Job Description

At STERIS, we help our Customers create a healthier and safer world by providing innovative healthcare and life science product and service solutions around the globe.

Position Summary

Join a company where the work you do makes a difference!  We are One Team with One Goal.  At STERIS Applied Sterilization Technologies (AST), it’s our philosophy and our way of doing business.  Through a network of over 50 facilities globally, STERIS AST has been committed to providing contract sterilization services to the medical device, pharmaceutical, consumer, and industrial communities for over 40 years.  Our irradiation and gas sterilization services ensure the safety of those who use these products, including our families, our friends, and ourselves. If you are looking to join a collaborative and innovative team in an essential industry, apply for our Material Handler position today! 

This position works a 1st shift (7:30am-7:30pm) and offers overtime potential based on business needs.

What You'll do as a Material Handler II

• Safely and accurately process Customer products according to established procedures within FDA, ISO, and GMP guidelines. 
• Utilize handling equipment, such as forklifts and pallet jacks, to transfer Customer product through the sterilization process
• Load and unload Customer product manually or using automated equipment into the validated sterilization process
• Place and retrieve monitoring devices on product to ensure proper sterilization levels
• Comply with all health and safety requirements to work within facilities that utilize various industrial sterilization modalities; complete training and annual certification to use personal protective equipment (e.g., safety glasses, safety shoes, respiratory protection equipment (SCBA))
• Ensure safety and quality in all aspects of the job
  

The Experience, Skills, and Abilities Needed

Required:

• High School Diploma or G.E.D.
• Minimum of two (2) years of warehousing experience.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs. – due to the physical nature of the job, requiring strength and endurance.
• Ability to effectively read, write and verbally communicate.

Preferred:

• A minimum of four (4) years in an FDA, ISO, GMP environment or passing score on Operator test (preferred)
• Prior experience operating forklift equipment. 
• Ability to navigate through defined computer screens. 
• Effective interpersonal skills as demonstrated through prior experience.
• Normal hearing range sufficient to hear alarms, bells, horns, etc.
• Above average organizing and analyzing skills and Level 2 math skill (basic arithmetic functions in all units of measurement, decimals, ratios, rates, percentages) to determine organizational, Customer, and regulatory problems and formulate corrective action plans; attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently under general guidelines and supervision.
• Able to adapt to changing duties and responsibilities.

Other:

• Be dependable and on time.
• Be a team player.
• Pay attention to detail.
• STERIS operates 24/7, 365, including holidays.
  

Pay rate for this opportunity is $21.75. This position is eligible for bonus participation. 

Minimum pay rates offered will comply with county/city minimums, if higher than range listed.  Pay rates are based on a number of factors, including but not limited to local labor market costs, years of relevant experience, education, professional certifications, foreign language fluency, etc.

STERIS offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits portfolio.  Click here for a complete list of benefits:  STERIS Benefits

STERIS is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  We are committed to equal employment opportunity and the use of affirmative action programs to ensure that persons are recruited, hired, trained, transferred and promoted in all job groups regardless of race, color, religion, age, disability, national origin, citizenship status, military or veteran status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, and any other category protected by federal, state or local law.  We are not only committed to this policy by our status as a federal government contractor, but also we are strongly bound by the principle of equal employment opportunity.

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