EHS Manager

Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact.

A Day in the Life The Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) function partners with manufacturing, engineering, quality, and site leadership teams to build and sustain a safe, healthy, and environmentally responsible workplace. This role leads the development, deployment, and continuous improvement of EHS programs to support regulatory compliance, risk reduction, employee well-being, and operational excellence across the Juarez manufacturing site. This position is based in Juarez, Mexico and follows an onsite work model, requiring regular presence at the facility to support operations, employee engagement, and site-wide EHS initiatives.

The EHS Manager is responsible for leading site Environmental, Health, and Safety programs, ensuring compliance with applicable regulations and company requirements while fostering a culture of safety and continuous improvement. The role partners with site leadership to identify risks, implement preventive measures, and drive EHS performance across all operational areas.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead the site's Environmental, Health, and Safety strategy, programs, and compliance activities.
• Ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, local, and corporate EHS requirements.
• Develop, implement, and maintain EHS policies, procedures, standards, and training programs.
• Conduct risk assessments and drive corrective and preventive actions to reduce workplace hazards.
• Lead incident investigations, root cause analysis, and implementation of sustainable corrective actions.
• Monitor EHS performance metrics and provide regular reporting to site and regional leadership.
• Partner with manufacturing, engineering, facilities, and quality teams to integrate EHS requirements into operations and projects.
• Support environmental management activities, including waste management, emissions control, and sustainability initiatives.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 5+ years of Environmental, Health, and Safety experience OR Master's degree with 3+ years of Environmental, Health, and Safety experience.
• Experience managing EHS programs within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with regulatory compliance, risk assessments, incident investigations, and corrective action management.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and influencing stakeholders at multiple organizational levels.
• Proficiency in English and Spanish.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting medical device, healthcare, pharmaceutical, or highly regulated manufacturing operations.
• Professional certification in Environmental, Health, or Safety disciplines.
• Experience with ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 management systems.
• Experience leading EHS audits and regulatory inspections.
• Experience driving continuous improvement and safety culture initiatives.

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 Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

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

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.

This employer participates in the federal E‑Verify program to confirm the identity and employment authorization of all newly hired employees.