Sr. Environmental Health and Safety and Facilities Engineer

We seek out and hire a diverse workforce at every level: We need fresh ideas and inclusive insights to continue to be an innovative industry leader — that’s why we make it a point to seek out, attract and develop employees who are patient-centric, passionate, and who represent the same wide variety of life experiences as our patients.

Join our team at Medtronic's Menlo Park facility as a Sr. Environmental Health and Safety and Facilities Engineer. In this role, you will be an integral part of the site's leadership team, ensuring the health and safety of our 100 employees and maintaining a clean, functional facility. This hands-on position involves making physical changes to equipment, processes, and structures. You can grow your career with us; we hope you’ll consider joining our team!

A Day in the Life

• Monitor pollution prevention activities, compliance, and auditing efforts.
• Conduct studies and prepare environmental impact reports for construction projects, plant processes, and permit changes.
• Review and analyze environmental documentation issued by regulatory agencies, collaborating with them to determine corrective action plans.
• Evaluate proposed regulations for financial, industrial, public, and environmental impact.
• Interact with regulatory bodies to resolve compliance issues, establish permit requirements, and assist in regulatory audits
• Represent the company in government and industry rule-making activities.
• Ensure appropriate corrective action is taken where environmental, health, and safety hazards exist.
• Identify and take corrective action against activities that pose potential threats to workers’ health or safety, including recommending organizational measures, inspecting workplace environments and equipment, and investigating incidents.
• Provide and promote employee awareness/training on environmental, health, and safety matters.
• Manage the design, planning, construction, and maintenance of equipment, machinery, buildings, and facilities.
• Plan, budget, and implement facility modifications, including estimating equipment, labor, materials, and related costs.
• Design and develop organizational policies relevant to the facilities department.
• Oversee the coordination of building space allocation, layout, communication services, and facilities expansion.
• Establish and oversee health and safety standards.
• Coordinate with building management and local service providers.

Minimum Requirements

To be considered for this role, please ensure the minimum requirements are evident on your resume.

• Bachelor's Degree and 4+ years of EHS and/or Facilities experience OR advanced degree and 2+ years
• Knowledge of Building Automation Systems
• Knowledge of Computerized Maintenance Management Software programs
• Knowledge of HVAC, Electrical, and Plumbing systems

Nice to Have

• Experience with Ergonomics
• Building maintenance experience
• REES, BMRAM, and Enablon experience

About Medtronic

Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life.  We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.

We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let’s work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients’ lives. Help us shape the future.

Physical Job Requirements

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. (ADA-United States of America).