, with proven success as a process or manufacturing engineer
Strong knowledge of manufacturing technologies, industrial engineering, assembly processes, and process automation
Demonstrable track record in performance improvement, productivity, and process robustness
Expertise in continuous improvement methodologies such as DMAIC, Value Stream Analysis, SMED, Material Flow, Tier Management, 5S, Flow Acceleration
Experience with Equipment Qualification, Process Validation, and statistical tools
Data-driven mindset, skilled in developing and visualizing performance management structures
Strong project leadership skills, delivering on time and exceeding expectations
Analytical, structured, and results-oriented, with the ability to work on the shop floor and engage with all levels of the organization
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in industrial engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field
Fluency in English; Dutch proficiency preferred
Solid experience with Office 365 and business intelligence/reporting tools such as Power BI
Affinity for regulated, system-structured industries (medical devices, pharma, food, automotive)
Willingness to travel internationally (<5%) as required
Preferably Lean Six Sigma Green or Black Belt
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.
Pay range / Rango salarial / Intervalo salarial /Fascia retributiva / Tranche de salaire / Gehaltsband / Salaribereik: Netherlands: 68,000.00 EUR - 102,000.00 EUR |
This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).
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 (http://www.medtronic.com)
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.
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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