Materials Assistant
JLL - Annandale, NJ
Position Summary:
Position description
Currently, we are seeking a Materials Assistant to join our Corporate Solutions team in Annandale, NJ.
Position Summary:
- Materials Assistant will assist with various tasks involving material handling, shipping/receiving and routine maintenance inspection tasks.
- Ability to safely operate a forklift may be necessary for success in this role.
Essential Functions:
Materials Assistant may need to perform any of the following duties:
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Specialty chemical receiving & cylinder check-in and delivery
- Receive and unpack specialty chemicals
- Receive gas cylinders
- Enter chemicals using customer’s inventory database
- Deliver chemicals/cylinders to lab locations
- Affix chemical labels to all chemicals
- Forklift operation required
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Drum handling and chemical management
- Deliver chemical/material drums to customer lab locations within the site
- Assist in managing inventory to maintain compliance with storage regulations
- Forklift operation required
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Eyewash/Shower and Lab Drain inspections
- Tests (runs equipment) and inspects sites eyewashes and safety showers
- Coordinates with lab owners to visually inspect lab drains (p trap operation)
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SCBA inspection
- Detailed inspection procedure for verifying functionality of SCBA equipment
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Liquid Nitrogen filling and delivery
- Approximately 80 liquid N2 cryogenic tanks (dewars) spread throughout the site
- Uses onsite facilities to fill empty 160G dewars with liquid N2
- Picks up empty dewars, and delivers full dewars to lab locations
- Forklift operation required
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Dry Ice delivery
- Takes bulk dry ice from receiving, and delivers to designated areas in the lab wings
- Forklift operation required
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Glassware pick-up and delivery
- Picks up dirty glassware from lab corridors, and delivers to cleaners
- After cleaning, clean glassware is delivered to lab locations
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Stockroom Clerk
- Staff stockroom counter and fulfil stockroom request
- Stock shelves, receive lab/mech/chem stock
- Verify stock quantity
- Enter and remove products using customer’s inventory database
- Other duties may be assigned.
Duties Involving Hazardous Materials
After, and only after, receiving the required training on handling of hazardous materials, selected individual will be required to pick up and transport hazardous materials/waste throughout the site, typically utilizing custom make carts, forklift/tow motor/powered industrial truck, to move 55 gallon drums or dewars. Individuals selected for this job must not have any restrictions in can crushing activities which requires the use of respirator and appropriate PPEs.
Annual refresher training will be given to any individual involved in handling hazardous waste and or materials.
General Professional Expectations/Requirements
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All personnel must participate and actively support the customer’s safety process:
- Act as an observer
- Allow others to observe work you are performing
- Report all near loss and loss events immediately
- Report hazard IDs
- Follow cardinal safety/live saving rules
- Comply with all written Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) requirements.
- Accurately complete forms, checklists and any other relevant documentation
- Ensures appropriate follow up with customers
- Seeks to continuously improve processes, systems and overall client satisfaction
- Attention to detail
- Consistently demonstrates professional demeanor, appearance and attitude
- Maintain a clean and safe working environment
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA)
- Able to learn and achieve proficiency in customer’s inventory database
- Superior customer service skills and orientation
- Ability to maintain professionalism at all times under stressful situations
- Ability to plan and manage work under time constraints
- Ability to multitask and work without direct supervision
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- N/A
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform 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 employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee frequently is required to talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit and taste or smell. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Working Environment:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee 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 employee may potentially be exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; outside weather conditions; and vibration. The employee may be occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, risk of electrical shock, and flammable or explosive areas. The noise levels in areas of the work environment are usually moderate to loud.
Minimum Required Education:
High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or three to five years related industrial maintenance experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Other Skills and Abilities:
A valid driver's license is required to operate vehicles. Candidates must possess physical and mental ability necessary to secure a Forklift / Powered Industrial Truck operator's license. General computer skills with knowledge in E-mail, Internet, Microsoft Word and Excel are a plus for this position.
Posted: 30+ days ago
