Material Handler

Avantor; Harvard (MA); On-site; USD 36,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

Avantor is seeking a dedicated Material Handler for its Devens, MA facility to optimize the Fluid Handling team. You will expedite movement of parts between production areas and coordinate schedules for pulling and delivering materials.

Open to candidates new to the warehouse industry who are eager to learn and grow with a global life sciences leader. The role involves unloading inbound shipments, accurate order picking and packing, safe operation of material handling equipment, inventory

Qualifications

• High school education or equivalent is required.
• Open to those eager to start a career in the warehouse industry.

Responsibilities

• Inbound: unload shipments, verify against manifest, report shortages or damages, sign for inbound as needed.
• Order picking: ensure correct product, quantity and lot/serial numbers, label and prep for shipping.
• Outbound: verify quantities and labels, sign for outbound, move products to trailers or containers.
• Equipment: maintain and operate equipment safely per standards and OSHA rules.
• Inventory: keep records, aid in physical counts, rotate stock and log adjustments.

Skills

Warehouse experience

MHE experience

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

The Opportunity

Avantor is looking for a dedicated and eager to learn Material Handler to optimize our Fluid Handling team, delivering results against some of the most complex business and technology initiatives. It will be a full-time position based at our Devens, MA facility.

You will have the opportunity to expedite the movement of parts and materials between production areas and prepare/coordinate schedules for pulling and delivering materials. If you have experience in a warehouse and are passionate about making a direct impact in the community – let’s talk!

The Team

Avantor’s Fluid Handling team is part of our Lab and Production Services business unit. This team supports the innovation and growth objectives of major laboratories across the globe by helping with the integration of new technology solutions into their lab processes and operations.

What We’re Looking For

• Education: High school education or equivalent required
• Experience: Open to those who are eager to start their career in the warehouse industry

Preferred Qualifications

• Warehouse / distribution experience a plus
• Equipment with MHE like reach truck operators and order pickers a plus

How You Will Thrive And Create An Impact

• Inbound: Unload trucks, trailers, containers of freight, counting products, compare to manifest to check all shipments for damage, infestation, or production code dates. Material handlers must report shortages, damages, and mis-shipments on appropriate forms. Also be able to sign for inbound shipments when necessary. All inbound shipments are moved safely to storage locations to be efficiently stacked as store merchandise.
• Order Picking: Ensure that the correct product number, quantity and type (lot, batch, serial number) of product are picked. Transport orders to shipping locations or delivery platforms with material handling equipment such as but not limited to fork trucks, cherry pickers, or pallet jacks. Materials handlers must be able to label, stencil, tag, mark orders, band, bundle, wrap, over-pack, and palletize as required.
• Outbound: Compare quantity, labeling and address with order to ensure out-going shipments are complete and correct. Assign signature for outbound as necessary. Efficiently move product, cartons and or pallets into trailers, rail cars or containers.
• Equipment: Maintain equipment in a neat, clean and orderly fashion. Operate equipment safely and efficiently. Comply with company standards and OSHA requirements.
• Inventory: Keep accurate records and reports. Assist in physical inventories and cycle counts. Ensure proper stock rotation. May key inventory adjustments in computer.
• Other Duties: Repack or re-box cases per customer instructions. Repair and consolidate damaged goods as required. Operate shrink-wrap machine. Charge forklift battery as needed; stack and or separate good from bad pallets when necessary; clean railcars, trailers, and truck docks, bays as requested.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING CONDITIONS & PHYSICAL EFFORT (Under Typical Positions)

• The work environment characteristics and physical effort described here are representative of those an associate encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the associate is exposed to an industrial warehouse environment. The associate works near moving mechanical machinery and noise level in the work environment is usually loud. The job requires working in heights, exposure to changes in temperature, driving equipment, and maybe exposed to dust, fumes, or gases.
• The associate is required to stand and walk for the majority of the working day. The physical requirements of the job are for associates to talk, hear, bend/stoop, squat, crawl, climb height, reach above shoulder height, crouch, kneel, balance, and push/pull. Furthermore, the job requires associates to lift/carry/push or pull up to 75 pounds with or without assistance. Associates use both hands for repetitive actions such as grasping and manipulating as well as both feet for repetitive movement operating foots controls. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Disclaimer

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of employees assigned to this position. Avantor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

Why Avantor?

Dare to go further in your career. Join our global team of 14,000+ associates whose passion for discovery and determination to overcome challenges relentlessly advances life-changing science.

The work we do changes people's lives for the better. It brings new patient treatments and therapies to market, giving a cancer survivor the chance to walk his daughter down the aisle. It enables medical devices that help a little boy hear his mom's voice for the first time. Outcomes such as these create unlimited opportunities for you to contribute your talents, learn new skills and grow your career at Avantor.

We are committed to helping you on this journey through our diverse, equitable and inclusive culture which includes learning experiences to support your career growth and success. At Avantor, dare to go further and see how the impact of your contributions set science in motion to create a better world.

Pay Transparency

The expected pre-tax pay for this position is

• $35,500.00 - $56,925.00

Actual pay may differ depending on relevant factors such as prior experience and geographic location.

EEO Statement

We are an Equal Employment/Affirmative Action employer and VEVRAA Federal Contractor. 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/province, or local law.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at [e-mail] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.

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