Senior Maintenance Technician, Manufacturing

About the role

Edwards Lifesciences, a global structural heart innovation company, is looking for a Senior Maintenance Technician for its manufacturing operations. You will provide hands-on technical support to production, combining preventive and corrective maintenance with accurate documentation, equipment reliability and continuous improvement. Production is your main internal customer, and you will work alongside manufacturing teams to keep equipment available and performing.

Key responsibilities

• Perform preventive and corrective maintenance on manufacturing equipment, troubleshooting failures and minimizing production downtime.
• Document maintenance activities, processes, procedures, work orders and technical interventions in the company's systems, ensuring traceability and compliance with procedures.
• Support equipment and process validation, run tests and protocols, and contribute to engineering, equipment reliability and continuous improvement projects.
• Apply Lean and continuous improvement methodologies, and maintain technical documentation on equipment validation, qualification and improvement.
• Coordinate and supervise external contractors and specialized service providers on site, working with Production, Engineering, Calibration and other technical teams.
• Work regularly in cleanrooms following gowning and contamination-control requirements; some work may occur during production or outside regular shifts.

Required profile

• Associate degree or equivalent technical qualification in Industrial Mechatronics, Electromechanics, Electronics or a related field.
• At least 5 years of maintenance experience in an industrial manufacturing environment.
• Hands-on experience in preventive and corrective maintenance and troubleshooting of production equipment.
• Intermediate English, able to read technical documentation and communicate with OEMs and external service providers.
• Attention to detail and ability to work autonomously while collaborating with Production and technical teams.

Required skills

• Knowledge of electrical, mechanical, electronic, pneumatic and control systems.
• Experience documenting maintenance activities and work orders in electronic maintenance systems.
• Knowledge of Lean tools and continuous improvement methods.
• Preferred: experience in medical devices or regulated manufacturing, Maximo or SAP, equipment validation support, GMP/GDP knowledge, cleanroom work and supervising external contractors.