Floater

Duties/Responsibilities

• Set up, operate and trouble shoot equipment.
• Maintain equipment to produce product to meet BD’s Quality Standards.
• Repair equipment within Associate’s capability and follow department escalation plan.
• Must have mechanical ability and knowledge of proper use of tools, proper troubleshooting and set up procedures.
• Assist with radiation emergencies when and if they occur.
• Performs general warehouse functions involved with shipping and receiving, delivery of raw materials and finished goods, which includes loading and unloading trucks, material movement transactions in SAP.
• Operate material handling equipment (including forklift and slip sheet, yard truck and box truck).
• Drive company trucks, including box truck, yard truck and trailer between all plant buildings and warehouse.
• Assist operator in the loading of manually loaded and unloaded products.
• Prepare product for manual and/or automated processing.
• Back trailers to loading docks.
• Open and close trailer/container doors.
• Load sterilized product on trailers.
• Use the load sheet.
• Perform the daily yard check.
• Place temporary or shipping seals on trailers.
• Load pallets into load robot.
• Hand load boxes into load robot.
• Verify counts of products.
• Follow run sheet to ensure correct product is being loaded.
• Follow precise written procedures.
• Provide training for new associates.
• Communicate and maintain a favorable relationship with fellow workers in own and other departments, leadership, vendors and freight companies, etc.
• Work with minimal supervision and perform duties in a prompt and professional manner, assuring on-time deliveries of all materials.
• Obey all company safety rules and regulations and job safety analysis.
• Must know lockout procedures as described in the corporate Safety Standard 13 and the plant lockout procedure and key interrupt policy.
• Authorized to perform SAP transactions.
• General housekeeping and clean-up of work area / safety awareness.
• TRS participation and other maintenance activities.
• Performs other duties as assigned by leadership and required to support the needs of the business.
• Obey all company policies, standards and rules, including but not limited to: Safety policies and rules (including lockout procedures); Quality policies and rules.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent, required.
• Vocational/technical school, preferred.
• 1 year warehouse or sterilization experience preferred but not required.
• Forklift – Must be able to obtain within 3 months.
• Yard Truck Operation – Must be able to operate within a 3-month period.
• Must be able to obtain one sterilization job function certification within 6 months, all functions within 1 year.
• Valid drivers’ license.
• Radiation certification – Must be able to acquire in 12 months.

Education

• High School diploma or equivalent, required.
• Vocational/technical school, preferred.

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Must have an understanding of the SAP process for moving materials into and out of the warehouse.
• Have the ability to move trailers into position for loading and understanding of the loading process.
• Knowledge of the sterilization operation.
• Must be able to prioritize activities using sound business decision-making skills.
• Must understand and be familiar with product defects, specifications and procedures.
• Must be able to easily shift from one job to another.
• Must understand and be able to complete forms/paperwork for all jobs in the department.
• Must be able to assist in the training of new personnel in the department.
• Must be able to speak, read and write English.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Computer skills (SAP, Excel, Word preferred) - Basic.

Physical Demands

• PCP Level 3: Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly.

Safety Glasses

• Must be worn when in the warehouse.

Additional Information

• This job is contingent on clearing an FBI background check.
• You will be required to provide fingerprints to be sent to the FBI.
• The corporate security officer will determine if the background information will be acceptable for this position.