Summary: This role involves developing and implementing environmental, health, and safety programs, monitoring compliance, and ensuring worker well-being within a technical specialist career stream. Highlights: 1. Lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation. 2. Advance existing or introduce new technology and therapies. 3. Opportunity to mentor colleagues and direct work of other professionals. 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** ===================== Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned. * Develops, administers and implements environmental, health, and safety programs in accordance with governmental requirements. * Monitors pollution prevention activities, compliance and auditing efforts. * Conducts studies and prepares environmental impact reports for new construction projects, plant processes and permit changes. * Reviews and analyzes environmental documentation issued by regulatory agencies; collaborates with regulatory agencies to determine corrective action plans. * Determines impact on company operations and publishes compliance strategies and requirements. * Evaluates proposed regulations to determine financial, industrial, public and environmental impact. * Interacts with regulators to resolve compliance issues. * Represents company in government and industry rule\-making activities. * Identifies and takes corrective action against activities that pose potential threats to workers' health or safety, which may include recommending organizational measures to protect workers' safety through revised methods, processes, or materials; inspecting workplace environments, equipment, and/or practices to ensure compliance with standards and regulations; and investigating and/or identifying causes regarding filed incidents. * May provide/promote employee awareness/training on matters of environmental, health, and safety. **TECHNICAL SPECIALIST CAREER STREAM:** An individual contributor with responsibility in our technical functions to advance existing technology or introduce new technology and therapies. Formulates, delivers and/or manages projects assigned and works with other stakeholders to achieve desired results. May act as a mentor to colleagues or may direct the work of other lower level professionals. The majority of time is spent delivering R\&D, systems or initiatives related to new technologies or therapies – from design to implementation \- while adhering to policies, using specialized knowledge and skills. **DIFFERENTIATING FACTORS** **Autonomy:** Established and productive individual contributor. Works independently with general supervision on larger, moderately complex projects / assignments. **Organizational Impact:** Sets objectives for own job area to meet the objectives of projects and assignments. Contributes to the completion of project milestones. May have some involvement in cross functional assignments. **Innovation and Complexity:** Problems and issues faced are general, and may require understanding of broader set of issues or other job areas but typically are not complex. Makes adjustments or recommends enhancements in systems and processes to solve problems or improve effectiveness of job area. Support and/or lead EHS activities related to technology transfer projects, including risk assessments for transferred processes, regulatory gap analysis, validation of environmental permits, and implementation of EHS controls in new or modified facilities. **Communication and Influence:** Communicates primarily and frequently with internal contacts. External interactions are less complex or problem solving in nature. Contacts others to share information, status, needs and issues in order to inform, gain input, and support decision\-making. Fluent or Advanced English proficiency (spoken and written) required. Must be able to participate in technical meetings, prepare regulatory documentation, and interact with international stakeholders. **Leadership and Talent Management:** May provide guidance and assistance to entry level professionals and / or employee in Support Career Stream. **Required Knowledge and Experience:** Requires a Baccalaureate degree and minimum of 2 years of relevant experience OR Master's degree with a minimum of 0 years relevant experience. **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. **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.