Medtronic-posted about 1 year ago
$69,600 - $104,400/Yr
Full-time • Mid Level
Boulder, CO
10,001+ employees
Miscellaneous Manufacturing

The Operational Excellence Engineer at Medtronic is responsible for driving strategic continuous improvement projects within the Boulder Manufacturing plant. This role focuses on planning and executing Lean improvement initiatives to enhance process performance and product quality, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to achieve operational excellence.

  • Plans, performs and implements process improvement initiatives (such as Lean or Six Sigma)
  • Diagrams and evaluates existing processes
  • Organizes, leads and facilitates cross-functional project teams
  • Develops metrics that provide data for process measurement, identifying indicators for future improvement opportunities
  • Collects data to identify root cause of problems
  • Measures performance against process requirements
  • Aligns improvement to performance shortfalls
  • Provides consultation on the use of re-engineering techniques to improve process performance and product quality
  • May deliver presentations and training courses including measurement, analysis, improvement and control
  • Surveys and analyzes best practices for techniques and processes
  • Communicates team progress
  • Performs cost and benefit analyses
  • Bachelors degree required
  • Minimum of 2 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with 0 years of experience
  • Power BI and/or Power App Experience
  • Green Belt, Black Belt, and/or Lean Training
  • Lean Sigma Green Belt certification or equivalent
  • Experience with Medtronic Cell Conversions or Lean transformations
  • Experience with Medtronic's Performance System and Policy Deployment
  • DMAIC experience
  • Ability to lead and/or coordinate high-impact process improvement projects
  • Ability to manage multiple projects
  • Proven skills working with cross-functional teams and presentation skills
  • Proven ability to solve as well as lead others through complex problem resolution
  • Demonstrated transformational abilities utilizing 5S and Visual Factory techniques
  • History of delivering tangible results measured in employee satisfaction and engagement, financial savings, cycle and lead time reductions
  • Competitive Salary
  • Flexible Benefits Package
  • Short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP)
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