Material Handler

What We Do

Aspen is a technology leader in sustainability and electrification solutions. The company's aerogel technology enables its customers and partners to achieve their own objectives around the global megatrends of resource efficiency, e‑mobility, and clean energy. Aspen's Pyro Thin® products enable solutions to thermal runaway challenges within the electric vehicle ("EV") market. The Company's Cryogel® and Pyrogel® products are valued by the world's largest energy infrastructure companies.

Aspen's strategy is to partner with world‑class industry leaders to leverage its Aerogel Technology Platform® into additional high‑value markets. Aspen is headquartered in Northborough, Mass.

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Based at our distribution warehouse near our East Providence plant, the material handler supports the shipping and receiving function by staging finished goods and raw materials into designated areas for prompt identification and shipment of customer orders in a safe and orderly manner. Responsible for ensuring raw materials are received and shipped based on incoming delivery and production schedules.

• Assist in the unloading of finished goods being delivered from the production plant
  • Receive material with a mobile scanning device as it is offloaded from truck onto warehouse floor
  • Escalate any issues identified during material offload to the supervisor
  • Review the weekly shipment schedule to identify required placement of product in either inventory or staging locations
  • Verify items, descriptions, and quantities noted on the schedule are accurate compared to goods being staged for shipment
• Verify transaction accuracy and perform inventory transactions
  • Scan material into locations, verifying transaction accuracy in real time
  • Perform inventory transactions (transfers, conversions) in Dynamics WMS
  • Build crated orders by customer requests as noted on the schedule
• Finished goods material movement
  • Ensure materials are moved into designated storage areas as outlined on signage or maps throughout the warehouse
  • Routinely identify material staged in the wrong area, and move it
  • Evaluate the warehouse floor layout and make changes as required
• Loading of finished good shipments to customers
  • Communicate with the supervisor to identify shipments based on final destination
  • Perform visual inspection of a container/trailer prior to loading finished goods to ensure no visible product or safety issues exist
  • Sweep outbound trailer for dust and debris and run a magnetic trailer cleaning device over the entire trailer/container floor
  • Adhere to maximum loading allowances of containers and trucks as directed by the Logistics Coordinator
• Storage and housekeeping
  • Store material in an organized manner for ease of access, identification, and inventory reconciliation
  • Investigate the root cause of inventory discrepancies
  • Perform routine cycle counts, as well as quarter‑end and year‑end financial physical inventory
  • Clearly identify and separate finished and non‑conforming (NCO) goods to ensure NCO is never shipped to a customer unless directed by management
  • Routinely clean the warehouse space and ensure it is free from clutter and debris
  • Store crating and other raw materials in designated areas
• Other duties
  • Communicate with the relieving counterpart to report any issues experienced during shift rotation (customer orders, inventory, safety/housekeeping, etc.)
  • Take directions from the Distribution Coordinator and Logistics Coordinator daily
  • Secure the building (alarm, lighting, lock‑up) at the end of shift
  • Communicate with internal staff on visible issues, if any, of finished goods or other products received, reporting major issues to management as needed

• Safety – safe performance of duties and safe behaviour in general
• Timely, accurate and safe performance of all job responsibilities
• Effective organization as observed by supervisor or manager
• Positive attitude, teamwork, interpersonal behaviour and other specific criteria as determined by policy, supervisor or manager
• Ability to solve problems quickly and prioritise daily tasks…