About the Role
The Maintenance Technician position is a hands-on role providing technical expertise for the maintenance, repair, and preventive maintenance of facility equipment, including machinery, buildings, and various systems, to minimize downtime and enhance operational efficiency within a validated, cGMP environment. This role also involves managing shop tools, inventory, updating the CMMS, and adhering to Lean and 5S principles. Support for after-hours emergency response and assistance with parts inventory systems are also key responsibilities. Depending on the modality, this role may require significant physical strength and endurance.
Responsibilities
- 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, recommending continuous improvement changes or Lean practices.
- Optimizes processing and reduces downtime by performing predictive and preventative maintenance on equipment, machinery, and facility buildings.
- Participates in the installation of new equipment.
- Maintains electrical systems, including facility lighting, by installing and repairing wiring and fixtures.
- Performs general maintenance tasks, including landscaping, painting, and carpentry.
- Conducts daily, weekly, quarterly, and semi-annual safety/maintenance inspections.
- Completes related paperwork accurately to Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) standards.
- Adheres to all safety procedures, including Lock-Out/Tag-Out (LOTO), following Safety Data Sheets (SDS), and complying with environmental requirements for waste and disposal.
- Completes shift work in a timely manner.
- Responds to off-shift maintenance calls on a 24-hour rotating on-call basis.
- Maintains a spare parts program, and either repairs parts or defers action for supervisor decision.
- Maintains building climate by installing, repairing, servicing, or performing preventative maintenance on HVAC systems.
- Analyzes new or alternative ways to improve operations.
- Monitors production efficiency.
- Incorporates staff recommendations into analysis.
- Responds to audit activities constructively and uses findings to improve operations.
- Maintains mechanical and technical skills, knowledge, and abilities by attending workshops, reviewing trade publications, and participating in training.
- Trains others to conduct minor, basic repairs to equipment and machinery.
- Completes necessary certification and re-certification requirements.
- Contributes in a team effort by performing in accordance with STERIS policies, GMP, Lean principles, and other directives.
- Supports the directives and decisions of higher-level management.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- 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.
- Ability to effectively read, write, and verbally communicate in English.
- Ability to work independently under general guidelines and supervision.
- Requires computer literacy including word processing, spreadsheet, email, calendar, virtual platforms, and computerized maintenance management systems.
- Requires effective interpersonal skills.
- Requires average organizing and analyzing skills.
- Requires a minimum of Level 2 math skills (ratios, basic algebra) to determine organizational customer and regulatory problems and 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.
- Ability to meet physical requirements of position, including physical capacity evaluation testing and annual physical, as appropriate.
- Ability to successfully complete Operator training (classroom and hands-on) to become a certified Operator and successfully pass Operator re-certification test annually.
Skills
- Maintenance systems
- Mechanical processes
- Production output
- Computer literacy
- Word processing
- Spreadsheet
- Calendar
- Virtual platforms
- Computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS)
- Interpersonal skills
- Organizing
- Analyzing
- Math skills (Level 2)
- Pneumatics
- Hydraulics
- Mechanics
- Electrical applications
- Blueprint reading
- Schematic reading
- Lean principles
- 5S principles
Location
- Onsite
Work Type
- Full-time
- Day shift
Experience Level
- Minimum of 2 years of related experience
Education Level
- High School Diploma or GED
Salary/Compensations
- $27-$35 per hour
- $27.16 - $37.86 per hour
Benefits
- Eligible for bonus participation
About the Company
- STERIS strives to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.
- STERIS is committed to treating all people in a way that allows them to maintain their dignity and independence.
- We believe in integration and equal opportunity.
Equal Opportunity
- Accommodations are available throughout the recruitment process.
- Applicants with a disability may request to be accommodated throughout the recruitment process.
- We will work with all applicants to accommodate their individual accessibility needs.
