Logistics and Warehouse Specialist (TPI)

TerraPower LLC.; Everett (WA); On-site; USD 81,000 - 106,000; Full time

Job summary

TerraPower LLC in Everett, Washington is seeking a Logistics and Warehouse Specialist to manage procurement, receiving, warehousing, inventory control, and material movement supporting radiopharmaceutical production. You will coordinate shipments and ensure compliance with regulations in a regulated manufacturing environment.

The role blends hands-on warehouse work with documentation and system responsibilities, within a startup-like team.

Qualifications

• Minimum five years of progressively responsible experience in warehouse operations, logistics, or procurement.
• Experience with receiving, warehousing, inventory control, material movement, and related documentation.
• Ability to operate pallet jacks and forklifts and work in a regulated manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Inventory and supply management: maintain auditable records and perform receiving, inspection, storage, and replenishment.
• Shipping and regulated material handling: prepare shipments and ensure regulatory compliance for radioactive materials.
• Procurement activities: coordinate procurement requests and act as a primary contact for operations.
• Logistics systems and process improvement: develop and improve logistics processes; maintain procedures and records.
• Assist in establishing controls for safe, compliant, and auditable logistics operations.

Skills

Warehouse operations

Logistics

Procurement

Regulated industry experience

Inventory management

ERP systems

LIMS

Safety compliance

Forklift operation

Documentation

Tools

ERP systems

LIMS

Job description

Logistics and Warehouse Specialist (TPI)

Everett, Washington, United States

The TerraPower Isotopes® (TPI™) division has been established to pursue medical isotopes development--advancing nuclear science for significant human health benefits. We seek to support revolutionary radiotherapies for treatments of various cancers through the supply of radioisotopes. TerraPower currently has unique access to a supply of thorium for the long-term production of actinium-225 in the growing alpha therapy market and intends to expand into other nuclear related medical treatments.

The TerraPower Isotopes program is an integral part of the Washington State based TerraPower team, a company working to raise living standards globally. In 2006, the company originated with Bill Gates and a group of like-minded visionaries who evaluated the fundamental challenges to raising living standards around the world. TerraPower’s mission is to be a world leader in new nuclear technologies, while developing innovators and future leaders in the nuclear field.

TPI is seeking to hire highly motivated and forward-thinking professionals who are interested in focusing on advanced radiopharmaceutical applications and influencing change within nuclear medicine. TerraPower is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

Logistics and Warehouse Specialist (TPI)

The TPI Logistics and Procurement Specialist reports to the TPI Logistics Manager and is an experienced, hands-on member of the team responsible for procurement, receiving, warehousing, inventory control, material movement, and shipment of materials and products supporting TPI operations. The Specialist will help establish and maintain the logistics processes, systems, and controls required to support the transition from project development to routine radiopharmaceutical production.

This position requires an individual equally comfortable performing hands-on warehouse and material-handling activities and completing the detailed administrative, documentation, and system work required in a regulated manufacturing environment. Working in a startup environment, the Specialist must be adaptable, able to work across functional boundaries, and willing to support evolving operational needs. The TPI Logistics team will work in close coordination with personnel at the TerraPower Everett Laboratory who perform similar logistics functions for other projects across the facility.

Responsibilities

Inventory and Supply Management

• Assist in maintaining accurate, auditable inventory records within the TPI Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), and related systems supporting radiopharmaceutical production following approved procedures.
• Execute receiving, inspection, storage, inventory, replenishment, and material-status activities for laboratory chemicals, equipment, and consumable supplies, including quarantine/release, FIFO/FEFO, shelf-life/SLED tracking, reconciliation, and material disposition.
• Receive, unpack, move, organize, and stage project materials using pallet jacks, forklifts, mobile elevated work platforms, and basic powered and unpowered hand tools while maintaining safe, clean, and orderly work areas.

Shipping and Regulated Material Handling

• Prepare materials and products for shipment, including required packaging, labeling, documentation, and shipping records.
• Obtain and maintain required qualifications for the preparation and shipment of radioactive materials and ensure shipments comply with applicable regulatory and company requirements.
• Coordinate time-sensitive shipments of radiopharmaceutical materials and products with Operations, customers, carriers, and other stakeholders.

Procurement Activities

• Coordinate procurement activities and serve as a primary point of contact for TPI Operations and Technology procurement requests.

