Job Description

**Job Title: Warehouse Operations Specialist / Material Handler (Biotech / Pharma)

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**Location:

**¨NBSP;

**Malvern, PA, 19355

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**Duration: 12+ Months Contract 

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**Industry:

Biotechnology / Pharmaceuticals

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**Environment:

cGMP-Regulated Warehouse & Distribution

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**Employment Type:

Full-Time Contract

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**Position Overview

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We are seeking a detail-oriented Warehouse Operations Specialist / Material Handler to perform daily material handling, storage, inventory control, and distribution operations within our cGMP-regulated warehouse facility. This role executes critical supply chain workflows—including material receipt, warehouse equipment operation, aseptic sampling, weigh & dispense activities, and order fulfillment—ensuring complete traceability and audit-readiness.

**Key Responsibilities

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**Material Handling & Equipment Operation:

** Operate warehouse equipment (forklifts, powered pallet jacks, reach trucks) to load/unload trucks, transfer materials, and organize warehouse racking safely.

**Receiving & Receipt Inspection:

** Perform incoming material inspections against specifications, verifying purchase orders, lot numbers, certificate of analysis (CoA) documentation, and physical package integrity.

**Inventory Control & SAP:

** Execute regular cycle counts, physical inventory reconciliations, material staging, and stock movements using ERP/inventory systems (SAP).

**cGMP Order Fulfillment:

** Accurately pick, pack, condition, sort, and label raw materials, consumables, and finished goods according to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Work Instructions (WIs).

**Weigh & Dispense / Aseptic Sampling:

** Perform raw material dispensing, weighing, and QC sampling utilizing aseptic techniques and proper personal protective equipment (PPE).

**Quality & Audit Readiness:

** Maintain contemporaneous, audit-ready Good Documentation Practices (GDP); assist with audit preparations, deviation reports, and authoring/revising SOPs and WIs.

**Safety & Compliance:

** Enforce EHS standards, maintain cleanroom/warehouse 5S organization, and promptly escalate discrepancies or safety hazards to management.

**Qualifications & Experience

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**Experience:

** 1–2+ years of warehouse, logistics, or material handling experience within a biotechnology, pharmaceutical, medical device, or life sciences environment.

**Regulatory Knowledge:

** Working knowledge of cGMP, Good Documentation Practices (GDP), and FDA-regulated storage/distribution protocols.

**Equipment Certification:

** Certified/trained in operating Forklifts (Sit-down / Stand-up) and pallet jacks.

**Systems:

** Hands-on experience with inventory/ERP software (SAP preferred) or barcode/RF scanners.

**Technical Skills:

** Familiarity with cleanroom gowning, aseptic sampling, or raw material weigh and dispense workflows is a strong advantage.

**Physical Requirements:

** Ability to lift up to 50 lbs and stand/move throughout a warehouse shift.