Technician Maintenance (South Plainfield, NJ, US, 07080)

Steris Corporation•South Plainfield, NJ

52d•$26 - $30

About The Position

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 As a Reliable Maintenance Technician, you will be responsible for ensuring that all equipment, machinery, and facility buildings are properly maintained. You will perform predictive and preventative maintenance on all equipment and machinery, participate in the installation of new equipment as required, and maintain building climate by installing, repairing, and servicing ventilation, heat, and air conditioning systems. Schedule: Thurs-sat 6a-6pm, Wednesday 12pm -6pm.

Requirements

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.

Nice To Haves

Techinical/Vocational degree in automation and manufactuing equipment repair and maintenance preferred
Ability to read/understand blueprints, equipment manuals, and industrial standards.
Demonstrated skill set to maintain, troubleshoot and repair electro-mechanical and mechanical production equipment including basic PLC troubleshooting, in order to support the requirements of Operations
Reading, writing, and basic math skills required.
Demonstrated ability to work effectively and react appropriately with shifting priorities and rapid change Must be

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.