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Equipment Maintenance Technician roles qualify for TN visa sponsorship under the USMCA's Industrial Engineers category when the position requires a relevant engineering or technical degree. Canadian citizens can apply at the border or a U.S. consulate with no cap. Mexican nationals require consular processing with a limited annual allocation.
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R-546462
Category
Engineering
Location
Broken Bow, Nebraska
We are the people who give possibilities purpose
BD is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world. Advancing the world of health™ is our Purpose, and it’s no small feat. It takes the imagination and passion of all of us—from design and engineering to the manufacturing and marketing of our billions of MedTech products per year—to look at the impossible and find transformative solutions that turn dreams into possibilities.
Job Description
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Provides expertise in investment projects in the areas of plant infrastructure, manufacturing equipment, and reliability management systems.
- Facilitates criticality evaluation of the site assets.
- Develops and enforces the maintenance strategy aligned with BD Excellence.
- Uses the appropriate tools and processes for criticality assessment, risk base analysis, maintenance plan development, diagnosis, and root cause analysis.
- Develops and enforces the site technical standards. Analyzes maintenance data to trigger improvement projects and improve the life cycle of site assets.
Accountability:
- Support the maintaining of up-to-date knowledge and awareness of improvement methodologies and new techniques in maintenance engineering and their relevance to the site operations, including safety requirements, recommendations to ensure continuous improvements in equipment performance and availability as well as integration of maintenance best practices for BD equipment reliability for asset utilization.
- Facilitate the definition of site maintenance strategies, procedures, and methods, aligning with maintenance budget and assets criticality.
- Verify the application of criteria for developing and accepting new or modified assets and ensures optimal availability, maintainability, and reliability of new equipment as well as assets documentation, including manuals, schemes and other related documents, maintenance plans.
- Coordinate the development and update of maintenance plans and spare part classification including the upload on the CMMS, providing the support for maintenance planning/scheduling and spare part management.
- Enlist support from the Process Engineer to diagnose high-complexity breakdown issues.
- Coach the Maintenance Team and other related roles to investigate all significant and repetitive failures to identify causes and initiate corrective actions as well as other reliability tools.
- Promote BD Best Practice Networks, DPM and Asset Care culture.
- Participates in staff development, defining training and skill development.
- Train and support staff on maintenance and reliability tools.
- Ensure failure analysis results with optimization of the maintenance plans.
- Monitor and control nonvalue added, MTTR, MTBF, failure trends and maintenance costs to identify priorities, trigger re-evaluation of criticality, possible asset modification or decommissioning required. Ensure up to date key process indicators and actions.
- Conducts regular audits.
- Analysis and optimizes preventive and corrective maintenance processes considering constraints and needs of other functions.
- Ensure that effective performance review is in place and that measurement and review drives continuous improvement projects.
- Follow new technologies to develop appropriate solutions for the site, anticipate changes and optimize investment and running costs.
- Ensures harmonization of processes, promotes, and enforces technical standards.
- Benchmark engineering and Maintenance results against other BD sites and external references.
Other duties as required to support the needs of the business.
Minimum Education:
This position has the following minimum educational requirements:
- High School Diploma/GED: Required
- Associates Degree - Required
- BA/BS Degree – Preferred – Science, Industrial management, Engineering or a related field
- In lieu of associate degree, 5 years Technical or manufacturing experience required
- 2 years Medical Device Manufacturing Experience preferred
Minimum Experience:
- 3 years’ experience in manufacturing preferred
Minimum Knowledge, Skills, or Abilities (KSA’s):
- Effective Oral/written Communication - Proficient
- Ability to work as part of a team / Teambuilding Proficient
- Independent thinking / Self Driven - Proficient
- Decision Making Ability - Proficient
- Machine Design – Proficient
- Troubleshooting / Problem Solving - Advanced
- Safety & Ergonomics Expertise – Proficient
- Project Management - Proficient
- Data collection and statistical analysis competency - Proficient
- Quality Systems Knowledge – Proficient
- Logistics & Planning Knowledge – Basic
Why Join Us?
To find purpose in the possibilities, we need people who can see the bigger picture, who understand the human story that underpins everything we do. We welcome people with the imagination and drive to help us reinvent the future of healthcare. At BD, you’ll discover a culture in which you can learn, grow and thrive.