Logistics Systems and Process Improvement

• Assists in the development, documentation, and improvement practical logistics, inventory, procurement, and shipping processes as TPI transitions from project development through commissioning and routine production and escalates complex issues.
• Supports development and maintenance of procedures, work instructions, records, and other controls necessary for reliable and auditable logistics operations under applicable quality requirements.

Key Qualifications and Skills

• Minimum five years of progressively responsible experience in warehouse operations, logistics, materials management, procurement, or a related function, preferably within radiopharmaceutical, nuclear, aerospace, or another regulated industry operating under a quality assurance program.
• Demonstrated experience with receiving, warehousing, inventory control, material movement, shipping, and associated documentation and recordkeeping.
• Working knowledge of inventory control practices including material quarantine and release, FIFO/FEFO, shelf-life/SLED tracking, inventory reconciliation, and material disposition.
• Strong administrative and organizational skills, including experience maintaining auditable records and developing or working with controlled procedures and processes.
• Working knowledge of ERP, inventory management, LIMS, or comparable computerized material-management systems, with strong general computer and data-entry skills.
• Ability and willingness to perform hands-on warehouse activities, including use of pallet jacks, forklifts or similar material-handling equipment, and basic powered and unpowered hand tools.
• Strong communication, problem-solving, and teamwork skills with the ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and adapt to changing needs in a startup environment.
• Radioactive or hazardous-material shipping experience and military logistics, supply, maintenance-material control, nuclear operations, or comparable regulated operational experience are preferred.
• Ability to work flexible hours, including occasional weekends or off-hours as operational requirements dictate, and maintain a current driver’s license.
• The successful candidate will possess a high degree of trust and integrity, communicate openly, display respect, and demonstrate a strong commitment to teamwork.
• Actual position starting level and title will be determined based on assessment of qualifications.

Job Functions:

Job Functions are physical actions and/or working conditions associated with the position. These functions may also constitute essential functions for the job which the employee must be able to fulfill, with or without accommodation. Information provided below is to help describe the job so that the applicant has a reasonable understanding of the job duties/expectations. An applicant's ability to perform and/or tolerate these actions and conditions will be discussed and workplace accommodations may be made on a case‑by‑case basis following an individualized assessment of the applicant and other considerations, including but not limited to any governing safety standards.

• Motor Abilities:Sitting and/or standing for extended periods, bending/stooping, grasping/gripping, and fine motor control of hands.
• Physical exertion and/or requirements: Frequent physical activity with the ability to safely lift and move materials weighing up to 50 pounds and work in varied positions as duties require.
• Repetitive work: Intermittent.
• Special Senses: Visual and audio acuity sufficient to safely work in warehouse, laboratory, and industrial environments.
• Work Conditions: Radiochemistry laboratory and industrial warehouse. The majority of work will be conducted in and around the warehouse but will periodically require work inside the radiochemistry laboratory to support inventory, material movement, and resupply activities.
• Travel required < 5%

Job details

Salary Range: $81,382 - $105, 691

Any salary offered within the posted salary band is based on market data and commensurate with the selected candidate’s qualifications and experience. This range is specific to WA State.

• Competitive Compensation
• Salary, eligible to participate in discretionary short-term incentive payments
• Comprehensive Medical and Wellness Benefits
  • Medical
  • Vision
  • Dental
  • Life and Disability
  • Gender Affiliation Benefits
• 401k Plan
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • 21 days of annually accrued PTO
• Generous Holiday Schedule
  • 10 paid holidays
• Relocation Assistance
• Professional and Educational Support Opportunities

Voluntary Self-Identification

For government reporting purposes, we ask candidates to respond to the below self-identification survey.Completion of the form is entirely voluntary. Whatever your decision, it will not be considered in the hiringprocess or thereafter. Any information that you do provide will be recorded and maintained in aconfidential file.

As set forth in TerraPower LLC.’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy,we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.

If you believe you belong to any of the categories of protected veterans listed below, please indicate by making the appropriate selection.As a government contractor subject to the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA), we request this information in order to measurethe effectiveness of the outreach and positive recruitment efforts we undertake pursuant to VEVRAA. Classification of protected categoriesis as follows:

A "disabled veteran" is one of the following: a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability.

A "recently separated veteran" means any veteran during the three-year period beginning on the date of such veteran's discharge or release from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval, or air service.

An "active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran" means a veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense.

An "Armed forces service medal veteran" means a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985.