OBJECTIVE / PURPOSE

Assists in processing materials and manufacturing products in the warehouse area and other areas of the department by performing the following duties.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES AND FUNCTIONS

• Assists in the timely fulfillment of customer orders with high quality products, kits and other related products.
• Assembles customer orders from stock, checks outgoing materials for quality; inserts them into containers and fills containers with protective packing material.
• Packs materials in the warehouse and in Bldg 604 packing area as assigned.
• Assists with monitoring and maintaining inventory of all stock items and packages components to be sold as kits.
• Complies with standard operational and working practices.
• Assists with maintaining, pollinating, harvesting, and processing genetic plant material such as tobacco, corn, and soybean, as well as food, care, packaging, etc. of materials in other areas.
• Assists with laboratory work as required in the department which includes but is not limited to mixing, measuring, and dispensing chemicals to prepare media, and operation of laboratory equipment.
• Assist with periodic inventories.
• The Live Biology Group has seasonal variation in labor needs. As a result, employees are expected to help in other areas as needed. Live Biology is a living materials, laboratory, and manufacturing facility. Employees may be asked to help in packing areas, work with living materials, do outside field or collecting work, and help in various laboratory work areas. Training and PPE will be provided as needed.
• Some evening, holiday, and weekend work will be required as needed, including organism care on occasional Sundays and on-call after hours/weekends/holidays for medicinal leeches up to 2-3 weeks per year.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

Education: High School Diploma or GED

Experience: One to three months of related experience/or training required

Specialized Training/Skills: Forklift operation experience required