Crating Clerk

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Construct, assemble, and modify wooden crates, skids, pallets, and other protective packaging for finished products and materials in accordance with customer specifications and shipping requirements.
• Prepare products for shipment by measuring, packaging, bracing, banding, labeling, and verifying materials to ensure safe and damage-free transportation.
• Review work orders, packing lists, shipping documents, and product specifications to ensure shipment accuracy and completeness.
• Inspect completed crates and packaged products for quality, accuracy, and compliance with shipping standards.
• Stage, load, and secure shipments for domestic and international transportation as required.
• Maintain inventory accuracy through proper material identification, handling, documentation, and participation in cycle counts and annual physical inventories.
• Safely operate hand tools, power tools, stretch-wrap machines, banding equipment, forklifts, pallet jacks, and other material handling equipment as authorized.
• Identify opportunities to improve packaging methods, reduce waste, increase efficiency, and support continuous improvement initiatives.
• Report damaged materials, packaging concerns, inventory discrepancies, or shipment issues to supervision and assist in resolving problems.
• Maintain a clean, organized, and safe work environment while adhering to all company safety policies and procedures.
• Collaborate with Shipping, Production, Warehouse, Quality, and Customer Service teams to support operational goals and on-time customer deliveries.
• Provide support for additional warehouse, shipping, inventory, and manufacturing activities as business needs require, including overtime when necessary.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Vocational training or related manufacturing, shipping, or warehouse experience preferred.
• Experience in manufacturing, shipping, warehouse, packaging, or crating operations preferred.
• Experience operating forklifts and material handling equipment preferred.
• Experience reading work orders, packing lists, and shipping documentation preferred.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Ability to safely use hand tools, measuring devices, and packaging equipment.
• Basic mathematical skills, including measuring and calculating dimensions.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.
• Ability to follow written and verbal instructions.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Good communication and problem-solving abilities.
• Basic computer skills and familiarity with shipping or ERP systems preferred.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to lift, push, pull, and carry up to 50 pounds regularly and up to 75 pounds with assistance.
• Ability to stand, walk, bend, kneel, stoop, and reach throughout the workday.
• Ability to use hand and power tools frequently.
• Ability to work in a manufacturing and warehouse environment with varying temperatures, noise levels, and conditions.
• Ability to safely operate material handling equipment when authorized.

Core Competencies

• Safety Awareness
• Attention to Detail
• Accountability
• Reliability
• Teamwork & Collaboration
• Customer Focus
• Quality Orientation
• Organization & Planning
• Problem Solving
• Adaptability
• Communication
• Continuous Improvement