Facility Support Specialist II (Poolesville, MD, US, 20837)

Job Summary:

We are seeking an Facility Support Specialist II to join our Insourcing Solutions team, located in Poolesville, MD.

As the Facility Support Specialist II, you will be responsible for the receipt, storage, and distribution of supplies so that inventories are maintained and all supplies are distributed to the proper facilities in an effective and efficient manner as needed to satisfy the requirements of both internal and external customers. 

Additional responsibilities include:

• Reviews, comprehends and complies with all SOP's and quality assurance standards pertaining to specific area.
• Operates equipment and uses supplies according to safety guidelines; performs general housekeeping and adheres to safety procedures.
• Maintains consistent practice of general company and safety policies and procedures and MSDS guidelines, including those related to biohazards and radioactive substances.  Performs all duties in compliance with local, state, and federal regulations.
• Receiving deliveries at the facilities loading docks.
• Assisting with maintaining inventory of caging and supplies to ensure accurate ordering and first use of supplies.
• Distributes equipment, general supplies, as well as, feed and bedding to appropriate areas of the facility: Verifies count, condition and identity of all items received and match against order / purchase request forms. Ensures items are free of damage or contamination and insures that perishable/dated materials and mill dates are within acceptable parameters to ensure items are used prior to expiration date.
• Decontaminates supplies as appropriate before admission to the animal facility. Transport supplies and equipment to designated storage areas.

Other responsibilities:

• Submits packing slips within 24 hours of receipt and provides reports/information to the facility manager as requested.
• Ensures that feed and bedding stock are rotated so that oldest items are used first and before expiration date.
• Maintains a neat and orderly receiving area. Provides housekeeping services for the Loading Dock/Receiving Bay.
• Assisting with maintaining inventory of caging and supplies to ensure accurate ordering and first use of supplies
• Assisting with facilities and caging preventative and as needed maintenance
• Operates heavy equipment (e.g. pallet jacks, dock lifts, hand trucks, etc.).
• Prepares and submits required written records, charts, logs and inventories.
• Actively interacts with customers as required to resolve customer requests, inquiries, and complaints and to provide technical assistance.
• Maintains required attendance level and adherence to work schedule in accordance with required staffing levels in order to ensure that assigned duties are completed.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Job Qualifications:

Candidate must possess at least one of the following combinations of education and experience:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) required.
• Experience in a comparable industrial, maintenance, or warehouse environment
• One (1) year experience in a laboratory animal facility. 
• Certification/Licensure: None required.

The pay for this position is $26.00 USD per hour. 

Additonal requirements:

• Must be a self-starter and able to manage time and operational flow independently of constant instruction.
• Must be able to follow verbal and written instructions and exhibit interpersonal skills that are conducive to effective communication and that contribute to a congenial work environment.
• Maintain positive work atmosphere by behaving and communicating in a professional manner with clients, customers, coworkers, and supervisors.
• Experience or working knowledge of supplies and equipment typically used in an animal facility preferred.
• Experience with heavy equipment preferred.
• Basic computer literacy in word processing and database record keeping preferred (MS Office: Outlook - email and calendar, Excel and Word).
• Ability to read, write, speak and understand English well enough to communicate effectively with investigators and other staff members on a daily basis.
• Ability to take on new tasks and perform daily routines with minimal supervision.

Physical demands:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and reach with hands and arms.  Regularly lifts bedding material and feed bags to stack storage containers. The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls.  The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.  The employee is occasionally required to type at a computer or typewriter.
• The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally move large bags of bedding or pallets of materials up to 500 pounds with the help of others or mechanical lifts.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work environment:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently works near moving mechanical parts; is exposed to laboratory animal caging of various species including mice, rats, and other rodents, rabbits and amphibians, and possibly other species, is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, biohazard materials and risk of electrical shock.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.