Material Handler I - First Shift

Material Handler I

1st shift Monday through Friday from 6:30am to 3:00pm

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.

This is a Material Handler I role in the Material Handling department. Your work shift will be 1st shift Monday through Friday from 6:30am to 3:00pm. Within the Material Handling department, you will perform multiple tasks and regularly use PIT equipment. In addition to daily tasks, you will participate in safety, quality, and process improvement initiatives.

Receiving, examining, sorting, arranging, counting, storing, picking, and packing items for storage and/or shipment in accordance with established procedures and customer requirements.

Preparing and filing routine documentation.

Maintaining quality metrics.

Operating material handling equipment (e.g. hand truck, pallet jack, Forklift etc).

Working in and out of a +4c walk-in Cold Room and -20c walk-in Freezer.

High school diploma or equivalent required.

No previous work experience required

Preferred: Experience in distribution, warehouse or supply chain or related field

Preferred: Experience with powered industrial trucks (order pickers)

Ability to analyze and solve problems independently as well as collaboratively.

Self-motivated, self-starter with strong organizational skills.

Strong verbal and written communication skills, successful in partnering with colleagues of differing cultural, language and educational backgrounds.

Demonstrates the Thermo Fisher values (The Four I's) – Integrity, Intensity, Innovation, and Involvement.

Ability to regularly sit, stand, walk, talk, and hear; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms. Close vision and ability to adjust focus are required.

Regularly required to lift up to 20 pounds. May be required to lift weight of 45 pounds or more, with assistance and/or with equipment on occasion.

Competitive Hourly Pay Rate

Additional shift differential for 2nd shift and 3rd shift positions

Annual performance-based bonus

Annual merit performance-based increase

A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs

Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement

At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy

Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan

Employees' Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount