Material Handler - Healthcare Manufacturing

Job Description

Job Description

Your Role: Material Handler

MGS has an exciting opportunity for  Material Handlers to support operations at our Germantown or   Richfield facility. This role is essential to ensuring the accurate and timely movement of materials, components, and finished goods throughout the production floor. This is a 12-Hour Day or Night Shift opportunity. 

What You'll Do:  

As a Material Handler at MGS, you will play a key role in supporting our manufacturing and assembly operations. You will prepare materials for press start-ups, move work-in-progress (WIP) to and from automated assembly cells, and manage the flow of materials in and out of the cleanroom. Responsibilities also include cleaning equipment, removing excess or unused materials, and ensuring the correct materials are ready and available for production.

• Learn and master all necessary areas of the quality system.
• Follow Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and Good Documentation Practices (GDP).
• Reviews materials list and prepares materials to ensure materials are ready for press start-ups.
• Ensures packaging and any additional materials are at the press for start-ups and throughout the job.
• Communicates updates to the cell and with previous and following shifts the status of presses.
• Transfers completed pallets and removes garbage and scrap from the cell.
• Participates in Line Clearance process ensuring all packaging and materials put away back in inventory.
• Label all dryers with a Material Identification Tag(s) and verify they match the BOM.
• Clean the dryer, grinders, and conveying equipment completely during changeover activities.
• Perform dryer preventive maintenance.
• Clean all material areas at the end of the shift.
• Counts, weighs, and verifies raw materials.
• Follows surge bin connection instructions.
• Verifies that product being moved has a move ticket.
• Be a backup for the cell as needed, which may include running a press.
• Any other duties as assigned. 

Schedule: 

• Our 12-hour rotating shift schedule means you'll work approximately 75 fewer days per year compared to a traditional 5-day workweek — giving you more time off without sacrificing full-time pay .
  • 12-hour shifts (6:45pm–7am)
  • 2-2-3 rotating schedule = 3 days one week, 4 days the next
  • Built-in overtime every other week and more days off
  • 10% shift premium for night shift team members

About MGS

As a global provider of healthcare manufacturing solutions, MGS provides the right balance to drive vital innovations: robust end-to-end solutions combined with the strong customer focus and seamless collaboration of an agile partner. That’s why we’re the engineering and manufacturing partner of choice for today’s leading Pharma, Diagnostic and MedTech innovators. Serving customers from 12 strategically located facilities around the world, we transform our customers’ most pressing challenges into innovations that improve lives.   To learn more about MGS, please visit  

What we're looking for:

• Dependable, organized, and team-oriented individual who thrives in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Positive, team-first attitude aligned with our Core Values:  Teamwork, Integrity, Passion, Safety
• Willingness to be cross-trained and grow with us.
• Prior manufacturing experience is a plus (but not required).

A qualified Material Handler would fulfill these requirements:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) is required.
• Six months to one year of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination accrued on-the-job training and experience. 
• Forklift and Lockout Tagout (LOTO) certification.