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Job Title: Material Handler
Location: WMFTS - USA - Supply - Devens, MA
Location Type: On-Site
Website: https://www.wmfts.com/en/
Group: https://www.spiraxgroup.com/
When you join Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions, a part of the Spirax Group, you will be integrated into a cooperative and encouraging team, participate in challenging yet critical work, and experience ongoing growth opportunities to help you achieve your full potential. Visit our website to learn more.
This Role Will Focus On
Who We Are
Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions is part of Spirax Group, a FTSE100 and FTSE4Good multi-national industrial engineering Group with expertise in the control and management of steam, electric thermal solutions, peristaltic pumping and associated fluid technologies.
When you join us, you will be integrated into a cooperative and encouraging team, participate in challenging yet critical work, and experience ongoing growth opportunities to help you achieve your full potential. Visit our website to learn more.
Role Summary
The Material Handler plays a critical role in supporting smooth warehouse and production operations at WMFTS, part of the Spirax Group. This position is responsible for the safe, accurate, and efficient movement of materials throughout our 30,000 sq. ft. facility. You will support the full material flow cycle including receiving, put-away, staging, Kanban replenishment, and cycle counting while strictly adhering to WMFTS quality, safety, and compliance standards.
As our Material Handler, you are someone who takes pride in keeping operations running seamlessly. You enjoy working efficiently, staying active throughout the day, and ensuring materials are in the right place at the right time. You are dependable, detail-oriented, and thrive in a fast-paced environment where accuracy and teamwork matter.
What You’ll Be Doing
All levels of the organisation.
This is what you’ll need to be successful in this role
At Watson-Marlow, we believe in taking care of our colleagues. We offer a generous benefits package, including:
We are passionate about creating inclusive and equitable working cultures where everyone can be themselves and achieve their full potential. For us, that means supportive teams and strong relationships where everyone’s contribution is valued across social and cultural backgrounds, ethnicities, ages, genders, gender identities, abilities, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, and everything else that makes us human and unique.
We know that everyone needs some extra help from time to time, so we have introduced a range of additional benefits through our Group Inclusion Commitments. Learn more at Our Inclusion Commitments .
Equal Opportunity Employer
Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or other protected characteristics as outlined by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.
Company Overview
At Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions, we are driven by innovation and are dedicated to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is empowered to make a difference. As a world leader in manufacturing peristaltic pumps and associated fluid path technologies for the life sciences and process industries, we offer a wide range of products, including tubing, specialised filling systems and products for single-use applications.
Watson-Marlow is part of Spirax Group, a FTSE100 and FTSE4Good multi-national industrial engineering Group with expertise in the control and management of steam, electric thermal solutions, peristaltic pumping and associated fluid technologies.
Our purpose is to create sustainable value for all our stakeholders as we engineer a more efficient, safer and sustainable world. Our technologies play an essential role in critical industrial processes and industrial equipment across industries as diverse as Food & Beverage, Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology, Power Generation, Semiconductors and Healthcare. With customers in 165 countries, we provide the solutions that sit behind the production of many items used in daily life, from baked beans to mobile phones!
Our inclusive culture and values, unites us, guides our decisions and inspires us everywhere that we operate. We support our colleagues to make their difference for each other as well as customers, communities, suppliers, our planet and shareholders by creating a truly equitable working environment where everyone feels included.
Location: WMFTS - USA - Supply - Devens, MA
Location Type: On-Site
Website: https://www.wmfts.com/en/
Group: https://www.spiraxgroup.com/
When you join Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions, a part of the Spirax Group, you will be integrated into a cooperative and encouraging team, participate in challenging yet critical work, and experience ongoing growth opportunities to help you achieve your full potential. Visit our website to learn more.
This Role Will Focus On
Who We Are
Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions is part of Spirax Group, a FTSE100 and FTSE4Good multi-national industrial engineering Group with expertise in the control and management of steam, electric thermal solutions, peristaltic pumping and associated fluid technologies.
When you join us, you will be integrated into a cooperative and encouraging team, participate in challenging yet critical work, and experience ongoing growth opportunities to help you achieve your full potential. Visit our website to learn more.
Role Summary
The Material Handler plays a critical role in supporting smooth warehouse and production operations at WMFTS, part of the Spirax Group. This position is responsible for the safe, accurate, and efficient movement of materials throughout our 30,000 sq. ft. facility. You will support the full material flow cycle including receiving, put-away, staging, Kanban replenishment, and cycle counting while strictly adhering to WMFTS quality, safety, and compliance standards.