We believe that when people connect in person, we learn faster, collaborate more deeply, and build a stronger culture. Join us and enjoy a culture where face-to-face collaboration supports your learning, your progress, and your success.
Becton, Dickinson, and Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We evaluate applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, marital or domestic or civil union status, familial status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetics, disability, military eligibility or veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.
Primary Work Location
USA NE - Broken Bow
Additional Locations
Work Shift
US BD 1st Shift 7am-530pm Mon-Thu (United States of America)
Job ID
R-546462
Category
Engineering
Location
Broken Bow, Nebraska
We are the people who give possibilities purpose
BD is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world. Advancing the world of health™ is our Purpose, and it’s no small feat. It takes the imagination and passion of all of us—from design and engineering to the manufacturing and marketing of our billions of MedTech products per year—to look at the impossible and find transformative solutions that turn dreams into possibilities.
Job Description
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Provides expertise in investment projects in the areas of plant infrastructure, manufacturing equipment, and reliability management systems.
- Facilitates criticality evaluation of the site assets.
- Develops and enforces the maintenance strategy aligned with BD Excellence.
- Uses the appropriate tools and processes for criticality assessment, risk base analysis, maintenance plan development, diagnosis, and root cause analysis.
- Develops and enforces the site technical standards. Analyzes maintenance data to trigger improvement projects and improve the life cycle of site assets.
Accountability:
- Support the maintaining of up-to-date knowledge and awareness of improvement methodologies and new techniques in maintenance engineering and their relevance to the site operations, including safety requirements, recommendations to ensure continuous improvements in equipment performance and availability as well as integration of maintenance best practices for BD equipment reliability for asset utilization.
- Facilitate the definition of site maintenance strategies, procedures, and methods, aligning with maintenance budget and assets criticality.
- Verify the application of criteria for developing and accepting new or modified assets and ensures optimal availability, maintainability, and reliability of new equipment as well as assets documentation, including manuals, schemes and other related documents, maintenance plans.
- Coordinate the development and update of maintenance plans and spare part classification including the upload on the CMMS, providing the support for maintenance planning/scheduling and spare part management.
- Enlist support from the Process Engineer to diagnose high-complexity breakdown issues.
- Coach the Maintenance Team and other related roles to investigate all significant and repetitive failures to identify causes and initiate corrective actions as well as other reliability tools.
- Promote BD Best Practice Networks, DPM and Asset Care culture.
- Participates in staff development, defining training and skill development.
- Train and support staff on maintenance and reliability tools.
- Ensure failure analysis results with optimization of the maintenance plans.
- Monitor and control nonvalue added, MTTR, MTBF, failure trends and maintenance costs to identify priorities, trigger re-evaluation of criticality, possible asset modification or decommissioning required. Ensure up to date key process indicators and actions.
- Conducts regular audits.
- Analysis and optimizes preventive and corrective maintenance processes considering constraints and needs of other functions.
- Ensure that effective performance review is in place and that measurement and review drives continuous improvement projects.
- Follow new technologies to develop appropriate solutions for the site, anticipate changes and optimize investment and running costs.
- Ensures harmonization of processes, promotes, and enforces technical standards.
- Benchmark engineering and Maintenance results against other BD sites and external references.
Other duties as required to support the needs of the business.
Minimum Education:
This position has the following minimum educational requirements:
- High School Diploma/GED: Required
- Associates Degree - Required
- BA/BS Degree – Preferred – Science, Industrial management, Engineering or a related field
- In lieu of associate degree, 5 years Technical or manufacturing experience required
- 2 years Medical Device Manufacturing Experience preferred
Minimum Experience:
- 3 years’ experience in manufacturing preferred
Minimum Knowledge, Skills, or Abilities (KSA’s):
- Effective Oral/written Communication - Proficient
- Ability to work as part of a team / Teambuilding Proficient
- Independent thinking / Self Driven - Proficient
- Decision Making Ability - Proficient
- Machine Design – Proficient
- Troubleshooting / Problem Solving - Advanced
- Safety & Ergonomics Expertise – Proficient
- Project Management - Proficient
- Data collection and statistical analysis competency - Proficient
- Quality Systems Knowledge – Proficient
- Logistics & Planning Knowledge – Basic
Why Join Us?
