Job Description

How will you make an impact?

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.

What will you do?

This isn’t your ordinary warehouse job nor ordinary company. As a warehouse colleague, you will help deliver various types of products from life-saving personal protective equipment to microscopes for high school biology classrooms. You will be on the front lines of helping science make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. We value hard work and dependability and in return, you’ll be rewarded with great pay, great benefits, and the satisfaction that you are making a difference in the world.

Essential Functions

The Material Handler is to perform all tasks related to fulfilling customer orders, receiving in-bound shipments, inventory replenishment, work area cleanliness, inventory management and any other request associated with supporting the quality system of the distribution department.

Responsibilities:

• Processing outbound shipments as well as in-bound shipments
• Follow all proper safety protocols and PPE requirements.
• Maintain a clean and safe work area and follow departmental and company policies.
• Use various shipping systems to dispatch outbound shipments.

• Meet departmental/site goals by efficiently prioritizing and communicating daily tasks.
• Organize work flow, estimate progress of order fulfillment, and adhere to work schedules (start time/end time, lunch and breaks) to ensure minimal disruption to work flow.
• Work cooperatively and efficiently with coworkers to achieve team, department and company metrics.
• Support to Quality Objectives by proactively reporting corrective and or/preventative actions to your immediate supervisor when warranted for the continuous improvement of operations.
• Perform all duties according to company Standard Operating Procedures and Quality System requirements. Follow all company and departmental quality policies.
• Efficiently and safely operate machinery and check for simple maintenance as needed and make slight adjustments when necessary. Report malfunctioning equipment immediately to supervisor and/or manager.
• Continuously assess the physical condition of the workplace regarding safety and ergonomic correctness.
• Report property damage and/or safety hazards to the Manager, Human Resources, Health and Safety or Senior Management immediately.
• Other duties as defined and assigned as required

How will you get there?

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:

• High School Diploma
• Strong organizational skills and an ability to work with minimal supervision
• Lift up to 50 lbs. Push/pull up to 600 lbs skids.
• Operate Lift Truck, Hand Truck.
• Stand for sustained periods of time, approximately 8 hours a day.
• Previous experience not required.

Physical/Environmental requirements:

Physical Activities:

• Stands/walks: 90%, walks and stands intermittently during working day.
• Keyboarding 5%
• Handles papers: 10%
• Use of various Warehouse equipment. 50%
• Stoops, bends, lifts. 90%
• Prolonged computer use 5% (100% Shipper Role)
• Warehouse Environment 100%

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• May be required to lift up to 50 pounds repeatedly throughout the day.
• Must posses basic English communications skills, both written and/or verbal
• Must be able to comprehend and follow both written and/or verbal English communications
• Must be able to perform basic math calculations.

Excellent Benefits Package

• Review our company’s Total Rewards
• Medical, Dental, & Vision benefits-effective Day 1
• 15 PTO (paid time off) Days + Holidays
• Company Match RRSP
• Tuition Reimbursement – eligible after 90 days!
• Employee Referral Bonus
• Employee Discount Program
• Recognition Program
• Charitable Gift Matching
• Company Paid Parental Leave
• Career Advancement Opportunities

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Thermo Fisher Scientific is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, genetic information, veteran status, age or disability status.