STERILIZATION ENGINEER I (COYOL, ALAJUELA)

Life Unlimited. At Smith+Nephew we design and manufacture technology that takes the limits off living.
Are you passionate about ensuring the highest standards of product safety and quality? Join our team as a Sterilization Engineer, where you’ll plan, develop, and control product monitoring processes including bioburden, bacterial endotoxin, and dose audit testing; as well as identify, plan, and support continuous improvement activities and new transfer projects.
Job level (for internal use only): P1

• Validate, execute, maintain, and improve microbiological testing on finished products. This includes, but is not limited to the implementation, development, and validation of testing methods such as bioburden, test of sterility, bacteriostasis & fungistasis, and endotoxin testing.
• Supports and executes sterilization validations and requalifications including the coordination with the applicable sterilizer and dunnage preparation.
• Coordinates microbiology-related tests for in-house or external laboratory execution ensures compliance with the specifications and collaborates with the success of the validations.
• Assess product adoptions using applicable internal procedures and documentation.
• Perform periodic sterilization process and product testing reviews.
• Identify, plan, and execute sterilization, microbiology lab processes, and critical system testing improvement projects.
• Assists/performs internal/ external audits as required.
• Assists Clean Room Specialist tasks as applicable, including the review/verification of their execution/reports and performance.