Warehouse Worker - 1st Shift

Job Opportunity at Thermo Fisher Scientific

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.

Location/Division Specific Information:

Now is an exciting time to join our Distribution team, a team dedicated to ensuring our customers receive the products they need to achieve their scientific goals quickly, reliably, and safely. Our Bridgewater, NJ site is ramping up to meet customer demand. If you believe in working the right way for the right reason join our growing team today!

A Day in the Life:

• Workers primary responsibility is to successfully ship out orders of the day in a timely, safe and productive manner
• Performs powered industrial truck pre-use safety inspection checklist
• Reports malfunctioning powered industrial trucks and uses lockout/Tagout SOPs
• Directs, stages and places all material in or outside the building using proper material handling equipment
• Picks, prepares, packages, documents, labels, and ships all material according to prescribed regulations and using accurate dispatching equipment

Education:

High school diploma or equivalent required.

Experience:

• Required: 1 year of work experience in a manufacturing, operations, production, lab setting or related field
• Preferred: More than 1 year of work experience in a manufacturing, operations, production, lab setting or related field
• Preferred: Experience with powered industrial trucks

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Ability to read and write in English
• Candidates who are committed to working in a safe and efficient manner.
• Worker must be capable of operating powered industrial trucks, forklift operator experience is helpful

Physical Requirements / Work Environment:

• Candidate must be comfortable working in an environment with hazardous and non-hazardous materials
• Ability to work alternately in a seated or standing position is required

What We Offer:

Compensation:

• Competitive Hourly Pay Rate
• Additional shift differential for 2nd shift and 3rd shift positions

Excellent Benefits:

• Medical, Dental, & Vision benefits-effective Day 1
• Paid Time Off & Designated Paid Holidays
• Retirement Savings Plan
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Referral Bonus
• Career Advancement Opportunities

The hourly pay range estimated for this position based in New Jersey is $15.85$23.77.

This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:

• 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