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Material Handler II - 2nd Shift

Thermo Fisher Scientific
Middletown, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 12 Aug 2025

About the role

Work Schedule

Second Shift (Afternoons)

Environmental Conditions

Able to lift 40 lbs. without assistance, Some degree of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) required (safety glasses, gowning, gloves, lab coat, ear plugs etc.), Warehouse

Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

Location/Division Specific Information:

The Clinical Diagnostics Division (CDD) provides innovative diagnostic solutions for select IVD market segments and has been a trusted supplier in the IVD industry for over 40 years. The division provides products for drugs of abuse testing, therapeutic drug monitoring, quality control, sepsis diagnosis, prenatal screening and more.

How Will You Make an Impact?:

As part of the Middletown, VA team, some of the world’s largest suppliers of in vitro diagnostic (IVD) products rely on us as their OEM and contract manufacturing partner. With over 35 years of experience, customers count on us for quality, compliance, and reliability.

A Day in the Life:

  • Receive, examine, sort, arrange, count, store, pick, and pack items for manufacturing use, storage, and shipment in accordance with established procedures and customer requirements.
  • Document accurately using GDP and check work for quality and compliance.
  • Safely operate material handling equipment (e.g. hand truck, pallet jack, Forklift etc.).
  • Complete daily activities as assigned by team lead or supervisor.
  • Help improve the material handling process by making suggestions for improvement.
  • Assist in the training and development of peers.

Education:

High school diploma or equivalent required.

Experience:

  • Required: Minimum of 1 year of work experience in distribution, warehouse or supply chain or related field
  • Preferred: Experience with powered industrial trucks (order pickers)

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

  • Ability to speak, read, and write in English, including technical and scientific language.
  • Ability to perform basic math including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

Physical Requirements / Work Environment

  • Ability to stand for long periods of time (up to 10 hours a day)
  • Ability to lift up to 50 lbs
  • Ability to move repetitively, including pushing, pulling, lifting, twisting, bending, grasping, and crouching

What We Offer

Compensation

  • Competitive Hourly Pay Rate
  • Additional shift differential for 2nd shift and 3rd shift positions
  • Annual performance-based bonus
  • Annual merit performance-based increase

Excellent Benefits

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Company

Thermo Fisher Scientific

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