It started with a simple idea: what if surgery could be less invasive and recovery less painful? Nearly 30 years later, that question still fuels everything we do at Intuitive. As a global leader in robotic-assisted surgery and minimally invasive care, our technologies—like the da Vinci surgical system and Ion—have transformed how care is delivered for millions of patients worldwide.

We’re a team of engineers, clinicians, and innovators united by one purpose: to make surgery smarter, safer, and more human. Every day, our work helps care teams perform with greater precision and patients recover faster, improving outcomes around the world.

The problems we solve demand creativity, rigor, and collaboration. The work is challenging, but deeply meaningful—because every improvement we make has the potential to change a life.

If you’re ready to contribute to something bigger than yourself and help transform the future of healthcare, you’ll find your purpose here.

Primary Function of Position
 

The Environmental Management System Coordinator, in conjunction with the Corporate EMS Sr. Manager will act as the environmental coordinator and has the duty of assisting site leadership to meet various responsibilities for control of the  environmental management system:

The EMS (Environmental Management System) Coordinator is responsible for ensuring proper management of activities associated with Intuitive’s EMS (certified or obtaining certification acc. to ISO 14001)

The EMS Coordinator will identify and coordinate relevant activities around Intuitive’ s environmental impact including, but not limited to relevant environmental aspects, significant impacts and objectives/ targets.

He/She works closely with the local process owners and business partners to ensure ISO 14001 requirements are duly met and, additionally, assessing, documenting and addressing all relevant changes with impact to environment or the EMS.

The EMS Coordinator supports internal and external ISO 14001 audits and will report relevant information on periodic basis to the Corporate EMS Sr. Manager.

Essential Job Duties

• Providing support on EMS  audits and inspections
• Participating in the investigation EMS Non-Conformance & Corrective Action process.
• Ensuring that the environmental training needs are identified and providing recommendations regarding appropriate actions that can be taken by the local site leadership.
• Periodic review of changes to assist in determining documented assessments
• Preparing E-Mail communications, maintaining  information systems on and/or help develop environmental awareness at all levels
• Maintaining a library of EMS regulations and environmental information necessary for Intuitive’s local functions and circulation of such information as required
• Keeping up to date local applicable legal requirements and advising employees accordingly
•  Monitor regulations to ensure Intuitive’s compliance with  local environmental regulations and standards.
• Ensuring regular environmental checks are performed and corrections are addressed
• Completing, as directed, an analysis of metrics and preparing reports related to environmental process performance

Required Education and Training

• University degree in science or engineering preferred; or equivalent training/experience which may include exposure to the implementation or maintenance of Environmental Management System or other Management Systems
• 2-5 years management system experience, ideally in the medical device industry or with EMS
• Computer literacy (PC, Microsoft Word/Excel/PowerPoint, Outlook), experience with Agile is a plus
• Ability to travel up to 10%, dependent on the ISO 14001 alignment with other sites.
• Fully Bilingual English - Spanish and the site’s local language(s)

Required Skills and Experience

• Influential personality with excellent interpersonal, strong written and oral communication skills
• Strong administrative and record keeping skills
• Strong knowledge of ISO 14001 and/or other management systems, such as ISO 9001 and or ISO 13485
• Proven track record in project management and in providing training support
• Ability to exercise independent judgment and discretion within a broadly defined range of policies and practices.  This includes analytical problem solving.
• Demonstrated organizational and planning skills, including action oriented, focused urgency and driving for results
• Ability to be effective in complex projects with ambiguity and/or rapid change
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and to prioritize and schedule work to meet business needs
• Good interpersonal skills, ability to work with others in team environment; effective interactions in cross department teams
• Detail orientated, with emphasis on accuracy and completeness

Preferred Skills and Experience

• ISO14001:2015 or 2026 Lead Auditor certification
• Strong knowledge in local, state level, national and international laws and regulations related to protection of the environment

Intuitive es un empleador que brinda igualdad de oportunidades de empleo. Proporcionamos igualdad de oportunidades de empleo a todos los solicitantes y empleados cualificados, y prohibimos cualquier tipo de discriminación y acoso, independientemente de su raza, sexo, condición de embarazo, orientación sexual, identidad de género, origen nacional, color, edad, religión, condición de veterano protegido o de discapacidad, información genética o cualquier otra condición protegida por las leyes federales, estatales o locales aplicables.

Aviso sobre los Controles de Exportación de EE. UU.: De acuerdo con las Regulaciones de Administración de Exportaciones de EE. UU. (15 CFR §743.13(b)), algunos puestos en Intuitive Surgical pueden estar sujetos a controles de exportación de EE. UU. para candidatos que sean nacionales de países actualmente bajo embargo o sanciones.

Cierta información que usted proporcione como parte de la solicitud será utilizada para determinar si Intuitive Surgical necesitará (i) obtener una licencia de exportación del gobierno de EE. UU. en su nombre (nota: el proceso de obtención de la licencia puede tardar entre 3 y más de 6 meses) o (ii) implementar un Plan de Control de Tecnología (“TCP”, por sus siglas en inglés) (nota: normalmente este paso agrega 2 semanas al proceso de contratación).
Para cualquier puesto en Intuitive sujeto a controles de exportación, las ofertas finales están condicionadas a la obtención de una licencia de exportación aprobada y/o a la ejecución de un TCP antes de la fecha de inicio del empleado potencial, la cual puede o no ser flexible, y dentro de un plazo que no obstaculice de manera irrazonable la necesidad de contratación. Si aplica, los candidatos serán notificados e instruidos sobre cualquier requisito relacionado con estos fines.

Este puesto puede cubrirse con un nivel de puesto diferente al indicado aquí, según las necesidades del negocio y/o la experiencia, los conocimientos y las habilidades del candidato o la candidata seleccionado. La compensación se basará principalmente en el nivel del puesto en el que se cubra el rol y en las cualificaciones del candidato o la candidata, de conformidad con la legislación aplicable.