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Medline

Makes and delivers medical supplies to hospitals

Junior Sterilization Control Specialist

Machine & Process OperationConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeNuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, MexicoNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • The role requires 0–1 years of experience in the position.
  • Conversational English is required.
  • Knowledge of statistical analysis tools such as Minitab or equivalent is required.
  • Basic knowledge of Lean Six Sigma is required.
  • Basic knowledge of Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement is required.
  • Basic ability to interpret P&IDs and basic knowledge of PLC systems are required.
  • Education in Industrial Engineering, Chemical, Biomedical, Mechanical, Business Management, or a related field is specified.

Responsibilities

  • Operate and monitor sterilization chambers, preconditioning rooms, aeration rooms, gas supply systems, and abatement systems through SCADA.
  • Start, pause, resume, or abort cycles according to validated procedures and work instructions.
  • Verify critical parameters in real time, including temperature, pressure/vacuum, EO concentration, humidity, and exposure time.
  • Ensure only approved recipes and validated cycle parameters are used.
  • Analyze trends and perform statistical process control on critical parameters.
  • Monitor and respond to system alarms and deviations.
  • Perform first-level troubleshooting using alarm logic and standard operating procedures.
  • Serve as the communication hub among floor operators, maintenance, quality, EHS, and supervisors.
  • Document abnormal events and deviations in logs or electronic systems.
  • Provide clear shift handoffs and operational status reports.
  • Support training new operators on SCADA and process logic.
  • Participate in emergency-response scenarios and drills.
  • Ensure strict compliance with EO safety procedures.
  • Support investigations, CAPAs, and audit requirements.
  • Ensure data integrity and system traceability.
  • Act as backup for the Production Supervisor and assume the supervisor's responsibilities when required during absences.
  • Ensure compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices and applicable medical-device regulations, including ISO 13485, FDA 21 CFR 820, ISO 11135, and data integrity/ALCOA+ requirements.
  • Verify system modifications have approved change-control documentation and current document review.
  • Ensure proper implementation of procedures, work instructions, and process controls.
  • Collaborate on corrective and preventive actions arising from audits or deviations.
  • Work closely with Quality and Regulatory Affairs during internal and external audits.
  • Participate in deviation investigations.
  • Execute transformation toward a culture of operational excellence.
  • Implement and follow Medline operating systems in the control room, including 5S, standard work, and daily management.
  • Participate in Kaizen events and continuous-improvement projects.
  • Provide operational data for Lean or Six Sigma analyses led by Sterilization Assurance (QA) or leadership.
  • Identify improvements to SCADA visualization, automated reporting, and predictive alarms based on trending.
  • Provide information for executive performance dashboards.
  • Monitor EO detection systems in real time and promptly report readings outside limits set by EHS and applicable regulations.
  • Verify the operational status of critical ventilation and abatement systems before cycles begin.
  • Participate as an operational subject matter expert in HAZOP and FMEA process-risk analyses when required.
  • Lead operational risk assessments related to gas leaks, abatement failures, pressures, and ventilation-system failures.
  • Collaborate with EHS on emergency-response plans, drills, incident investigations, and behavior-based safety culture.
  • Ensure operational improvements do not compromise personnel safety or environmental compliance.
  • Develop proactive process-safety indicators, such as near-misses involving critical alarms and response times to deviations.
  • Promote the principle that process safety comes before productivity.

About the Company

Medline

Makes and delivers medical supplies to hospitals

Medline makes and distributes medical and surgical supplies for hospitals, surgery centers, nursing homes, physician offices and other care sites. It runs its own factories alongside a large network of warehouses and delivery routes, so one company can produce exam gloves, gowns and surgical kits and then deliver them straight to the bedside. Many health systems sign multi-year prime vendor agreements that make Medline the source for most of their medical-surgical supplies. It earns money selling its own products and those of other manufacturers, together with supply chain services. Medline was founded in 1966 and is based in Northfield, Illinois.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Northfield, IL
Founded
1966

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