Work Schedule

Environmental Conditions

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

The Drug Product Division (DPD) is one of the three divisions that make up the Pharma Services Group (PSG) in the Biopharma Services (BPS) Sector at Thermo Fisher. We have more than 9,000 colleagues across 13 sites who specialize in taking sterile injectable, oral solid dose and softgel drug products from development to commercialization. Shift hours are 6pm-6am on a 2-2-3 rotating schedule.

As the Contract Development Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) market leader, we have built a reputation for scientific and technical excellence, and DPD has benefitted from capital investments in capacity expansion and new capabilities to ensure our long-term growth as we continue to meet our customers' evolving needs.

How Will You Make an Impact

The Material Handler II provides safe, compliant, efficient, accurate receipt, storage, movement / picking of materials for Warehouse Operations Customers. Completes all inventory transaction, cycle counting as necessary and as directed by departmental supervision. Provides effective, efficient and accurate preparation, assembly shipment documentation of orders for internal and external customers. Cross trains in the three warehouse areas designated by supervision.

A Day in the Life

• Receiving, examining, sorting, arranging, counting, storing, picking, and packing items for storage and/or shipment in accordance with established procedures and customer requirements.
• Preparing and filing routine documentation.
• Maintaining quality metrics.
• Operating material handling equipment (e.g. hand truck, pallet jack, Forklift etc).
• Ensure all controlled substances are handled according to procedures.
• Ensure all hazardous materials are handled safely per regulations and procedures.
• Ability to assist on the job (OTJ) training as needed.Assist with physical inventory/cycle counting of the warehouse as required.
• Address Inventory discrepancies
• Troubleshoots issues related to receiving, inventory, and shipping documents.
• Conducts work in a safe and effective manner, following all applicable procedures and policies in accordance with Current Good Manufacturing Practices (CGMP’s), taking appropriate action to correct unsafe acts, systems and procedures. 

Education

• High School Diploma or equivalent required

• Equivalent combinations of education, training and relevant work experience may be considered.

Experience

• Required:
  • Minimum of 1 year of work experience warehouse /manufacturing operations or supply chain management is required.
• Preferred
  • Experience in a cGMP environment
  • Experience in warehouse/manufacturing operations or supply chain management Experience with Inventory Control and/or with a life science company is a plus.
  • Forklift / power jack experience strongly preferred

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Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Excels in a team environment.
• Intermediate math skills.
• Basic computer knowledge to navigate company systems (i.e. workday, SAP, iMost)
• Good verbal/written communication.
• Ability to work independently and effectively
• Attention to detail while maintaining a quality product.
• Ability to perform repetitive work duties.
• Ability to follow SOPs.

Physical Requirements/Work Environment

• Use Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and understand chemical hygiene.
• Infrequently lift and manipulate up to 50 pounds max unassisted.
• Stand and move about including reaching, bending, stooping, grasping.
• Use hand tools and equipment including forceful gripping, grasping, pushing and pulling.
• Position requires ordinary ambulatory skills and physical coordination sufficient to move about office locations; ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch periodically for prolonged periods of time; manipulation (lift, carry, move) of light to medium weights of 10-35 pounds.