Material Handler

The Team

Avantor's Fluid Handling team is part of our Lab and Production Services business unit. This team supports the innovation and growth objectives of major laboratories across the globe by helping with the integration of new technology solutions into their lab processes and operations.

How you will thrive and create an impact

• Inbound: 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 and stack as store merchandise.
• Order Picking: Ensure 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 fork trucks, cherry pickers, or pallet jacks. Label, stencil, tag, mark orders, band, bundle, wrap, over-pack, and palletize as required.
• Outbound: 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.
• Equipment: Maintain equipment in a neat, clean and orderly fashion. Operate equipment safely and efficiently. Comply with company standards and OSHA requirements.
• Inventory: Keep accurate records and reports. Assist in physical inventories and cycle counts. Ensure proper stock rotation. May key inventory adjustments in computer.
• Other Duties: 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 railcars, trailers, and truck docks, bays as requested. Performs other duties as assigned.

Environmental Working Conditions & Physical Effort

The associate is exposed to an industrial warehouse environment, works near moving mechanical machinery with loud noise levels, works at heights, is exposed to changes in temperature, drives equipment, and may be exposed to dust, fumes, or gases. The associate is required to stand and walk for the majority of the working day. Physical requirements include talking, hearing, bending/stooping, squatting, crawling, climbing height, reaching above shoulder height, crouching, kneeling, balancing, and pushing/pulling. The job requires associates to lift/carry/push or pull up to 75 pounds with or without assistance. Associates use both hands for repetitive actions such as grasping and manipulating as well as both feet for repetitive movement operating foot controls. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.