To find purpose in the possibilities, we need people who can see the bigger picture, who understand the human story that underpins everything we do. We welcome people with the imagination and drive to help us reinvent the future of healthcare. At BD, you’ll discover a culture in which you can learn, grow and thrive.
We believe that when people connect in person, we learn faster, collaborate more deeply, and build a stronger culture. Join us and enjoy a culture where face-to-face collaboration supports your learning, your progress, and your success.
Becton, Dickinson, and Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We evaluate applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, marital or domestic or civil union status, familial status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetics, disability, military eligibility or veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.
Primary Work Location
USA NE - Broken Bow
Additional Locations
Work Shift
US BD 1st Shift 7am-530pm Mon-Thu (United States of America)
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding TN Visa Sponsorship as an Equipment Maintenance Technician
Align your credentials to the right TN category
TN visa sponsorship for Equipment Maintenance Technicians typically flows through the Industrial Engineer classification. Gather transcripts and a degree evaluation confirming your credential maps to that category before you approach any employer.
Target manufacturers with established maintenance departments
Facilities running continuous production lines, such as automotive plants, food processing sites, and semiconductor fabs, hire maintenance technicians in volume and have HR teams familiar with TN filing paperwork. Prioritize postings that list 'immigration assistance available.'
Request a detailed support letter from your employer
CBP officers reviewing TN petitions at the border focus heavily on the employer's offer letter. It must specify your job duties, confirm the role requires your technical degree, name the TN category, and state the wages and employment duration.
Prepare for credential questions if your degree is hands-on or trades-based
Diploma programs and trades certificates do not qualify on their own. If your background mixes formal engineering coursework with practical training, document exactly how your post-secondary degree meets the specialty occupation threshold to avoid a CBP denial.
Use Migrate Mate to find employers actively offering TN sponsorship
Searching broadly wastes time on employers unfamiliar with TN requirements. Migrate Mate filters Equipment Maintenance Technician roles by verified sponsorship status so you contact employers already prepared to support your application.
Understand the renewal window before you accept an offer
TN status is granted in three-year increments with unlimited renewals. Confirm your employer will file renewal paperwork at least 60 days before expiration and clarify internally who in their HR or legal team owns that process.
Equipment Maintenance Technician TN Visa: Frequently Asked Questions
Does an Equipment Maintenance Technician role qualify for TN visa sponsorship?
It can, but the classification depends on how the role is structured. TN sponsorship for this job title typically runs through the Industrial Engineer category, which requires a bachelor's degree or higher in engineering or a related technical field. Roles where the employer can document that the position requires specialized engineering knowledge, not just hands-on repair skills, are the strongest candidates for approval.
How does TN compare to H-1B for Equipment Maintenance Technician positions?
TN has no annual lottery, no cap for Canadians, and no USCIS petition required for Canadian nationals entering at the border. H-1B visa requires employer sponsorship through a lottery with roughly 25 percent selection odds. For an Equipment Maintenance Technician with a qualifying degree and a U.S. job offer, TN is a faster and more predictable path than waiting for H-1B selection.
What documents do I need to cross the border on a TN as a Canadian maintenance technician?
You need a valid Canadian passport, an offer letter from your U.S. employer that details your job duties, confirms the role fits the Industrial Engineer TN category, and states your compensation and start date. Bring transcripts or a degree certificate showing your engineering or technical credential. CBP adjudicates the TN at the port of entry, so documentation quality directly determines your outcome.
Where can I find Equipment Maintenance Technician jobs that already offer TN visa sponsorship?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for Canadian and Mexican professionals seeking U.S. roles with confirmed visa sponsorship. Rather than applying broadly and discovering mid-process that an employer has no TN experience, Migrate Mate shows you roles where sponsorship support is already verified, saving significant time during the job search.
Can a Mexican citizen get TN sponsorship for an Equipment Maintenance Technician job?
Yes, but the process differs from the Canadian route. Mexican nationals cannot use the border port-of-entry option and must apply at a U.S. consulate in Mexico. The TN allocation for Mexican citizens is also limited annually. Processing timelines are longer, so plan your job search and offer negotiation timeline accordingly and confirm your employer understands the consular pathway before signing.