Material Handler

Be better. Live better. That’s our vision at Pillar5 Pharma. We are a pharmaceutical manufacturing company that makes products people use in their everyday lives. Reporting to the Formulations Manager, the Material Handler minimizes down-time through material handling and turnovers. Through trouble shooting, problem solving and follow-up, the role ensures continuous, safe, and efficient production in all processes.

**RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Issue and/or verify bulk and component to packaging jobs
- Calculates yields and accountabilities of finished goods including SAP transactions
- Returns and initiates packaging investigation reports
- Brings correct components to job site, ensures that additional components are issued as needed, moves finished product to the warehouse, and provides material handling duties for other areas as required
- Assists in the packaging area during operations and performing duties assigned to a Packager as requested by Supervisors
- Completes job turnovers and component accountabilities, ensuring the completion of all documentation
- Monitors all supplies for availability and expiry dates and places orders when required
- Performs Packaging Team In-Process Designate (PTID) duties
- Conduct lot/expiry and label verification, and other documentation reviews
- Conducts verification of packaging jobs issued
- Expedites line clearances, materials delivery, and equipment set-up, working with support teams as required
- Ensures that quality issues and investigations are handled immediately and appropriately
- Performs final packaging file review to achieve 100% RFT. Ensures that responsibility for documentation is part of the team culture
- Follows and updates SOPs as required

**QUALIFICATIONS**:

- High School diploma
- Good mathematical, mechanical and computer skills
- Able to work shifts and meet the physical demands of this position
- Ability to follow written procedures and read schematic drawings
- Excellent time management, organizational, interpersonal, problem solving and communication skills
- Strong technical knowledge of aseptic processing and pharmaceutical packaging
- Experience with fork-lift, SAP system and/or inventory tracking systems, and Good Manufacturing Practices is a must

Work Location: In person