The Opportunity:Avantor is looking for a dedicated Chemical Handler. This position is on a 3rd shift from 10:30 PM to 7:00 AM. This role will be onsite in Solon, Ohio. This position will work under close supervision, prepare, set up, weigh, package, fill, and label. Work in accordance with cGMP, Quality, Environmental, Health & Safety, and departmental procedures to meet customer demands. Operate production scales, including verifications and calibrations. Package finished product for shipping (... more details
Avantor is looking for a dedicated Chemical Handler. This position is on a 3rd shift from 10:30 PM to 7:00 AM.
This role will be onsite in Solon, Ohio. This position will work under close supervision, prepare, set up, weigh, package, fill, and label. Work in accordance with cGMP, Quality, Environmental, Health & Safety, and departmental procedures to meet customer demands. Operate production scales, including verifications and calibrations. Package finished product for shipping (boxing, labeling) per Work Instructions. Handle hazardous materials using all appropriate or mandatory safety gear.
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What we’re looking for
Education High School completion or equivalent (GED)
Experience: Minimum 3 years of experience in a manufacturing/production environment required
Basic reading, writing, math, and arithmetic skills required
Must be reliable and detail-oriented
How you will thrive and create an impact
As a major team contributor, this person will partner with carriers to:
Works safely within the parameters of and complies with company Work Instructions and policies.
Weighs and fills chemicals or bulk products in accordance with Production Work Order (PWO).
Operates production scales, including verifications and calibrations.
Setup, operate, clean and maintain the following equipment: automatic heat sealer, electronic floor scale, digistalic pumps, crusher, auger filling unites, autoclave unites, vibrating filler unites, induction sealing equipment, portable exhaust hood, and other equipment as required.
Packages finished product for shipping (boxing, labeling) per Work Instructions.
Handles hazardous materials using all appropriate or mandatory safety gear.
Sweeps and mops floors and cleans workstation after each product filling.
Completes documentation in a legible manner; verifies and reviews for accuracy.
Maintains expected quality and quantity of work.
Follows cGMP policies and procedures for handling, storage, packing, manufacturing, and distributing products.
Moves partial leftover containers of product to the designated area for relocation back into stock.
Takes precautions to secure warehouse contents against loss. Ensures doors stay locked at all times and only authorized personnel enter the facility.
Supports co-workers in their job responsibilities and is expected to work as a team player.
Turns off/shuts down equipment when not in use.
Performs other duties as assigned.
ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING CONDITIONS & PHYSICAL EFFORT (Under Typical Positions)
The work environment characteristics and physical effort described here are representative of those an associate encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the associate is exposed to an industrial warehouse environment. The associate works near moving mechanical machinery and noise level in the work environment is usually loud. The job requires working in heights, exposure to changes in temperature, driving equipment, and maybe exposed to dust, fumes, or gases.
The associate is required to stand and walk for the majority of the working day. The physical requirements of the job are for associates to talk, hear, bend/stoop, squat, crawl, climb height, reach above shoulder height, crouch, kneel, balance, and push/pull. Furthermore, the job requires associates to lift/carry/push or pull up to 75 pounds with or without assistance. Associates use both hands for repetitive actions such as grasping and manipulating as well as both feet for repetitive movement operating foots controls. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
Why Avantor?
Dare to go further in your career. Join our global team of 14,000+ associates whose passion for discovery and determination to overcome challenges relentlessly advances life-changing science.
The work we do changes people’s lives for the better. It brings new patient treatments and therapies to market, giving a cancer survivor the chance to walk his daughter down the aisle. It enables medical devices that help a little boy hear his mom’s voice for the first time. Outcomes such as these create unlimited opportunities for you to contribute your talents, learn new skills and grow your career at Avantor.
We are committed to helping you on this journey through our diverse, equitable and inclusive culture which includes learning experiences to support your career growth and success. At Avantor, dare to go further and see how the impact of your contributions set science in motion to create a better world. Apply today!
Disclaimer:
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of employees assigned to this position. Avantor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
Dare to go further in your career. Join our global team of 14,000+ associates whose passion for discovery and determination to overcome challenges relentlessly advances life-changing science.
The work we do changes people's lives for the better. It brings new patient treatments and therapies to market, giving a cancer survivor the chance to walk his daughter down the aisle. It enables medical devices that help a little boy hear his mom's voice for the first time. Outcomes such as these create unlimited opportunities for you to contribute your talents, learn new skills and grow your career at Avantor.
We are committed to helping you on this journey through our diverse, equitable and inclusive culture which includes learning experiences to support your career growth and success. At Avantor, dare to go further and see how the impact of your contributions set science in motion to create a better world. Apply today!
EEO Statement:
We are an Equal Employment/Affirmative Action employer and VEVRAA Federal Contractor. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state/province, or local law.
If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at recruiting@avantorsciences.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.
For more information about equal employment opportunity protections, please view the Equal Employment Opportunity is THE LAW Poster, EEO is the Law Poster Supplement, and Pay Transparency Non-Discrimination Provision.
3rd Party Non-Solicitation Policy:
By submitting candidates without having been formally assigned on and contracted for a specific job requisition by Avantor, or by failing to comply with the Avantor recruitment process, you forfeit any fee on the submitted candidates, regardless of your usual terms and conditions. Avantor works with a preferred supplier list and will take the initiative to engage with recruitment agencies based on its needs and will not be accepting any form of solicitation.
