Material Handler
Novanta
Material Handler
Novanta
Provides core photonics for medical tech
Build a career powered by innovations that matter! At Novanta, our innovations power technology products that are transforming healthcare and advanced manufacturing—improving productivity, enhancing people’s lives and redefining what’s possible. We create for our global customers engineered components and sub-systems that deliver extreme precision and performance for a range of mission-critical applications—from minimally invasive surgery to robotics to 3D metal printing.
Novanta is one global team with over 26 offices located in The Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Looking for a great place to work? You have found it with a culture that embraces teamwork, collaboration and empowerment. Come explore Novanta.
Summary
This job is responsible for performing routine and non-routine tasks involved in the shipment of materials, supplies, and equipment.
Primary Responsibilities
Package product for shipment as required.
Monitor and manage shipping supplies; prepare purchase requisitions to replenish supplies as needed.
Perform data entry on computer.
Monitor bin inventory levels in shipping areas and replenish as necessary.
Operate from established procedures. Maintain an ongoing updated Log Book for BOMs an drawings.
Job encounters regular and recurring work situations. Contacts are made on own initiative with other departments and/or carriers concerning matters requiring explanation, discussion, interpretation, or approval.
Perform other related duties as assigned.
Contributes to team effort.
General Tasks
Strict compliance with the quality, occupational safety and environmental regulations.
Implementation of the instructions of the quality / environmental management representative and the occupational safety specialist.
Required Experience, Education, Skills, Training and Competencies
High School education or equivalent reading, writing, and math ability.
Less than 1 year of experience.
Previous warehouse experience is a plus.
Travel Requirements
None
Physical Requirements
Ability to lift and carry items up to 50 lbs in weight on a semi-repetitive basis.
Compensation and Benefits
The base pay for this position ranges from $19 up to $22 depending on the geographic market.
Novanta is proud to be an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action workplace. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, military and veteran status, disability, genetics, or any other category protected by federal law or Novanta policy.
Please call +1 781-266-5700 if you need a disability accommodation for any part of the employment process.
Novanta designs and supplies core technology platforms for precision photonics used in medical devices and advanced industrial equipment. Its products are components and subsystems—such as lasers, optics, sensors, and imaging hardware—that OEMs integrate into their own machines. Unlike companies that sell end-user devices, Novanta focuses on providing the underlying photonics technology that OEMs build into products, enabling reliable performance and scalable manufacturing. The company differentiates itself through deep specialization in photonics and by growing through acquisitions, aligning its portfolio toward medical technology and precision industrial markets. Its goal is steady, long‑term growth by delivering proven core technologies that help customers develop better medical devices and industrial solutions.
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