Contract Warehouse Associate
QIAGEN · Germantown, MD · 2 wk ago
Management$20/hrFull-time
About The Opportunity
As a Contract Warehouse Associate, you play a key role in supporting daily warehouse operations that help ensure our products reach the customers who depend on them. In this hands-on role, you work with inventory, materials, and equipment in a regulated environment while contributing to the smooth and safe flow of goods across the warehouse.
- Handling, moving, and storing materials safely, including lifting items up to 50 lbs.
- Completing repetitive manual tasks and standing for extended periods of time (6–7 hours).
- Working briefly in cold environments, including −20°C and 4°C rooms.
- Following SOPs, documentation practices, and quality standards in a regulated setting.
- Performing warehouse duties independently with minimal supervision.
- Operating or learning to operate a forklift as required.
- Using basic computer applications to support inventory accuracy and warehouse workflows.
Requirements
- Strong attention to detail and a proactive approach to daily warehouse tasks.
- Comfort working in repetitive, manual, and fast-paced environments.
- Commitment to safe work practices, including wearing steel-toed shoes and required PPE.
- High School Diploma or equivalent.
- Previous forklift experience or openness to learning forklift operation.
- Willingness to work in FDA-, cGMP-, ISO-, and other regulated production environments; prior experience is a plus but not mandatory.
- Familiarity with basic computer applications; SAP and Excel experience preferred.
Qualifications
- Strong attention to detail and a proactive approach to daily warehouse tasks.
- Comfort working in repetitive, manual, and fast-paced environments.
- Commitment to safe work practices, including wearing steel-toed shoes and required PPE.
- High School Diploma or equivalent.
- Previous forklift experience or openness to learning forklift operation.
- Willingness to work in FDA-, cGMP-, ISO-, and other regulated production environments; prior experience is a plus but not mandatory.
- Familiarity with basic computer applications; SAP and Excel experience preferred.
Skills
- Attention to detail
- Proactive approach to tasks
- Safe work practices
- Repetitive manual tasks
- Standing for extended periods
- Working in cold environments
- Following SOPs and documentation practices
- Quality standards in a regulated setting
- Warehouse duties independently
- Operating or learning to operate a forklift
- Basic computer applications
Pay
The typical pay rate for this role is $20/hour.
Schedule
This temporary and/or contract position is Monday-Friday from 8am-4:30pm.