Senior Manager, Advanced Manufacturing Maintenance

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At Beckman Coulter Diagnostics, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact. 

You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.

As a global leader in clinical diagnostics, Beckman Coulter Diagnostics has challenged convention to elevate the diagnostic laboratory’s role in improving patient health for more than 90 years. Our diagnostic solutions are used in routine and complex clinical testing, and are used in hospitals, reference and research laboratories, and physician offices around the world. Every hour around the world, more than one million tests are run on Beckman Coulter Diagnostics systems, impacting 1.2 billion patients and more than three million clinicians per year. From uncovering the next clinical breakthrough, to rapid and reliable sample analysis, to more rigorous decision making—we are enabling clinicians to deliver the best possible care to their patients with improved efficiency, clinical confidence, adaptive collaboration, and accelerated intelligence.

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The Senior Manager, Advanced Manufacturing Maintenance is responsible for leading and developing a high-performing team responsible for optimizing maintenance operations across immunoassay manufacturing in a regulated diagnostics environment. This role ensures maximum equipment uptime, regulatory compliance, and safe, efficient operations by overseeing a multidisciplinary team supporting biochemical and electromechanical systems. Combining strong leadership with technical and operational expertise, the role drives maintenance strategies that enhance equipment reliability and enable continuous improvement within an FDA-regulated setting.

This position is part of the Global Engineering team and is an on-site role based in Chaska, Minnesota.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Lead and develop a cross-functional team of equipment and automation technicians, fostering a culture of safety, quality, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Design and execute preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance strategies for manufacturing systems.
• Troubleshoot and repair highly automated equipment across electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, robotics, vision, motion control, and PLC/HMI systems.
• Support installation, commissioning, qualification, and lifecycle management of new and upgraded automation equipment.
• Implement condition-based and data-driven maintenance practices to improve uptime, OEE, and equipment reliability.
• Partner with Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, and Supply Chain; serve as the primary maintenance contact for audits, deviations, and change control.
• Ensure compliance with FDA, GMP, ISO, and safety standards; track KPIs (uptime, MTTR, MTBF) and drive continuous improvement using Lean/Six Sigma.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Biomedical) or related field along with 14+ years of experience OR master degree in engineering or related field along with 12+ years of experience
• Experience in maintenance, engineering, or operations preferably within regulated manufacturing (medical device, diagnostics, pharma, or biotech).
• 4+ years of leadership experience managing technical teams.
• Strong technical expertise across electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and automation systems.
• Working knowledge of PLC/HMI platforms (Rockwell preferred), robotics, vision systems, and industrial networks.
• Proven ability to lead in fast-paced, high-volume environments, with flexibility to support off-shift or on-call operations.

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Experience in IVD, medical device, pharmaceutical, or life sciences manufacturing, including diagnostics/reagent production.
• Lean Six Sigma certification (Green Belt or higher) with experience in highly automated manufacturing environments.
• Familiarity with digital maintenance tools, IoT, and Industry 4.0 technologies.

Beckman Coulter Diagnostics, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.

The annual salary range for this role is $175K - $190K. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.

This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

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