Operator

About the Company

Sotera Health takes its name from Soteria, the Greek goddess associated with safety, and this idea sits at the heart of the organization’s purpose: Safeguarding Global Health®. The company is a major global supplier of essential sterilization, laboratory testing, and advisory services for the healthcare sector. With close to 200 years of combined experience across its businesses, it serves millions of patients and healthcare professionals worldwide every year through scientific and technical expertise focused on safety and quality.

Operating through 64 facilities around the world, Sotera Health employs more than 3,000 people and supports over 5,800 customers in more than 50 countries, including a large share of the world’s leading medical device and pharmaceutical companies.

Role Summary

Based in Salem, Tamil Nadu, and reporting to the Process Supervisor or Manager Operations, the Operator is responsible for keeping the process system under control. The role involves closely tracking pressure, temperature, and relative humidity readings on charts or computer screens, ensuring product moves through the facility at the right times, and supporting safe and efficient equipment operation.

Key Responsibilities

• Keep a close watch on system readings, including pressure, temperature, and relative humidity, using charts or computer monitors.
• Operate valves and adjust controls to maintain safe and effective equipment performance.
• Monitor sterilizers and auxiliary equipment for any signs of malfunction and help with repairs when needed.
• Record process data and maintain accurate documentation of readings.
• Escalate any damaged product to the Shift Supervisor or Process Supervisor.
• Report equipment or system issues to the Maintenance Supervisor or Maintenance Technician.
• Complete routine daily and weekly preventive maintenance tasks and support the maintenance team as required.
• Store and remove processing chemicals in line with approved procedures and legal requirements.
• Take part in plant safety committees and follow all safety policies and regulations.
• Support additional tasks assigned by the supervisor.
• Oversee the work of Process Assistant Operators.

Required Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED is required.
• Prior exposure of 6 months to 1 year in a sterilization environment is preferred.
• Strong English communication skills in reading, writing, and speaking are essential.
• Ability to perform basic arithmetic, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, using whole numbers, fractions, and decimals.
• Willingness to work assigned shifts.
• Physical ability to lift at least 50 pounds and carry out repeated bending and lifting over extended periods.
• Forklift operating experience is required.
• Computer literacy is preferred.

Compensation and Benefits

The role offers a pay rate of $21.50 per hour.

• Medical, prescription, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, health savings accounts, and flexible spending accounts.
• 401(k) plan with company match that vests immediately.
• Paid holidays, vacation, and sick leave.
• Free financial planning support.
• Paid parental leave.
• Education assistance.
• Optional benefits such as critical illness, accident, hospital indemnity, and pet insurance.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

Additional Information

All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or protected veteran status. The company also states that it takes affirmative action to support the hiring and advancement of minorities, women, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities. This role is with a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.

Business Overview

Sotera Health operates through three core businesses: Sterigenics®, Nordion®, and Nelson Labs®. Sterigenics provides outsourced terminal sterilization and irradiation services for medical device, pharmaceutical, food safety, and advanced application markets. Nordion supplies Co-60 and gamma irradiators, which are central to the gamma sterilization process. Nelson Labs delivers outsourced microbiological and analytical chemistry testing and advisory services for the medical device and pharmaceutical industries.