Material Handler (Second Shift)

Avantor • Devens, MA

4d • Onsite

About The Position

Avantor is seeking a Material Handler (Second Shift) to be responsible for the accurate receiving, storing, picking, and shipping of products to meet standards of productivity, quality, safety, and customer service. This is a full-time position based out of our Devens, MA location. Work Schedule: Monday-Thursday 3:45pm-2:15am.

Requirements

• High School education or GED.
• 1-3 years of warehousing experience.
• Must be able to use proper techniques to lift up to 75 pounds.
• The ability to follow directions with emphasis on safety is extremely important.
• Must be able to shift priorities easily and to use hands and feet simultaneously and for repetitive movements.
• Familiarity with warehouse systems.

Nice To Haves

• OSHA Forklift and HAZMAT certification a plus.

Responsibilities

• Unload trucks, trailers, containers of freight, counting products, compare to manifest to check all shipments for damage, infestation, or production code dates.
• Report shortages, damages, and mis-shipments on appropriate forms. Sign for inbound shipments when necessary.
• Move inbound shipments safely to storage locations to be efficiently stacked as store merchandise.
• 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.
• Label, stencil, tag, mark orders, band, bundle, wrap, over-pack, and palletize as required.
• 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.
• Maintain equipment in a neat, clean and orderly fashion.
• Operate equipment safely and efficiently.
• Comply with company standards and OSHA requirements.
• Keep accurate records and reports.
• Assist in physical inventories and cycle counts.
• Ensure proper stock rotation.
• Key inventory adjustments in computer.
• 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 work area as requested.

Benefits

• 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
• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED