Lead Shipping Associate

About The Position

Are you a pro at all things picking, packing, and shipping? As our Shipping Lead, you’ll ensure all shipments leaving our distribution center are accurate and timely. You will partner with the Shipping Supervisor to manage picking, staging, repalletizing, verifying, wrapping, weighing, dimensioning, labeling, carrier selection, scheduling pickups, and tracking. Our construction jobsites across the country rely on the distribution center to get the building materials they need—making your role essential to meeting timelines, budgets, and customer satisfaction. Sound like an opportunity you’d be interested in? Apply to Power Design today!

Position Responsibilities

• Take the lead when the Shipping Supervisor is out and assist with daily shipping operations.
• Maintain a safe working environment by ensuring staff wear required PPE and follow safety protocols at all times.
• Hold self and team accountable for getting all outbound orders to jobsites accurately and on time.
• Prioritize pick waves to ensure the most urgent orders are picked first.
• Manage the staging process so each staging area contains the correct items for a single order and project.
• Oversee repalletization to pack pallets efficiently and minimize freight costs.
• Led verification and quality control to confirm picked parts and quantities match each order exactly.
• Direct staff to shrink-wrap, weigh, dimension, and label pallets accurately.
• Compare freight quotes and select carriers based on cost, delivery time, and jobsite requirements.
• Book carrier pickups and ensure the correct orders are loaded onto the correct trucks.
• Enter tracking information into the system and respond quickly to tracking questions.
• Research lost or damaged freight and process freight claims as required.
• Communicate proactively with project managers when a shipment may have an issue.
• Affiliate with shipping processes including picking items, staging pallets by project, repalletizing, inspecting contents, weighing, measuring, wrapping, and loading shipments in prioritized order.
• Safely operate power industrial trucks such as forklifts, order pickers, electric pallet jacks, stackers, and scissor lifts at work heights up to 40 feet (training and certification provided).
• Utilize software such as Microsoft Outlook and Deposco Warehouse Management System (WMS).
• Respond to emails and phone calls quickly and follow up persistently until issues are resolved.
• Inventory and replenish shipping supplies to prevent stockouts.
• Train team members to operate heavy machinery including standup forklifts, picker lifts, reach trucks, and ride-on pallet jacks.
• Maintain data accuracy in the warehouse management system and correct issues promptly.
• Take pride in maintaining an exceptionally clean and organized warehouse.

What We're Looking For

• At least 2 years of experience leading a warehouse shipping department.
• High school diploma, GED, or equivalent required.
• Standup forklift certification preferred.
• Intermediate computer skills including Microsoft Outlook and Excel.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to read and interpret long and complex part numbers.
• Strong math skills including counting, addition, subtraction, and multiplication.
• Friendly, helpful attitude with strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills.
• Willingness to stay as long as needed to complete work during volume spikes.
• Reliable transportation to arrive to work on time.
• Demonstrate and uphold Power Design’s core values: integrity, accountability, teamwork, innovation, and growth.

About Us

Power Design is a National Design Build Contractor, focused on innovative construction across multiple trades: electrical, mechanical, plumbing, and systems technologies. Since 1989, we’ve disrupted the industry by putting next-generation ideas to powerful, practical use because we care. We design breakthrough solutions that push the limits of what’s possible by harnessing the collaborative power of our teams to elevate experiences and empower the communities where we live and work. In an industry that tends to look back, we’re building better by staying grounded in our values, dedicated to our unique culture, and supportive of work-life balance – making us built to last. By investing in our people and doing things differently, we’re designing what’s next. To learn more, visit www.powerdesigninc.us.