What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sample Handler position at UL Solutions?
Job Description
Under direct supervision, the Sample Handler is responsible for tracking all customer samples according to the required quality standard process. They must obtain an understanding of how the lab works and tasks involved within the lab. The Sample Handler will be managing products/samples which at times can be extremely confidential and must act with the utmost integrity at all times in order to protect customer proprietary information and maintain the UL Solutions chain of sample custody.
Responsibilities
A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions (NYSE: ULS) transforms safety, security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 110 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers’ product innovation and business growth. The UL Mark serves as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers’ products and reflects an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains, and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future. Our science is your advantage.
About The Team
From life jackets to lawnmowers, toys to televisions, beauty and wellness, vitamins and supplements, we’re involved in almost every consumer product you can imagine. We work with some of the largest retailers in the world, performing market surveillance, auditing and inspecting the products we put in and on our bodies. We help customers ensure that not only are their products themselves safe, but their supply chains are using ethically and sustainably sourced materials. We build close relationships, providing advice and expertise to help them deliver safer products that meet the latest requirements and manufacture them fairly. Join our team and make your mark on products that shape people’s lives.
Under direct supervision, the Sample Handler is responsible for tracking all customer samples according to the required quality standard process. They must obtain an understanding of how the lab works and tasks involved within the lab. The Sample Handler will be managing products/samples which at times can be extremely confidential and must act with the utmost integrity at all times in order to protect customer proprietary information and maintain the UL Solutions chain of sample custody.
Responsibilities
- Management of samples from receiving, internal distribution through lab testing to dispatch dispositioning using database software and basic Microsoft programs such as MS Word and Excel.
- Checking samples against sample requirement and raising any issues to Project team.
- Ensure samples are managed within quality process and in compliance with according the UL Quality and accreditation process requirements.
- Working with teams to ensure samples are ready and available for test start internal customers and stored in the correct location.
- Communicating and guiding internal customers on sample return via phone and email.
- Support laboratory, engineering and shipping/receiving teams.
- May also be responsible for maintenance of the warehouse.
- Integrates continuous improvement concepts and techniques into all aspects of the job.
- Assist and trains staff as directed.
- May assist leadership in the development of training as necessary.
- May develop or assist in the creation of reports and metrics as necessary.
- Maintain an organized, safe, clean and productive work area.
- Conducts periodic inventories of sample storage areas.
- Reports any lost, missing or damaged samples and assists in the research and resolution.
- Read and follow the Underwriters Laboratories Code of Conduct and follow all physical and digital security practices.
- Other duties as assigned.
- High school diploma or GED equivalency. Ability to operate equipment associated with material handling which may include forklift operation.
- Ability to use Microsoft Outlook and Excel.
- Ability to work with hand and small power tools such as saws and drills in a safe manner.
- Physical demands include, but are not limited to, standing, reaching, stooping/bending, walking and lifting/carrying objects up to 60 lbs. Strong verbal and written communication skills.
A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions (NYSE: ULS) transforms safety, security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 110 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers’ product innovation and business growth. The UL Mark serves as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers’ products and reflects an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains, and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future. Our science is your advantage.
About The Team
From life jackets to lawnmowers, toys to televisions, beauty and wellness, vitamins and supplements, we’re involved in almost every consumer product you can imagine. We work with some of the largest retailers in the world, performing market surveillance, auditing and inspecting the products we put in and on our bodies. We help customers ensure that not only are their products themselves safe, but their supply chains are using ethically and sustainably sourced materials. We build close relationships, providing advice and expertise to help them deliver safer products that meet the latest requirements and manufacture them fairly. Join our team and make your mark on products that shape people’s lives.