Quality Technician

Quality Technician

STERIS Northampton, England, United Kingdom

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.

Do you want to spend your working time making a difference in the world around you? Are you passionate about supporting the medical industries? Do you care about keeping patients and people safe? If so, then a career with STERIS could be a great fit for you. We are the trusted experts and global leaders in medical device repair services and surgical instrument manufacturing, dedicated to enabling patient safety and driving improvements in quality outcomes and efficiency across all our products and services.

• Assists in production line quality investigations and associated problem‑solving activities.
• Performs inspection of rigid and flexible endoscopes.
• May coordinate and conduct in‑process and final QC product acceptance testing, depending on facility.
• Investigates production line stoppages to identify corrective actions.
• Identifies and documents product and process non‑conformances.
• Participates on a Material Review Board to review and process non‑conformance reports.
• Reviews DHRs and supports batch record release.
• Enters and retrieves quality data from local and global systems.
• Performs site calibration activities and record‑keeping.
• Executes environmental monitoring processes and record‑keeping.
• Verifies calculations, dose ranges, dosimeter placements and special instructions prior to processing and as part of final product release.
• Completes other duties as assigned.

• Ability to work in a fast‑paced environment with strict deadlines.
• Ability to generate detailed, high‑quality documentation.
• Ability to work with others in analyzing and solving technical problems.
• Teamwork: collaborates with others and works in a professional manner to support team actions.
• Effectively manages work tasks; is detail‑oriented and strives for continuous improvement.
• PC experience and familiarity with common desktop applications including Excel and Word.
• Minimum one year of experience in a regulated manufacturing or repair environment or other technical production environment.
• Ideally has quality inspection experience.

• TVQ or NVQ Level 2 in decontamination or equivalent experience.
• Previous experience in sterile services and/or health‑related products.

• Flexibility
• Teamwork
• Integrity
• Working under pressure
• Accountability
• Attention to detail

For more information about us, please visit our STERIS IMS website:

STERIS plc provides employment and advancement opportunities without regard to age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion/belief, sex (gender), sexual orientation or any other legally protected characteristic as defined by UK employment law. The company bases all employment decisions on merit, qualifications, skills, and abilities with the intention that the best candidate is selected for each position.

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 and life scientists products and services around the globe. STERIS strives to be an equal opportunity employer.