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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
Email
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.