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We provide expert, sustainable solutions in records and information management, digital transformation services, data centers, asset lifecycle management, and fine art storage, handling, and logistics. We proudly partner every day with our 225,000 customers around the world to preserve their invaluable artifacts, extract more from their inventory, and protect their data privacy in innovative and socially responsible ways.
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Iron Mountain is seeking a motivated Lead Material Handler to join our Government Solutions team. In this role, you will be responsible for the end-to-end processing and storage of clinical materials, providing guidance to team members to ensure daily productivity and quality standards are met while maintaining a T1 Investigation clearance
What You’ll Do In this role, you will:
Execute Complex Logistics: Process, inventory, and archive microscopic slides, paraffin blocks, and formalin-fixed tissues, ensuring accurate identification and distribution according to Defense Supply System regulations.
Lead and Mentor: Act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for specimen relocations, training team members across various functions and examining work for strict compliance with organizational policies.
Optimize Operations: Conduct comprehensive audits of repository files and maintain automated supply systems to ensure efficient space usage and timely preservation of materials.
What You’ll Bring The ideal candidate will have:
3-5 years of experience in material processing, inventory management, or a related clinical logistics field.
Strong knowledge of medical/pharmaceutical terminology, Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations, and supply automation systems.
Proven ability in team training, operational quality assurance, and the handling of specialized clinical materials.
High School Diploma or GED or equivalent.
Active T1 Investigation clearance.
What We Offer
Compensation: $24.50
Location: In-Person 606 Stephen Sitter Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Two weeks - paid time off/ holidays
Comprehensive health, wellness, and retirement plans.
Opportunities for continuous learning and professional growth.
Reasonably expected salary range: $46,800.00 - $58,500.00
Please note that an employee's starting salary may vary based on a variety of factors. Where State, Municipal, Provincial, Territorial or other legal minimum wages exceed the federal minimum wage, employees are entitled to the higher rate.
Category: Operations Group
In the era of AI, your data is your advantage. Yet too often it remains untapped: disconnected from systems, underutilized, untrained, and exposed to risk. Iron Mountain is the trusted partner for organizations of all sizes to unlock what’s possible, transforming information into intelligence and assets into advantage.
How? By seamlessly managing digital and physical assets of all kinds across their lifecycle—making them visible, secure, accessible, and AI-ready. From payments to pathology, mortgages to media, fine art to IT, we’ve helped more than 240,000 customers around the world, including 95% of the Fortune 1000, unlock more value from what’s already within reach. All with unparalleled security, governance, and sustainability at every step.
What can we unlock together?
