Warehouse Associate - Aflex

Job Title: Warehouse Associate - Aflex

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.

Role Summary

This role will focus on:

We are looking for a dependable and detail-focused Warehouse Associate to support our Aflex operations team. In this role, you will play an important part in ensuring materials, components, and finished products are received, stored, picked, packed, and shipped accurately and efficiently.

Your work will directly support production flow, inventory accuracy, customer satisfaction, and on-time delivery. You will help ensure that the right materials are available at the right time, that inventory is handled with care, and that warehouse activities are completed safely and in line with standard operating procedures.

This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys hands-on work, takes pride in accuracy, and understands the importance of teamwork in a fast-paced warehouse and manufacturing environment. As a Warehouse Associate, you will work closely with warehouse, assembly, production, quality, and shipping teams to support a smooth and efficient flow of product through the business.

What You’ll Be Doing

• You will ensure finished hose assemblies meet Aflex and customer quality standards before release and shipment.
• You will follow all safety standards, procedures, and guidelines when handling materials, tools, equipment, and warehouse vehicles to help maintain a safe working environment.
• You will store and organize products, components, fittings, and materials in designated warehouse locations to support inventory accuracy and efficient use of space.
• You will pick materials and components for customer orders and production requirements using pick lists, work orders, or system-generated instructions.
• You will prepare items for shipment by packing products securely, labeling packages accurately, and following customer or internal packing requirements.
• You will perform quality checks on materials, components, and finished products to help ensure they meet order requirements before shipment or movement to the next process.
• You will support inventory accuracy by participating in cycle counts, identifying discrepancies, reporting issues, and helping maintain accurate inventory records.
• You will operate warehouse equipment such as forklifts, pallet jacks, hand trucks, and other material-handling equipment safely and efficiently.
• You will operate laser etching equipment to mark fittings and components in line with customer, product, or internal specifications.
• You will complete documentation related to receiving, shipping, picking, packing, inventory, and material movement accurately and on time.
• You will update systems or records as required to support traceability, inventory control, and order status visibility.
• You will work closely with warehouse team members, Manufacturing technicians, supervisors, and other departments to support smooth day-to-day operations.
• You will identify material, inventory, quality, or process concerns and communicate them clearly to the appropriate team members.
• You will help maintain a clean, organized, and efficient warehouse environment by supporting 5S standards and good housekeeping practices.
• You will contribute to continuous improvement by sharing ideas, identifying waste, and helping improve warehouse processes.
• You will remain flexible and support other warehouse or production-related tasks as needed to help meet business and customer needs.
• Other duties as assigned.
  
  

Who You’ll Be Working With

• In this role, you will work closely with internal teams across the business to help ensure materials and products move accurately, safely, and on time. This role requires strong day-to-day collaboration to support inventory accuracy, production flow, and customer delivery.
• You will be working with: Warehouse Operatives / Warehouse Associates Manufacturing Technicians Test and Pack Technicians Quality team members Production leadership
• Planning and customer support teams, when needed
• Site leadership, when issues need to be escalated
• External interaction will be limited, but your work will directly support customer requirements by ensuring products are picked, packed, stored, documented, and shipped accurately.
  
  

This is what you’ll need to be successful in this role

• You will need to bring strong attention to detail and a high level of accuracy when handling inventory, picking orders,
• packing products, and completing documentation.
• You will need to be comfortable working in a hands-on warehouse, manufacturing, logistics, distribution, or similar operational environment.
• You will need to have experience following written procedures, work instructions, safety standards, or standard operating processes in a structured work environment.
• You will need to be able to work safely in an active warehouse and manufacturing environment, including standing for extended periods and handling materials as required by the role.
• You will need to be able to lift, carry, move, and organize materials safely, using proper equipment and safe working practices.
• You will need to have good communication skills and be able to work effectively with colleagues across warehouse, production, quality, and operations teams.
• You will need to be able to manage your time, stay organized, and maintain accuracy while working to daily priorities and deadlines.
• You will need to be comfortable using warehouse equipment such as forklifts, pallet jacks, hand trucks, or similar material-handling equipment.
• You will need to be comfortable using systems, scanners, or digital tools to update inventory, record material movement, and maintain accurate warehouse records.
• You will need a practical, team-focused mindset with the ability to stay flexible and support changing business needs.
• You will need to understand the importance of inventory accuracy, traceability, order fulfillment, and on-time delivery.
• High school diploma or equivalent preferred
  
  

Nice to have

• Experience working in a warehouse, logistics, manufacturing, shipping, receiving, or inventory control role.
• Experience operating forklifts, pallet jacks, hand trucks, or similar warehouse equipment.
• Familiarity with ERP systems, warehouse management systems, or production tracking systems such as AX.
• Experience with cycle counting, inventory reconciliation, material handling, or order picking.
• Experience working with laser etching, product marking, labeling, or traceability requirements.
• Exposure to customer-specification-driven or high-quality manufacturing environments.
• Forklift certification or willingness to become certified.
  
  

This position offers a salary range of (USD 20.00 - 24.00 Hourly). Final salary offers are determined by multiple factors, including education, experience, internal equity, geographic location, and the candidate’s expertise, and therefore may vary from the range listed. For roles based outside Massachusetts, the applicable salary range may be lower.

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.
• Fertility Assistant Program: Fertility Benefits to support you on your journey to building a family. It may include IVF, genetic testing, and other fertility-related services.
• 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.
  
  

Everyone is Included at Spirax Group

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.