Material Handler

Avantor•Missouri City, TX

About The Position

Warehouse material handlers are responsible for accurately receiving, storing, picking, and shipping products in accordance with Avantor standards for productivity, quality, safety, and customer service. The role is based in an industrial warehouse and involves a flexible range of warehousing duties. Material handlers unload and inspect inbound shipments, verify products against manifests, report shortages, damages, or mis-shipments, and move products to storage. They pick and prepare orders, use material-handling equipment to transport them, and verify outbound shipments before loading them for dispatch. The role also involves operating and maintaining equipment, keeping inventory records, assisting with inventories and cycle counts, maintaining stock rotation, and performing other warehouse tasks as assigned. The work takes place near moving machinery in a typically loud industrial warehouse. Associates may work at heights, drive equipment, experience temperature changes, and be exposed to dust, fumes, or gases. The role requires standing and walking for most of the workday and lifting, carrying, pushing, or pulling up to 75 pounds, with or without assistance. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Requirements

At least 6 months of warehouse experience.
High school diploma or GED preferred.
Ability to use proper lifting techniques to lift up to 75 pounds.
Ability to follow directions, with a strong emphasis on safety.
Ability to handle deadline-related stress and tight scheduling requirements, shift priorities, and maintain responsible work habits.
Ability to use hands and feet simultaneously and perform repetitive movements.
Familiarity with warehouse systems.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret SOPs, coverage documents, and regulations; write reports and business correspondence; and communicate effectively with managers, clients, customers, and the public.
Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and multiply and divide using tens and hundreds, including calculations involving American money and measurements of weight, volume, and distance.
Ability to apply common-sense understanding to detailed written or oral instructions and solve problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
Ability to type, use a computer, organize and prioritize work, meet deadlines, operate office equipment, and use Microsoft Office tools and company software.
Ability to stand and walk for most of the workday and perform required physical tasks including talking, hearing, bending, stooping, squatting, crawling, climbing, reaching above shoulder height, crouching, kneeling, balancing, pushing, and pulling.
Ability to use both hands for repetitive grasping and manipulating and both feet for repetitive movement when operating foot controls.
Vision abilities including close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Nice To Haves

OSHA forklift certification.
HAZMAT certification.
Understanding of metric system measurements.

Responsibilities

Unload trucks, trailers, and containers; count products and compare shipments with manifests.
Check inbound shipments for damage, infestation, or production code dates, and report shortages, damages, and mis-shipments on the appropriate forms.
Sign for inbound shipments when necessary and safely move received products to storage locations.
Pick the correct product number, quantity, and product type, including lot, batch, or serial number.
Transport orders to shipping locations or delivery platforms using equipment such as fork trucks, cherry pickers, or pallet jacks.
Label, stencil, tag, mark, band, bundle, wrap, over-pack, and palletize orders as required.
Verify outbound shipment quantities, labeling, and addresses against orders; sign for outbound shipments when necessary.
Move products, cartons, and pallets into trailers, rail cars, or containers.
Maintain equipment in a neat, clean, and orderly condition; operate it safely and efficiently and comply with company standards and OSHA requirements.
Maintain accurate inventory records and reports, assist with physical inventories and cycle counts, ensure proper stock rotation, and enter inventory adjustments into a computer when needed.
Repack or re-box cases according to customer instructions; repair or consolidate damaged goods as required.
Operate a shrink-wrap machine and charge forklift batteries as needed.
Stack or separate good and bad pallets when necessary, and clean railcars, trailers, truck docks, and bays as requested.
Perform other duties as assigned.