About this role
## Position Summary
The Advanced Process Manufacturing Engineer serves as a senior technical authority responsible for defining, optimizing, and governing robust manufacturing process strategies that enable safe, compliant, and high‑performing operations across STERIS. This role leads resolution of complex, systemic manufacturing challenges, establishes scalable process engineering standards and best practices, and provides technical oversight for major process changes, equipment introductions, and capacity expansion initiatives to improve efficiency, capability, and product quality across operations.
## What you will do
- Serve as the technical authority for complex or high‑risk manufacturing processes by defining process strategies that balance safety, capacity, cost, and long‑term sustainability requirements
- Lead resolution of complex, systemic manufacturing issues spanning multiple processes, products, or operational areas, ensuring root causes are identified and corrective actions prevent recurrence
- Define and standardize process manufacturing engineering best practices, methodologies, and technical standards to improve consistency, scalability, and compliance across operations
- Provide technical oversight for major process changes, equipment introductions, and capacity expansion initiatives by defining technical requirements, reviewing risk, and ensuring validation expectations are met
- Establish governance for process design, validation rigor, and change control expectations within manufacturing engineering execution
- Provide technical direction for cross‑site manufacturing initiatives requiring process expertise, including deployment of standardized methods, controls, and documentation expectations
- Support performance improvement decisions by providing evidence‑based technical analysis of process capability, constraints, and risk impacts
- Provide technical leadership in the use of manufacturing ERP/MRP systems to align process strategies, capacity planning, and material flows with long‑term operational performance, scalability, and compliance requirements across STERIS manufacturing operations
- Lead complex process optimization initiatives by evaluating system‑level constraints, performance data, and risk impacts, and defining improvement strategies that enhance efficiency, capability, and sustainability across multiple manufacturing processes or sites
## The Experience, Skills and Abilities Needed
- Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related discipline
- Relevant certifications preferred: Six Sigma Green Belt/Black Belt, Lean certification
- 8+ years of manufacturing or process engineering experience
- Expertise in process analysis, validation, and improvement
- Experience leading complex initiatives
- Experience in regulated industries (medical devices, healthcare, industrial manufacturing) is required
## What STERIS Offers
STERIS is committed to supporting employee health, well-being, and financial security through a comprehensive total rewards approach.
- Competitive compensation aligned with role scope
- Paid time off and company-observed holidays
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage options
- Disability coverage for income protection
- Retirement savings plan with company match
- Family leave support for qualifying life events
- Supplementary benefit programs for added protection
- Tuition assistance and continuing education support
- Career development and internal advancement pathways
- Well-being resources supporting work-life balance
Pay range for this opportunity is $92,650.00 - $119,900.00. This position is eligible for bonus participation.
Minimum pay rates offered will comply with county/city minimums, if higher than range listed. Pay rates are based on a number of factors, including but not limited to local labor market costs, years of relevant experience, education, professional certifications, foreign language fluency, etc.
STERIS offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits portfolio. Click here for a complete list of benefits: STERIS Benefits
Open until position is filled.
STERIS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity 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.