Lead Shipping Specialist - 1st Shift
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Summary
Join our dedicated Dock Specialist team in Unity Lab Services, where we ensure seamless logistics and support tailored to our customers' unique needs. We're seeking an organized Dock Specialist to manage shipping and receiving operations. You'll be the point of contact for customers and carriers, ensuring compliance and efficiency in all dock and shipping activities.
Job description
A day in the Life
- Generate, verify, and match shipping labels with incoming packages to ensure accuracy.
- Maintain awareness of current SDS and Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) and ensure compliance.
- Identify order discrepancies and raise to appropriate personnel.
- Ensure all incoming and outgoing packages are scanned accurately for inventory control.
- Safely operate pallet jacks to move heavy packages and pallets.
- Ensure proper handling and placement of items to prevent damage.
- Coordinate the delivery of materials to the appropriate locations.
- May perform other duties as assigned by management.
Keys to Success
Education: High school diploma or equivalent required.
Experience: 3+ years of work experience in material handling: warehousing, shipping, and/or receiving is required. Proven record of leading and mentoring teams, with experience in guiding peers. DOT/IATA Certification preferred.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities: Proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications (Excel, Outlook, Teams). Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and a safety-first approach. Proficient in reading and interpreting shipping labels (DOT labeling), with the ability to be trained in the operation of pallet jacks and lift gates. Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
Physical Requirements / Work Environment: The role primarily involves working independently at customer sites, which may include areas with chemical-based allergens like penicillin and tetracycline. Personal protective equipment, such as lab coats, coveralls, facemasks, and steel-toe shoes, is often required. The position requires regular lifting of 30-40 lbs (up to 50 lbs occasionally) and using equipment like pushcarts and forklifts to move up to 100 lbs. Standing, walking, reaching, and bending are frequent activities, sometimes in varied temperature environments. Overtime work may also be necessary.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent required
- 3+ years of work experience in material handling: warehousing, shipping, and/or receiving is required
- Proven record of leading and mentoring teams, with experience in guiding peers
- DOT/IATA Certification preferred
- Proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications (Excel, Outlook, Teams)
- Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and a safety-first approach
- Proficient in reading and interpreting shipping labels (DOT labeling)
- Ability to be trained in the operation of pallet jacks and lift gates
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
- Ability to regularly lift 30-40 lbs (up to 50 lbs occasionally)
- Ability to stand, walk, reach, and bend frequently
Benefits
- Comprehensive healthcare
- Paid holidays
- Tuition reimbursement
- Paid parental leave
- Accident and life insurance
- Short- and long-term disability
- 401(k) retirement savings plan
- Employees' stock purchase plan
- Commuter benefits
Company overview
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of approximately $40 billion. The company's mission is to enable customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. With over 100,000 employees globally, Thermo Fisher provides an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience, and pharmaceutical services through its industry-leading brands including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon, and PPD. The company serves customers across healthcare, life sciences, applied markets, and pharmaceutical sectors, offering solutions that accelerate research, solve complex analytical challenges, improve patient diagnostics, and increase laboratory productivity. Headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, Thermo Fisher operates globally, delivering critical scientific products, services, and workflow solutions that support researchers, organizations, and companies in addressing some of the world's most pressing issues.