Industrial Maintenance Technician

Job Highlights

Company Profile

STERIS advances global health and safety with innovative products and services for procedures, medical devices, vaccines, and life sciences.

Job Profile

The company is hiring an Industrial Maintenance Technician to join its team.

Education Level

• High School Diploma or GED

Work Experience

• PLC/control experience

Duties/Responsibilities

• Complies with all environmental requirements for waste.
• 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 GMP standards.
• Contributes to production efficiency by responding to maintenance calls on a 24-hour, 7-day-per-week basis as assigned, rotating on-call responsibility, investigating the reason for the call in, and either repairing or deferring action for immediate supervisor decision; maintaining a spare parts program.
• Ensures employee safety by adhering to all Lockout/Tagout procedures; following the MSDS safety procedures when using chemicals.
• Maintains building climate by installing, repairing, and servicing ventilation, heat, and air conditioning systems.
• Maintains facility lighting by installing and repairing wiring and fixtures.
• Maintains mechanical and technical skills, knowledge, and abilities by attending workshops, reviewing trade publications, and participating in training others to conduct minor, basic repairs to equipment, machinery, etc. Completes any training deficiency as noted.
• Monitors production efficiency by maintaining and analyzing a production downtime record.
• 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.
• Strives for continuous improvement by analyzing new or alternative ways to improve operations; incorporates staff recommendations into analysis; constructively responds to audit activities and uses findings to improve operations where possible.

As a Maintenance Technician-

• Completes other certifications, i.e., forklift, welding, boiler, pesticide applicator, as identified by operator licenses/permits.
• Complies with and promotes all hot work requirements.
• Contributes in a team effort by performing according to the guidelines outlined in the STERIS Code of Business Conduct, the GMP, and other directives; supports the directives and decisions of higher-level management; accomplishes other duties as assigned.
• Exhibits a commitment to the STERIS shared values of Customer Satisfaction and Continuous Improvement through ensuring defect-free workmanship, assisting others to meet the Customer’s needs, searching for efficient and effective ways to reduce waste, being active and accountable for Customer satisfaction, and satisfying the Customer’s needs with a sense of urgency.
• May be required to provide tools according to local policy.
• Protects employees by promoting and issuing monitoring devices in hazard areas as required by safety rules.
• Completes electrical and OSHA classes as demonstrated through hands-on task demonstration and written test.
• Successfully meets the requirements of an irradiator operator.
• Supports the STERIS business imperatives of Growth, Operational Excellence, Leadership Excellence and Customer Focus, by acting with integrity, treating everyone with mutual respect, exhibiting a genuine commitment to the success of all employees, and delivering satisfaction to our customers through teamwork, innovation and continuous improvement; this will be accomplished while acting safely and is defined as “The STERIS Way.”
• Utilizes and updates spare part practices/policies/systems.
• Utilizes a computer to complete work orders, forms, training, etc.

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

• Ability to effectively read, write, and verbally communicate.
• Ability to navigate through defined computer screens (Systems knowledge)
• Requires the ability to read blueprints and schematics.
• Requires computer literacy to include word processing, spreadsheet, and software capabilities.
• Requires working knowledge of pneumatics, hydraulics, mechanics, or electrical applications.
• Above-average organizing and analyzing skills and Level 3 math skills
• Ability to work independently under general guidelines and supervision.
• Ability to adapt to changing duties and responsibilities.
• Effective interpersonal skills as demonstrated through prior experience.
• Normal hearing range is sufficient to hear alarms, bells, horns, etc.

Work Environment

• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs. – due to the physical nature of the job, requiring strength and endurance.

Benefits/Perks

• 401(k) with a company match
• Annual merit review and incentive plans
• Business travel and all related expenses paid
• Career progression path
• Competitive pay
• Extensive hands-on training and development
• Medical, vision, prescription, dental, and life insurance
• Overtime opportunity
• Paid time off
• Tuition assistance
• Uniforms and all necessary tools provided

Employer’s Statement

STERIS is an Equal Opportunity Employer.