As our Material Handler, you are someone who takes pride in keeping operations running seamlessly. You enjoy working efficiently, staying active throughout the day, and ensuring materials are in the right place at the right time. You are dependable, detail-oriented, and thrive in a fast-paced environment where accuracy and teamwork matter.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Perform daily/weekly cycle counts based on the Devens schedule.
- Investigate and document discrepancies with clear comments.
- Support inventory audits and participate in root cause analysis when required.
- Move materials between Warehouse, Production, QA, Engineering, and Pump Department.
- Complete AX transfer transactions to ensure full traceability.
- Move materials safely to assigned aisles, racks, and bins.
- Follow FIFO/FEFO requirements for lot‑controlled products.
- Ensure all materials are properly labelled, organized, and stored securely.
- Complete AX location updates in real time to maintain inventory accuracy.
- Pick materials for production orders and work orders.
- Scan all items to ensure inventory accuracy and traceability.
- Stage materials in designated production lanes and communicate completion
- Other duties as assigned.
All levels of the organisation.
This is what you’ll need to be successful in this role
- High school diploma or equivalent required.
- 1–3 years of material handling or warehouse experience preferred.
- Experience with AX or similar ERP systems is a strong plus.
- Ability to lift up to 50 lbs. and stand/walk for extended periods.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast‑paced environment.
- Forklift certification preferred (WMFTS training available onsite).
- Reliable attendance and strong communication skills.
At Watson-Marlow, we believe in taking care of our colleagues. We offer a generous benefits package, including:
- Robust Retirement Plan: Benefit from a 5% employer 401K contribution, plus a 50% match on up to 3% of your contributions for added financial security, empowering your financial security.
- Comprehensive and Supportive Parental Leave: Experience our inclusive, gender-neutral parental leave policy, offering 16 weeks at 100% pay. Upon your return, enjoy a gradual transition with a unique 80% work schedule while still receiving 100% of your pay for the first 6 months, ensuring a balanced reintegration into the workplace.
- Generous Time Off: Enjoy ample time off to recharge and attend to life's circumstances with generous vacation and well-being day, 9 observed holidays, 1 floating holiday day, up to 15 caregiver days, and 80 hours of annual sick leave.
- Community Engagement Opportunities: Make a difference with 3 paid volunteer days each year, encouraging you to give back to the community and causes you care about.
- And Many More Benefits: Such as an offering of 3 healthcare plans with HSA contributions along with other benefits designed to support your well-being and professional growth. We invite you to explore all the ways we strive to create a fulfilling and rewarding work environment.
We are passionate about creating inclusive and equitable working cultures where everyone can be themselves and achieve their full potential. For us, that means supportive teams and strong relationships where everyone’s contribution is valued across social and cultural backgrounds, ethnicities, ages, genders, gender identities, abilities, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, and everything else that makes us human and unique.
We know that everyone needs some extra help from time to time, so we have introduced a range of additional benefits through our Group Inclusion Commitments. Learn more at Our Inclusion Commitments .
Equal Opportunity Employer
Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or other protected characteristics as outlined by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.
Company Overview
At Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions, we are driven by innovation and are dedicated to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is empowered to make a difference. As a world leader in manufacturing peristaltic pumps and associated fluid path technologies for the life sciences and process industries, we offer a wide range of products, including tubing, specialised filling systems and products for single-use applications.
Watson-Marlow is part of Spirax Group, a FTSE100 and FTSE4Good multi-national industrial engineering Group with expertise in the control and management of steam, electric thermal solutions, peristaltic pumping and associated fluid technologies.
Our purpose is to create sustainable value for all our stakeholders as we engineer a more efficient, safer and sustainable world. Our technologies play an essential role in critical industrial processes and industrial equipment across industries as diverse as Food & Beverage, Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology, Power Generation, Semiconductors and Healthcare. With customers in 165 countries, we provide the solutions that sit behind the production of many items used in daily life, from baked beans to mobile phones!
Our inclusive culture and values, unites us, guides our decisions and inspires us everywhere that we operate. We support our colleagues to make their difference for each other as well as customers, communities, suppliers, our planet and shareholders by creating a truly equitable working environment where everyone feels included.