Material Handler II

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Work Schedule

First Shift (Days)

Environmental Conditions

Fluctuating Temps hot/cold, Some degree of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) required (safety glasses, gowning, gloves, lab coat, ear plugs etc.), Standing for full shift, Warehouse, Working at heights

Job Description

Location/Division Specific Information:

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

6:00 am to 3:30 pm

Monday – Friday

How Will You Make an Impact?:
As a Material Handler II, you will prepare and kit materials for the production departments. You will safely carry out the warehouse process by closely following the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), Work Instruction Documents (WID), and work orders as they relate to material handling, equipment operating, and packaging goods.

A Day in the Life:

• Work in a warehouse environment where you will receive and fill orders in a safe, accurate and timely manner including placing all incoming and outgoing materials, finished goods, raw materials, and supplies in the appropriate staging, shipping, receiving or storage locations while adhering to company SOP’s and WID’s

• Use tools and equipment such as, but not limited to, computers, handheld scanners, tape guns, calculators, measuring tools, pallet jacks, forklifts, and swing reaches

• Follow all safety requirements and Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) requirements.

• Maintain accurate inventory in all designated warehouses and locations

• Ensure work areas are kept safe, clean, and organized

• Use strong attention to detail to ensure products meet quality standards by cooperating with upstream and downstream departments to implement mutual inspection, find and correct quality errors, record, and report problems in a timely manner

• Prepare and account for all material movement documentation and update Oracle system accordingly

• Actively participate in Practical Process Improvements (PPI), Lean and Continuous Improvement activities including 5S activities

• Effectively work as part of a team in the warehouse process and assist with training and mentoring co-workers

• Focus on your development through timely and proactive completion of training

• Adhere to your schedule to ensure production goals are met

• Other duties as assigned

Education: High school diploma or equivalent required.

Experience:
Required: Work experience in distribution, warehouse or supply chain or related field
Preferred: Experience with powered industrial trucks (order pickers/forklifts)

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Ability to operate Powered Industrial Equipment including various fork-lifts, scissor lifts, and other similar equipment or become certified through company training

• Ability to work in a fast-paced regulated warehouse environment up to 12 hours a day with additional overtime when necessary

• Ability to infrequently lift and manipulate up to 40 pounds unassisted

• General understanding of PPE, MSDS’s and ERG (preferred)

• Experience in using SAP, MS Excel, MS Word (preferred)

• Inventory control experience (preferred)

• Valid Drivers License

• Excellent organizational and communication skills

• Detail oriented

• Team Player

Physical Requirements / Work Environment

• Ability to stand, bend, or twist for extended periods of time, and move about the Warehouse areas as needed.

• Ability to work with both hands to lift, handle, and manipulate inventory items. Must be able to work with small hand tools like scanners and tape guns and some powered equipment.

• Ability to kit, count, and package small inventory items for production.

• Objects of various sizes and shapes will be handled or moved on table surfaces, storage bins and carts or racks. Rarely team lifting will be required to handle objects over 50 pounds or objects of an awkward shape.

• Specific clothing requirements include, but are not limited to: safety vest, steel toe shoes, PPE

• Ability to read and understand written materials that include words, pictures, and numbers

What We Offer:
Compensation
Competitive Pay
Performance Related Bonus where eligible
Annual merit performance-based increase

Excellent Benefits
Medical benefits
Paid Time Off/Annual Leave
Employee Referral Bonus
Career Advancement Opportunities