Material Handler

Job Summary

The responsibilities of this role include controlling the flow of products and materials to and from production and manufacturing areas. This includes shipping, receiving, labeling, and properly storing products and materials. It also involves loading and unloading trucks, operating industrial forklifts safely and professionally, transporting supplies, tooling, and equipment as required, maintaining high accuracy levels on paperwork and electronic transitions/records.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• PRODUCTION SUPPLY AND WAREHOUSE
• Undertake the supply of goods to manufacturing and production areas with pallets, work in process product, packaging supplies, and other materials as and when required
• Maintain FIFO (First in First Out) system for supplying materials
• Maintain acceptable conditions of warehoused items
• Maintain orderly stock placement and ensure products remain damage free
• SHIPPING AND RECEIVING
• Pick, Label, and prepare product for shipment
• Ensure accuracy of prepared shipments and all customer requirements are met
• Load product, materials or equipment on freight carriers ensuring all are damage free prior to shipping
• Unload inbound materials, equipment, and supplies ensuring all are damage free prior to acceptance
• Verify accuracy of paperwork, labels, and put away materials
• UTILITY
• Assemble and supply cardboard/packaging to the production floor as required
• Collect and process scrap for trash or recycle as needed
• Remove scrapped cardboard from the production floor, load and empty cardboard compactor

Additional Responsibilities

• Education: High School Diploma or equivalent preferred
• Work Experience: No minimum required and prior experience in material handling preferred
• Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: A learning mindset, good attention to detail, good communication skills
• Licenses and Certifications: Not specified
• Travel Requirements: 5% - Up to 13 business days per year
• Physical Requirements: Light-exerting up to 20lbs/9kg of force frequently, and/or negligible amount of force frequently constantly to move objects
• Additional Requirements: Not specified

What We Offer

West is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. If you have a special need that requires accommodation in order to apply to West, please send an email to Apply.Accommodation@westpharma.com. Where permitted by law, an offer of employment with West Pharmaceutical Services, or any of its subsidiary or affiliate companies, is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of background screening.