Material Handler I- job career USA

Job title:Material Handler I
Company:Thermo Fisher Scientific
Location:Fremont, CA
Deadline: 10/08/2013
Industries:Biotechnology/​Pharmaceuticals
Job Type:Full Time,Employee
Career Level:Experienced (Non-Manager)
Job Reference Code:MR20130907-9899​7
About the Job
Summary:    
Stores, and distributes material, equipment and products within establishments by performing the following duties:
   
Responsibilities:    
• Obtains and reviews the work orders provided by Material Handler III’s to determine items to be staged, moved, gathered or distributed.​
• Labels or marks materials with identifying information once received.​
• Sorts and places materials or items on racks, shelves, or in bins according to predetermined sequence such as size, type, style, color or product code.​
• Conveys items from receiving or production areas to storage or to other designated areas.​
 • Sorts and stores perishable goods in refrigerated rooms.​
 • Open bales, crates and other containers.​
• Performs miscellaneous duties as directed by other material handlers and supervisor and lead as required.​
 • Maintains equipment and storage areas as prescribed in a neat and clean manner to meet housekeeping standards.​
• Complies with all corporate and government guidelines (GMP, Procedures, etc.​).​
• Performs all duties in a safe manner and complies with all corporate and government safety guidelines.​
   
Education:    
• Education: High School Diploma or GED
• Experience: One year related experience and/​or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.​
• Demonstrated ability to operator an electric wave and manual pallet jack.​ Will require forklift certification from Thermo Fisher Scientific.​
 • Ability to read and write in English.​
 • Ability to read and interpret as related to documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.​ Ability to understand and carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form.​
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.​
 • Ability to handle multiple tasks and react appropriately to changing priorities and impending deadlines.​
   
Supervisory Responsibilities:      
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.​ While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; talk and hear; and smell.​ The employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.​ The employee is occasionally required to sit.​
 1.​ The employee must frequently lift and/​or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/​or move up to 50 pounds.​ 2.​ Ability to work in a 2-8 ºC environment with occasional exposure to – 20 ºC.​ 3.​ Vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus.​ Working Environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to various temperature conditions and the company provides the necessary PPE assigned to that task.​ The employee may occasionally be exposed to strong and sometimes disagreeable odors.​ The employee will be required to work near or around moving mechanical parts.​ PPE assessments, SOP and JSA serve to guide us in providing the necessary safety protection guidelines for employees that may exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals.​ The noise levels in the work environment do not exceed the OSHA permissible limits however ear protection is available upon request.​
   
Physical Duties     
Summary: 
Stores, and distributes material, equipment and products within establishments by performing the following duties:
   
Responsibilities: 
• Obtains and reviews the work orders provided by Material Handler III’s to determine items to be staged, moved, gathered or distributed.​ • Labels or marks materials with identifying information once received.​ • Sorts and places materials or items on racks, shelves, or in bins according to predetermined sequence such as size, type, style, color or product code.​ • Conveys items from receiving or production areas to storage or to other designated areas.​
• Sorts and stores perishable goods in refrigerated rooms.​
• Open bales, crates and other containers.​
• Performs miscellaneous duties as directed by other material handlers and supervisor and lead as required.​
• Maintains equipment and storage areas as prescribed in a neat and clean manner to meet housekeeping standards.​
• Complies with all corporate and government guidelines (GMP, Procedures, etc.​).​
• Performs all duties in a safe manner and complies with all corporate and government safety guidelines.​
 
Education    
 • Education: High School Diploma or GED
 • Experience: One year related experience and/​or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.​
• Demonstrated ability to operator an electric wave and manual pallet jack.​ Will require forklift certification from Thermo Fisher Scientific.​
• Ability to read and write in English.​
• Ability to read and interpret as related to documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.​ Ability to understand and carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form.​
 • Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.​
 • Ability to handle multiple tasks and react appropriately to changing priorities and impending deadlines.​    

Supervisory Responsibilities:  The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.​ While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; talk and hear; and smell.​ The employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.​ The employee is occasionally required to sit.​
1.​ The employee must frequently lift and/​or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/​or move up to 50 pounds.
 ​ 2.​ Ability to work in a 2-8 ºC environment with occasional exposure to – 20 ºC.​
 3.​ Vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus.​

 Working Environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to various temperature conditions and the company provides the necessary PPE assigned to that task.​
 The employee may occasionally be exposed to strong and sometimes disagreeable odors.​
The employee will be required to work near or around moving mechanical parts.​
 PPE assessments, SOP and JSA serve to guide us in providing the necessary safety protection guidelines for employees that may exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals.
​ The noise levels in the work environment do not exceed the OSHA permissible limits however ear protection is available upon request.​
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