Maintenance Technician Day Shift

Join a company where the work you do makes a difference! We are One Team with One Goal. At STERIS Applied Sterilization Technologies (AST), it is our philosophy and our way of doing business. Through a network of over 50 facilities globally, STERIS AST has been committed to providing contract sterilization services to the medical device, pharmaceutical, consumer, and industrial communities for over 40 years. Our sterilization services ensure the safety of those who use these products, including our families, our friends, and ourselves. If you are looking to join a collaborative and innovative team in an essential industry, apply for our Maintenance Technician position today!

Pay range: $28.00 – $36.00 per hour based on experience.

Shift: Monday – Friday 7:00am – 3:30pm.

The position of Maintenance Technician is a hands-on position, that provides technical expertise and participates in the maintenance, repair, and preventive maintenance of facility equipment to reduce downtime while increasing operational efficiency in a validated, cGMP environment. This equipment includes machinery, buildings, computer systems, control systems, safety, and security systems. Additionally, this position includes responsibility for maintaining shop tools, inventory, and keeping the department’s CMMS (computerized maintenance management system) updated all while adhering to Lean and 5S principles. This position will also be required to support after hours emergency response activities on an as needed basis. In addition, this position assists with the development and maintaining of parts inventory systems. Depending on the modality in which this role operates (i.e. Gamma), this is a physical role – requiring strength and endurance.

• Performs technical troubleshooting on a variety of modalities, technologies, and locations.
• Performs regularly scheduled preventative maintenance on high volume, validated processing equipment.
• Reviews preventative maintenance tasks for effectiveness and frequency and recommends any continuous improvement changes or Lean practices for implementation to management.
• Optimizes processing and reduces downtime by performing predictive and preventative maintenance on all equipment, machinery and facility buildings; participating in the installation of new equipment as required; maintaining electrical system, including facility lighting by installing and repairing wiring and fixtures; and performing general maintenance tasks, including landscaping, painting, and carpentry.
• Contributes to maintaining a safe, secure and clean workplace by conducting the daily, weekly, quarterly and semi-annual safety/maintenance inspections according to pre-established guidelines and schedules; completes related paperwork in a timely and accurate manner to Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) standards, while adhering to all safety procedures, including Lock-Out/Tag-Out (LOTO), following Safety Data Sheets (SDS), and complying with all environmental requirements for waste and disposal.
• Contributes to production efficiency by completing shift work in a timely manner as well as responding to off shift maintenance calls if needed as assigned.
• Maintaining a spare parts program, and either repairing or deferring action for immediate supervisor decision.
• Review work instructions along with vital policies and procedures Take part in on-the-job training, overseen by your Hiring Manager Demonstrate ability to meet the requirements of the job.

Required:

• High School Diploma or G.E.D.
• Must be clean shaven to wear proper PPE.
• Minimum of 2 years of related experience in positions demonstrating knowledge of maintenance systems, mechanical processes and production output in a manufacturing/industrial/military environment.
• Requires working knowledge of pneumatics, hydraulics, mechanics or electrical applications.
• Requires ability to read blueprints and schematics.
• Ability to lift up to 50lbs.
• Ability to effectively read, write and verbally communicate.
• Ability to meet physical requirements of position, including physical capacity evaluation testing and annual physical, as appropriate.

Preferred:

• Ability to work independently under general guidelines and supervision.
• Computer literacy includes word processing, spreadsheet, email, calendar, virtual platforms, computerized maintenance management systems and software capabilities.
• Effective interpersonal skills as demonstrated through prior experience.
• Average organizing, analyzing and a minimum of Level 2 math skills (ratios, basic algebra) to determine organizational Customer and regulatory problems to formulate corrective action plans.
• Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs).
• Able to adapt to changing duties and responsibilities and complete all other duties as assigned.
• Normal hearing range sufficient to hear alarms, bells, horns, etc.
• Support Lean practices and principles.

Other:

• Be dependable and on time.
• Be a team player.
• Pay attention to detail.
• STERIS operates 24/7, 365, including holidays.

This is an opportunity to join a company that will invest in you for the long term. STERIS would not be where it is today without our incredible people, who take true pride in their work. That is why we share in our success together by rewarding employees for their hard work. We do this by providing a competitive base salary plus bonus (as applicable), comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, paid PTO and holidays, 401K with company match.