Material Handler - 3rd Shift

This is where you save and sustain lives

At Baxter, we are deeply connected by our mission. No matter your role at Baxter, your work makes a positive impact on people around the world. You’ll feel a sense of purpose throughout the organization, as we know our work improves outcomes for millions of patients. 

Baxter’s products and therapies are found in almost every hospital worldwide, in clinics and in the home. For over 85 years, we have pioneered significant medical innovations that transform healthcare.

Together, we create a place where we are happy, successful and inspire each other. This is where you can do your best work. 

Join us at the intersection of saving and sustaining lives— where your purpose accelerates our mission. 

Your role at Baxter

In this role you will receive, locate and issue raw materials as per Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s). You will also be responsible for locating, moving, pulling, packing and loading of frozen products.

Your Team

Baxter is focused on saving and sustaining lives by finding solutions to sophisticated problems. Every single day, the manufacturing team strives to create quality products for our customers—and are sometimes met with unforeseen issues to tackle. The high-caliber talent at Baxter meets these challenges head-on, as a team, to create products with the customer's needs top-of-mind.

We build relationships with each other to get work done.

We provide opportunities for you to continue to learn through training, conferences, certifications, and support for advanced degrees. Growth from role to role or level to level is encouraged and is supported by management to ensure employees are consistently engaged with their work.

What you'll be doing

• All warehouse related equipment operation (i.e. box lifter, truck, reefer, bailer, etc.)
• Ability to interpret procedures
• Problem solving abilities
• Computer knowledge
• Truck driving (i.e. forklift, walkie rider, straight truck and tractor trailer on site)
• Unload trucks, receiving, locating, picking, releasing, P.O. inquiry, packing slip processing, and delivery of production and MRO items
• Maintenance and repair of some warehouse equipment
• Perform monthly inventory cycle counts as requested by scheduling
• Misc. facility requests (i.e. moving furniture or equipment, delivering copy paper, etc.) and light building maintenance (i.e. painting)
• Locate, transport and build finished good loads for shipment. Included in this is the dropping of batches for retentions and moving from unreleased to released inventory
• Required to maintain attendance in accordance with the RLD Attendance Policy
• Mandatory overtime required
  

Work Environment: Work in frozen environment (-25oC) up to five hours per day, remainder of time temperature fluctuates between 40oF and 105oF

What you'll bring:

• High School Diploma or equivalent, experience in Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) environment preferred
• Ability to work independently
• Requires the use of and troubleshooting of the label and directional insert dispensing equipment
• Good communication skills
• Good documentation skills
• Good interpersonal skills
• Good computer skills
• Knowledge of standard operating procedures, specifications, and job-specific training materials
  

Language Skills: Must be able to understand, speak, read and write English in order to comply with necessary SOP’s, SPEC’s, Job-specific training materials, GMP’s, and other manuals

Mathematical Skills: Basic math skills required

Reasoning Ability: Decision making in this position is based on existing standard operating procedures as well as ability to use good judgment. This includes the responsibility for dispositioning periods of product. Independent decision making and responsiveness is necessary for this position and may include prioritizing work, releasing of product and evaluation of the appropriate person to ask for assistance when determination of defective product is being evaluated. Resources used to resolve problems may include technicians, supervisors, managers, engineering, quality management, specifications, SOP’s and manuals.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Valid driver’s license and valid license to operate forklifts. Be willing to obtain Class C license.

Physical Demands:

• Must not be allergic to Penicillin or Cephalosporin Drugs
• Visual acuity 20/40 Near Vision with or without corrective vision required
• Frequent lifting up to 70 pounds and occasionally 100 pounds or greater
• Constant bending, twisting, reaching and grasping
• Frequent kneeling, squatting and wrist turning
• Occasional crawling, climbing and pinching
• Needs to hear at least 25 Db in 5
• Candidate should not be allergic to Penicillin or Cephalosporins
  

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. At Baxter, we are committed to equitable pay for all our employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices. To that end, this position has a salary pay rate of $26.35 an hour. The pay rate is based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills/experience, time in the role, business line, and geographic/office location.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Baxter is an equal opportunity employer. Baxter evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.

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Reasonable Accommodations

Baxter is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities globally. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or interview process, please click on the link here and let us know the nature of your request along with your contact information.

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