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 5:30 PM - 5:30 AM rotating shift and offers overtime potential based on business needs.  The hourly pay rate is $16/hr.

What You'll Do as a Material Handler

• 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
• Review work instructions along with vital policies and procedures
  Take part in on-the-job training, overseen by your Hiring Manager
  Demonstrate ability to meet the requirements of the job

Education Degree

• High School Diploma or GED

The Experience, Skills, and Abilities Needed

• Required:

  • High School Diploma or G.E.D.
  • Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
  • Essential to be clean shaven for safety equipment.
  • Ability to effectively read, write and verbally communicate.

  Preferred:

  • Two (2) years of warehousing/manufacturing experience.
  • Prior experience operating a forklift.
  • Ability to work independently under general guidelines and supervision.
  • Ability to navigate through defined computer screens.
  • Above average organizing, analyzing, and Level 1 math skills (add and subtract 2-digit numbers. Multiply and divide by 10’s and 100’s by 2,3,4,5, ability to use the four arithmetic functions of add, subtract, multiply, and divide with money, measurements, e.g. cup, pint, inch, foot, lbs. etc).
  • Effective interpersonal skills as demonstrated through prior experience.
  • Able to adapt to changing duties and responsibilities.
  • Normal hearing range sufficient to hear alarms, bells, horns, etc.
  • Work while seated or standing, using your hands.
  • Utilize basic computer and math skills.

  Other:

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

What we Offer

This is an opportunity to join a company that will invest in you for the long-term. STERIS wouldn’t be where it is today without our incredible people, who take true pride in their work. That’s why we share in our success together by rewarding employees for their hard work. We do this by providing competitive base salary plus bonus (as applicable), comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, paid PTO and holidays, 401K with company match. 

STERIS is a leading global provider of products and services that support patient care with an emphasis on infection prevention.  WE HELP OUR CUSTOMERS CREATE A HEALTHIER AND SAFER WORLD by providing innovative healthcare, life sciences and dental products and services. STERIS is a $5 billion, publicly traded (NYSE: STE) company with approximately 17,000 associates and Customers in more than 100 countries.

If you need assistance completing the application process, please call 1 (440) 392.7047 . This contact information is for accommodation inquiries only and cannot be used to check application status.

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.

The full affirmative action program, absent the data metrics required by § 60-741.44(k), shall be available to all employees and applicants for employment for inspection upon request. The program may be obtained at your location’s HR Office during normal business hours.

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