Material Handler II

Thermo Fisher Scientific; Loughborough; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job description

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Able to lift 40 lbs. without assistance, Some degree of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) required (safety glasses, gowning, gloves, lab coat, ear plugs etc.), Standing for full shift, Warehouse

Job Description

Working with the warehouse team you will ensure that products are received, put away, picked, packed, and shipped accurately and efficiently, following the necessary protocols.

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:

This role is based at our Loughborough, UK site, supporting our Laboratory Chemicals Division. We distil, pack, and ship laboratory analytical reagents and other chemicals that enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer.

How Will You Make an Impact?

You will be an integral part of the site's supply chain and play a key part in receiving, storing, and distributing products to ensure we meet the needs of our internal and external customers.

A Day in the Life:

• Attend and participate in daily departmental tier meetings
• Receive external deliveries
• Confirm reception of deliveries by booking into the systems
• Transact inventory movements with systems
• Carry out cycle counts to ensure inventory accuracy
• Palletise completed packs and assist with the movement of raw materials and finished goods
• Sample materials for QC analysis
• Unload road tankers into bulk tank storage
• Deliver materials to production areas
• Carry out PPI activities
• Prepare waste chemicals for storage and transportation
• Carry out cleaning and validation of returnable containers

Education:

High School Diploma, Secondary Education, Advanced Certificate, or equivalent.

Experience:

• Required: Minimum of 1 year of work experience in distribution, warehouse, supply chain, or related field
• Preferred: Experience with powered industrial trucks (order pickers/forklifts)

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Be able to follow site H&S and Quality procedures and policies
• Be able to use MRP/ERP systems
• Be able to understand and follow SOPs, BPIs & working instructions
• Chemical awareness knowledge

Physical Requirements / Work Environment

• Face fit testing

What We Offer

Compensation

• Competitive Annual Pay Rate
• Annual merit performance-based increase*

Excellent Benefits

• Flexible Benefits plan.
• Life Assurance, funding towards health care benefits, income protection, and an Employee Assistance Program.
• Pension Scheme
• Employee Referral Bonus
• Career Advancement Opportunities
• Subsidised Restaurant

*Depending on eligibility