Your Role at Baxter

This is where my hands make life-sustaining products

You are driven by the knowledge that the products you help make saves and sustain lives. You can move quickly, address questions, and encourage teammates, all while getting quality products out on time. You are calm, positive, and a key part of a fast-paced environment that emphasizes camaraderie and teamwork. As a Material Handler, Packing, you are happiest when you are moving, and we will not disappoint!

Baxter is known for its speed and high-quality product. Our manufacturing operations are around-the-clock to meet the needs of our customers. Our high-caliber talent works through the challenges at hand while pushing toward meeting client order needs. Different shift assignments allow for flexibility and safety.

Your team

Baxter is focused on saving and sustaining lives by manufacturing high-quality products. We strive to create quality products for our customers each day.

Delivering life-saving products is about getting them right, and attention to detail is how we make sure we meet that challenge. We are a team that supports each other throughout each shift. Working together in a supportive and open culture makes our processes evolve for the better and engages our workforce.

You'll be offered extensive training, and the tight-knit working environment within the Manufacturing team means employees get additional training from their direct manager and peers when needed.

What we offer from Day One:

• Shift flexibility to trade shifts and leverage overtime opportunities
• Medical, Dental and Vision coverage
• 160 hours of Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
• 401K match
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Paid Parental Leave
• Tuition Reimbursement

What You'll Be Doing

The Material Handler, Packing contributes to our mission of saving and sustaining lives by transporting, visually inspecting, and packing IV therapies, premixed drugs, renal therapies and other sterile solutions into cartons for distribution.

Duties performed on a rotational basis:

• Transport sterilized bags using a powered industrial truck from the cooling area to the packing line and remove previously unloaded trucks.
• Inspect and change out batteries on the powered industrial truck (if required).
• Keep the truck unloader continuously supplied with trucks to be unloaded.
• Operate and maintain automated packaging equipment and ensure the carton erector is continuously supplied as indicated on the Bill of Material (BOM).
• Visually inspect each bag for defects, ensure proper orientation and categorize and log any defects identified.

Duties performed on a continual or intermittent basis:

• Manually unload trucks and package bags when necessary.
• Unpackage product and reinspect when necessary.
• Assist in performing line clearance.
• Notify the supervisor and take appropriate action if any safety, quality, mechanical or discrepancy issues occur.
• Sustain a clean and safe work area using 6S principles.
• Learn, understand, and apply rigorous quality standards, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP).

What You'll Bring

• High School Diploma or GED and must be at least 18 years of age.
• One year of manufacturing experience, preferred.
• Possess or be able to obtain PIT Operator Certification.
• Possess or be able to obtain Inspector Certification.
• Basic English written and oral communication skills adequate to communicate with other team members.
• Understand verbal and written safety and quality instructions and read and comprehend written work instructions including words and drawings.
• Ability to perform basic mathematics.
• Basic computer skills required.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to lift up to 40 pounds at a height up to 40 inches and carry up to 40 pounds at a distance of up to 25 feet occasionally throughout the shift.
• Must be able to push and pull up to 48 pounds at a distance of up to 15 feet occasionally throughout the shift.
• Normal visual acuity and the ability to distinguish color are necessary.
• Pass the Powered Industrial Truck (P.I.T.) physical.
• Stand, walk, climb stairs, reach forward, reach overhead, balance, stoop, crouch.
• Handle objects and operate controls using fine/simple/firm grasping and fingering.

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. At Baxter, we are committed to equitable pay for all our employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices. To that end, this position has a pay rate of $19.95 an hour.

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