Distribution Technician 1 - First Shift

Work Schedule

First Shift (Days)

Environmental Conditions

Able to lift 40 lbs. without assistance, Adherence to all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Safety Standards, Some degree of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) required (safety glasses, gowning, gloves, lab coat, ear plugs etc.), Warehouse

When you are part of the team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll do important work, like helping customers in finding cures for cancer, protecting the environment or making sure our food is safe. Your work will have real-world impact, and you’ll be supported in achieving your career goals.

Location/Division Specific Information

CTD partners with pharmaceutical and biotech customers around the world to ensure the right patients get the right therapies in the right doses at the right time – a concept that we internally embrace as “There is a Patient Waiting.” Our unique blend of services includes project management, packaging, distribution, transportation management and specialty logistics, ancillary supply management, clinical supply optimization, bio-repository storage and much more. Our more than 3000 employees in over 15 countries work hard every day knowing that what they do matters.

How will you make an impact?

As part of our global team, what you do contributes directly to our mission; enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.

What will you do?

Our company seeks a Distribution Technician that can pick, pack and ship products for the purpose of making the world a healthier, cleaner and safer place. An ideal candidate is highly motivated, engaged in improving safety, quality, delivery and cost, has a strong attention to detail and experience working in a warehouse, operating forklifts and pallet jacks and following standard operating procedures.

How will you get here?

Education

• High School Degree or GED

Experience:
Required: No previous work experience required
Preferred: Experience in distribution, warehouse or supply chain or related field
Preferred: Experience with powered industrial trucks (order pickers/forklifts)

Responsibilities

• Apply Good Manufacturing Practices in all areas of responsibility
• Demonstrates the company mission and values
• Follows all Standard Operating Procedures
• Pick, pack and ship distribution orders that require an advanced skill level
• Screen shipments for unauthorized devices in accordance with TSA requirements
• Execute distribution & warehouse system transactions
• Processes all orders according to priority set by Distribution Leader/Supervisor in order to meet receipt date.
• Verifies proper storage conditions and temperature monitoring of shipments
• Loads couriers’ trucks using pallet jacks
• Identifies opportunities to improve overall quality and efficiency
• Engaged in Daily management and 5S on a daily basis
• Ensures that inventory is properly and safely stored
• Maintains warehouse for safety, security, neatness and organization

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Reliable transportation and a valid driver’s license
• Able to pass a TSA background check
• Able to work overtime when volume justifies additional labor hours
• Work as part of a team within Distribution and across QA, Client Services and Supply Chain departments
• Basic computer competency using Microsoft Office applications and significant data entry
• Maintain a high level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Fork lift experience preferred
• Prior Distribution/Warehouse experience preferred
• Knowledge of current Good Manufacturing Practices preferred
• Prior pharmaceutical or clinical logistics experience preferred
• Mastery of skills required to read, understand, and adhere to the SOPs and policies of a GMP environment.

Physical Requirements

• Extended periods of time walking and standing.

• Physically able bend and reach in addition to lifting 40lbs on a routine basis.
• This position could be exposed to cold temperatures, approximately 41 degrees, for more than two hours at a time with appropriate PPE.

Join us and contribute to our singular mission—enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.