Sterilisation Leader

Permanent position to commence as soon as possible

Full-time onsite role located at Eight Mile Plains

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Cook Medical is a global medical device manufacturer, committed to improving medical care worldwide.  

The Opportunity:

Reporting to the Manager, Sterilisation, this role is responsible for ensuring the safe and effective operation, maintenance and calibration of Cook Australia’s sterilisation chambers and ancillary equipment.

This position requires effective planning, ongoing continuous improvement and the efficient management of resources to deliver lifesaving medical devices to patients.

About us:

Since 1963, Cook Medical have been inventing, manufacturing, and delivering a unique portfolio of medical devices to healthcare systems around the world. We work closely with physicians to develop technologies that improve patients’ lives. Because we remain family owned, we have the freedom to focus on what we care about: patients, our employees, and our communities.

At Cook Medical, whether we service patients, customers or colleagues, we all share a culture and a set of core values.  The reflection of Cook’s seven values in our daily business activities is an expectation of us all.  By acting with integrity, being transparent and treating everyone with respect we can truly collaborate and be open to different ideas and perspectives.

Supporting a Diverse Workforce:

We are proud of our diverse workforce and value individual contribution. We appreciate that every employee can add value to our Organisation in their own unique way and want to ensure that our company culture stays balanced and strong. 

We encourage applications from Indigenous Australians, people with disability, those from diverse cultural backgrounds, people from the LGBTQI+ community, and anyone else who wants to be a part of our Cook Australia family.

Community Commitment:

Our community program seeks to have a positive, transforming impact on our people, the environment and our local community. The program has four pillars:

• Community Engagement: We support our local community through philanthropy, education and partnerships. Our employees have been at the forefront of these initiatives, and we’re proud of their contribution to making our community stronger.
• Environment and Sustainability: We are committed to being good stewards of the environment by aiming to ensure that our practices and processes are sustainable and responsible.
• Employee Engagement: We invest in our internal community through developing our employees, supporting their wellbeing and promoting an inclusive and diverse culture.
• Reconciliation: We’re exploring a pathway towards making a meaningful commitment to Reconciliation by strengthening our understanding and appreciation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ cultures, history and diversity.

• Schedule production, maintenance and Sterilisation Technician roster for the sterilisation chambers and ancillary equipment to ensure production, maintenance and engineering requirements are met.
• Provide guidance and support to the Sterilisation Technicians (as required)
• Identify and implement continuous improvements within the sterilisation area
• Communicate with steriliser stakeholders including but not limited to members of the sterilisation department, manufacturing engineering, Research & Development and other production staff.
• Identify training and development needs within the department.
• Demonstrate competence in the use of the sterilisation chambers and ancillary equipment and serve as a backup steriliser operator when required.
• Assist with the development and review of maintenance and calibration procedures for the sterilisation department.
• Ensure the team operates in a safe and effective manner.
• Perform preventative and breakdown maintenance for the sterilisation chambers and ancillary equipment.
• Perform calibration of instrumentation associated with the sterilisation chambers and ancillary equipment.
• Complete risk assessments and manage external contractors during plant upgrades and maintenance

What we need from you:

• Monday to Friday with occasional overtime to support the operation of the steriliser area.
• Significant experience working in a processing/manufacturing environment essential.
• Experience working to standard operating procedures and following WH&S regulations essential.
• Experience leading a small team in a processing/manufacturing environment desirable.
• An understanding of sterilisation operations/process desirable.
• Experience working with toxic and/or explosive chemicals and hazardous atmospheres desirable.
• Experience working with computer-controlled production processes and PLCs desirable.
• Experience in planning and performing equipment maintenance and calibration desirable.

Employee Benefits:

• State of the art facility, onsite parking
• Base salary plus performance-based quarterly bonus and annual leave loading
• Prioritise your physical and mental wellbeing with access to onsite gym, our employee assistance program and company paid top hospital private health cover
• Subsidised cafeteria, wellness room, prayer room and onsite parking
• Ongoing support, mentoring and professional development
• Inclusive team culture with opportunities to join our community engagement initiatives