STERIS · 3 months ago
Technician Maintenance
South Plainfield, NJ
Full-time
Onsite
New Grad, Entry Level
$26/hr - $30/hrSTERIS is a leading global provider of products and services that support patient care with an emphasis on infection prevention. The Technician Maintenance role involves assisting in maintaining and repairing facility equipment, machinery, and buildings while ensuring safety and compliance with maintenance protocols.
BiotechnologyHealth CareMedical Device
Responsibilities
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
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 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; maintaining a spare parts program
Maintains building climate by installing, repairing and servicing ventilation, heat and air conditioning systems
Complies with all environmental requirements for waste
Maintains facility lighting by installing and repairing wiring and fixtures
Monitors production efficiency by maintaining and analyzing a production downtime record
Ensures employee safety by adhering to all Lock-out, Tag out procedures; following the MSDS safety procedures when using chemicals
Strives for continuous improvement by analyzing new or alternative ways to improve operations; incorporates staff recommendations into analysis; responds to audit activities in a constructive manner and uses findings to improve operations where possible
Maintains mechanical and technical skills knowledge and abilities by attending workshops, reviews trade publications and participates in training others to conduct minor, basic repairs to equipment, machinery, etc. Completes any training deficiency as noted
Successfully meets the requirements of irradiator operator
Successfully completes electrical and OSHA classes as demonstrated through hands on task demonstration and written test
Utilizes and updates spare part practices/policies/systems
Completes other certifications, i.e., forklift, welding, boiler, pesticide applicator, as identified by operator licenses/permits
May be required to provide tools according to local policy
Utilizes computer to complete work orders, forms, training, etc
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
Provides protection to employees by promoting and issuing monitoring devices in hazard areas as required by safety rules. Complies with and promotes all hot work requirements
Supports the Isomedix 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."
Exhibits a commitment to the Isomedix 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
Qualification
Required
High School Diploma or GED
Subject to passing Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) required background check
Ability to effectively read, write and verbally communicate in English. (English and Spanish in PR)
Ability to work independently under general guidelines and supervision
Requires computer literacy to include word processing, spreadsheet and software capabilities
Requires effective interpersonal skills as demonstrated through prior experience
Above average organizing, analyzing and a minimum of Level 3 math skills (ratios, proportions, basic algebra) to determine organizational Customer and regulatory problems to formulate corrective action plans
May require PLC/control experience
Able to adapt to changing duties and responsibilities
Requires working knowledge of pneumatics, hydraulics, mechanics or electrical applications
Requires ability to read blueprints and schematics
Normal hearing range sufficient to hear alarms, bells, horns, etc
Company
STERIS
STERIS is a leading provider of infection prevention and other procedural products and services, focused primarily on healthcare, pharmaceutical and medical device Customers.
Founded in 1985
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
STERIS has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (26)
2024 (28)
2023 (15)
2022 (33)
2021 (18)
2020 (19)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$0.28M2010-05-21Post Ipo Debt· $0.28M
1998-12-01IPO
Leadership Team
Daniel Carestio
President and CEO, STERIS
Walter Rosebrough
CEO Emeritus & Senior Advisor
Recent News
2025-11-05
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