Material Handler (Contractor)
📋 Role Overview & Responsibilities
Build a career powered by innovations that matter! At Novanta, our innovations power technology products that are transforming healthcare and advanced manufacturing—improving productivity, enhancing people’s lives and redefining what’s possible. We create for our global customers engineered components and sub-systems that deliver extreme precision and performance for a range of mission-critical applications—from minimally invasive surgery to robotics to 3D metal printing.
Novanta is one global team with over 26 offices located in The Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Looking for a great place to work? You have found it with a culture that embraces teamwork, collaboration and empowerment. Come explore Novanta.
Summary
This job is responsible for performing routine and non-routine tasks involved in the shipment of materials, supplies, and equipment.
Primary Responsibilities
Package product for shipment as required.Monitor and manage shipping supplies; prepare purchase requisitions to replenish supplies as needed.Perform data entry on computer.Monitor bin inventory levels in shipping areas and replenish as necessary.Operate from established procedures. Maintain an ongoing updated Log Book for BOMs an drawings.Job encounters regular and recurring work situations. Contacts are made on own initiative with other departments and/or carriers concerning matters requiring explanation, discussion, interpretation, or approval.Perform other related duties as assigned.Contributes to team effort.
General Tasks
Maintain compliance with the quality, occupational safety and environmental regulations.Implementation of the instructions of the quality / environmental management representative and the occupational safety specialist.
Required Experience, Education, Skills, Training And Competencies
High School education or equivalent reading, writing, and math ability.Less than 1 year of experience.Previous warehouse experience is a plus.
Travel Requirements
None
Physical Requirements
Ability to lift and carry items up to 50 lbs in weight on a semi-repetitive basis.Ability to obtain up to date Covid-19 vaccination status prior to employment start day per the current CDC guidelines (full vaccination dose and booster, if eligible).
Compensation And Benefits
The base pay for this position ranges from $19.00 to $23.00 per year depending on the geographic market.Novanta supports all aspects of your life. This position provides a full range of benefits including paid parental and family leave.
Novanta is proud to be an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action workplace. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, military and veteran status, disability, genetics, or any other category protected by federal law or Novanta policy.
Please call +1 781-266-5700 if you need a disability accommodation for any part of the employment process.
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