Maintenance Technician

About us:

At STERIS Applied Sterilization Technologies (AST), We are One Team with One Goal.  Through a network of nearly 60 facilities globally, STERIS AST has been committed to patient safety by providing contract sterilization services to the medical device, pharmaceutical, consumer, and industrial communities for over 50 years.  Our sterilization services ensure the safety of those who use these products, including our families, our friends, and ourselves.

What you will do with us:

• 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
• Participates 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.
• Maintaining a spare parts program
• Contributes to production efficiency by responding to maintenance calls on a 24 hour 7 days per week basis as assigned, rotating on-call responsibility, investigates reason for call in, and either repairs or defers action for immediate supervisor decision
• Complies with all environmental requirements for waste.
• Monitors production efficiency by maintaining and analyzing a production downtime record.
• Review work instructions along with vital policies and procedures
• Take part in on-the-job training, overseen by your Hiring Manager 

How you will learn your role:

• 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 

Education Degree

What you will need as a Maintenance Technician:

Basic:

•  High School Diploma or GED

• Minimum of 2 years related experience in positions demonstrating knowledge of maintenance systems in an industrial environment (ex: mechanical, electrical)

• Lift up to 50 lbs. - due to the physical nature of the job, requiring strength and endurance

• Demonstrate a knowledge of pneumatics, hydraulics, mechanics or electrical applications

• Demonstrate an ability to read blueprints and schematics

• Ability to effectively read, write and verbally communicate in English

Preferred:

• Advanced Troubleshooting skills

• HVAC/Plumbing/Conveyance Experience 

• PLC or Controls Experience

Condition of employment:

• Pass a background check, drug screen, and annual physical evaluation Demonstrate the ability to always follow safety rules

• Successfully complete the company Operator training certification and pass the annual recertification test

Other:

• Demonstrate the desire to learn, be productive and contribute to the team

• Demonstrate computer literacy and critical math skills

Reasons you'll love working here:

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