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Material Handler

STERIS - Operations
Whippany, NJ Full Time
POSTED ON 1/26/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 3/26/2025

Job Title:

Material Handler I

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.

Applied Sterilization Technologies (AST), We are One Team with One Goal. Through a network of nearly 60 facilities globally, STERIS AST has been committed to patient safety by providing contract sterilization services to the medical device, pharmaceutical, consumer, and industrial communities for over 50 years. Our sterilization services ensure the safety of those who use these products, including our families, our friends, and ourselves.

The hourly pay rate for the MATERIAL HANLDER I (Union) position is $ 20.00, plus $1.20 per hour shift differential. Annual merit, bonus and incentive plans are also offered. This position works an 2nd Shift, Schedule is 3:00 PM - 11:30 PM Mon. - Fri.

What you will do as a Material Handler I

  • 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

The Experience, Skills, and Abilities Needed:

Required:

  • High School Diploma or GED
  • Lift up to 50lbs and work while seated or standing, using your hands (due to the physical nature of the job, requiring strength and endurance)
  • Basic computer and math skills

Preferred:

  • Forklift Experience
  • Warehouse Experience

Other:

  • Be dependable and on time

  • Be a team player

  • Pay attention to detail

What STERIS Offers:

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.

You should be proficient in:

  • High School / GED
  • Shop Math Skills
  • Basic Computer Skills

Machines & technologies you'll use:

  • Forklifts

Salary : $20

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