Lead Material Handler

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.; Lebanon (TN); On-site; USD 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company dedicated to making a positive global impact. This role involves essential warehouse operations, including receiving and filling orders, maintaining inventory accuracy, and ensuring compliance with safety standards. You'll work in a dynamic environment, collaborating with a team to enhance processes and contribute to continuous improvement. With opportunities for personal development and career advancement, this position offers a chance to be part of something meaningful while enjoying competitive pay and excellent benefits from day one.

Benefits

Medical, Dental, & Vision Benefits

Paid Time Off

Retirement Savings Plan

Tuition Reimbursement

Employee Referral Bonus

Career Advancement Opportunities

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years experience in distribution or warehouse.
• Strong communication skills and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Receive and fill orders accurately and safely.
• Investigate and resolve inventory errors.
• Train others on material handling procedures.

Skills

Inventory Management

Forklift Operation

Verbal Communication

Problem-Solving

Attention to Detail

Education

High School Diploma

Tools

Forklift

Inventory Management Systems

Microsoft Office

Job description

Work Schedule

10 hr shift/nights

Environmental Conditions

Adherence to all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Safety Standards

Job Description

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:

This role is in the Single Use Division and will be performed at our Lebanon, TN location.

This is a 10-Hour night shift schedule. Hours will be 7:30 PM to 6:00 AM Monday through Thursday.

How Will You Make an Impact?

You will follow and train others on standard operating procedures. You will investigate and solve inventory errors and recommend process improvements. You will work in a warehouse environment where you will receive and complete orders in a safe, accurate and timely manner including placing all incoming and outgoing materials, finished goods, raw materials, and supplies in the applicable staging, shipping, receiving or storage locations while adhering to company SOP’s and WID’s.

A Day in the Life:

· Receive and fill orders accurately and safely, placing materials in the appropriate locations.

· Maintain accurate inventory in designated warehouses and locations.

· Learn, understand, and demonstrate correct and safe material handling procedures, training others on warehouse documents and procedures.

· Investigate and resolve inventory errors, recommending process improvements.

· Keep work areas safe, clean, and organized.

· Use various tools and equipment such as computers, scanners, tape guns, pallet jacks, and forklifts.

· Follow safety and cGMP requirements.

· Deliver materials to other buildings using company vehicles (box truck and van).

· Keep documents, records, and training up-to-date and accurate.

· Prepare and document material movement, updating inventory management system accordingly.

· Ensure products meet quality standards by collaborating with other departments and addressing quality errors.

· Actively participate in process improvements and continuous improvement activities.

· Work effectively as part of a team, assisting with training and mentoring.

· Focus on personal development through timely completion of training.

· Adhere to schedule to meet production goals.

How will you get here:

Education:

High school diploma or equivalent required.

Experience:

· Required: Minimum of 2 years of work experience in distribution, warehouse or supply chain or related field

· Preferred: Experience with powered industrial trucks (order pickers)

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

· Operate forklift, scissor lift, box truck, and similar equipment and obtain certification through training.

· Strong verbal and written communication skills.

· Competency in using computers, Microsoft Office products, and inventory management systems.

· Read and understand written materials, including words, pictures, and numbers.

· Accurate picking, counting, sorting, calculating, and measuring using tools like calculators and rulers.

· Attention to detail and problem-solving abilities.

· Consistent adherence to policies, procedures, instructions.

· Could work up to 12 hours per day in a fast-paced regulated warehouse environment, with occasional overtime.

· Ability to lift and manipulate up to 40 pounds unassisted.

· Ability to stand, reach, bend, twist, stoop, push, and grasp while performing tasks.

· Use of equipment and hand tools, including scanners, tape guns, and powered equipment requiring forceful gripping, pushing, pulling, and repetitive motion.

Physical Requirements / Work Environment

· The warehouse has some ambient noise

· Ability to use Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and understand chemical hygiene including labels and Safety Data Sheets (SDS), common chemicals are disinfecting, solvents and IPA (Isopropyl Alcohol 70% and 99%)

What We Offer:

Compensation

· Competitive Hourly Pay Rate

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

· Annual performance-based bonus

· Annual merit performance-based increase

Excellent Benefits

· Benefits & Total Rewards | Thermo Fisher Scientific

· Medical, Dental, & Vision benefits-effective Day 1!

· Paid Time Off & Designated Paid Holidays

· Retirement Savings Plan

· Tuition Reimbursement

· Employee Referral Bonus

· Career Advancement Opportunities