Shipping and Receiving Associate - Newport News
for headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content.
We need to parse the posting.
Key info:
- Work Schedule: Monday - Friday Hours: 6:00 AM - 2:30 PM; ability to work weekends, holidays, and overtime as needed.
- Rate: $18.50 - $20 per hour
- Why You Will Love Working At Maola® ... includes description about company, benefits: competitive pay and a comprehensive benefits package, including Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k) with employer match, Life Insurance, paid time off, and more—available within your first month.
- Summary: The shipping & receiving employees will prepare orders for shipment, complete all paperwork and ensure accuracy of the order to ship. Duties include but are not limited to receiving in, storing and distributing all deliveries, as well as stock and restocking items in their proper locations as needed. Employees will pick customer orders per pick ticket and ensure the accuracy of selected items and quantities. Safety, organizational and housekeeping responsibilities are encompassed in the position. The employee will also follow all Food Safety rules and procedures pertaining to this job as outlined in the training program.
- Then "Essential Duties And Responsibilities" with a long list of duties.
- Then "Basic Requirements": High School Diploma, GED, or International Education Equivalent; Warehouse experience preferred; Ability to add, subtract, two-digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's.
- Then "COMPETENCIES": list of competencies (Communication, Accountability, Problem Solving, Customer Focused, Initiative, Collaboration). Those could be considered Skills.
- Then "PHYSICAL DEMANDS": description.
- Then "WORK ENVIRONMENT": description.
- Then company description.
- Then EEO statement (remove boilerplate).
We need to produce sections: About the role (maybe summary), Responsibilities (duties), Requirements (basic requirements), Qualifications (maybe education?), Skills (competencies), Benefits (benefits package), Pay (rate), Schedule (work schedule). Ensure we only include sections with real content.
We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID.
We must not include boilerplate like EEO.
We must not include navigation etc.
We must preserve all substantive info.
We need to format using for each section heading, then content: either
for prose, or
- for lists. We need to decide what goes where. About the role: Could be the summary paragraph about shipping & receiving employees preparing orders etc. Or the company description? Usually "About the role" is a brief description of the job. We'll use the summary paragraph: "The shipping & receiving employees will prepare orders for shipment, complete all paperwork and ensure accuracy of the order to ship. Duties include but are not limited to receiving in, storing and distributing all deliveries, as well as stock and restocking items in their proper locations as needed. Employees will pick customer orders per pick ticket and ensure the accuracy of selected items and quantities. Safety, organizational and housekeeping responsibilities are encompassed in the position. The employee will also follow all Food Safety rules and procedures pertaining to this job as outlined in the training program." Responsibilities: The essential duties list (the long list). We'll turn each bullet into
- . The list includes many items; we need to preserve all. We'll extract each duty sentence.
Let's list them from the "Essential Duties And Responsibilities" section:
- Unload delivery trucks using a pallet jack or other warehouse
- Receive in delivered product and label appropriately for easy
- Put away materials and components for storage and/or
- Prepare orders for shipment per pick-ticket using a powered pallet jack ensuring accuracy of the shipment and associated shipping documents.
- Operate and inspect material handling equipment in a safe
- Will review inbound shipments and verify items and quantities before taking delivery, signing BOL’s and receiving
- Will make notation of discrepancies and alert management.
- Stock and restocking of items in their proper locations in the warehouses as
- Load and unload trucks as
- Verify inventory counts and physical inventory as
- Move materials in and out of work areas and the warehouse as
- Alert management of out of stock or low stock levels as
- Identify and label boxes, packages, and products as instructed by the picking information, your manager or lead person.
- Always maintaining your work area in a clean and organized fashion.
- Report any inefficient or unsafe conditions to management upon discovery of the
- Complete all paperwork accurately as instructed by your manager and lead-
- Perform all work using safety equipment as instructed while obeying all safety rules and
- Must be able to work overtime without notice involving critical shipments and as scheduled by management.
- Fill out and turn into supervisor all paperwork and documents pertaining to shipping and receiving
- Additional duties may be assigned.
Some sentences are fragmented due to OCR; but we must preserve as is. We'll keep them.
Requirements: Basic Requirements: High School Diploma, General Education Degree (GED), or International Education Equivalent; Warehouse experience preferred; Ability to add, subtract, two-digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's.
Qualifications: Could be same as requirements? Usually qualifications separate. But we have no separate qualifications besides requirements. Could combine? The instruction says use headings only when posting has real specific content. We have content for Requirements (basic requirements). For Qualifications maybe we could put education? But we already have education in requirements. Might be redundant. Better to have Requirements include education and experience; Skills for competencies; Qualifications maybe not needed. But we could still include Qualifications if we have something like "Ability to work overtime" etc. However that is more like requirement. Let's keep Qualifications empty? Not allowed. So we will not include Qualifications heading.
Skills: Competencies list: Communication, Accountability, Problem-Solving, Customer Focused, Initiative, Collaboration. Each with description. We'll make a list.
Benefits: "competitive pay and a comprehensive benefits package, including Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k) with employer match, Life Insurance, paid time off, and more—available within your first month." Also maybe mention "competitive pay" but pay is separate. We'll list benefits.
Pay: Rate: $18.50 - $20 per hour.
Schedule: Work Schedule: Monday - Friday Hours: 6:00 AM - 2:30 PM; ability to work weekends, holidays, and overtime as needed.
We also have physical demands and work environment; but no headings for those. Could we include them under a section like "Working Conditions"? Not in allowed headings list. The allowed headings are only those specified. We cannot add other headings. So we must either drop that info or incorporate into existing sections if appropriate. The instruction: "Use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." It says e.g., implying those are examples but we should use those headings. It also says "include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it". It does not forbid other headings, but the examples given are those. Safer to stick to those headings only. So we need to fit physical demands and work environment somewhere. Could be under Responsibilities? Not really. Could be under Requirements? Not really. Could be under Skills? Not. Could be under Benefits? No. Could be under Pay/Schedule? No. We could incorporate them into Responsibilities as additional duties? But they are not duties. However the instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. So we must include that info somewhere. If we cannot add a heading not in list, we could incorporate into a
under an existing heading, maybe under Responsibilities as a note? But that would misrepresent. However maybe we can create a section "Working Conditions" but not in allowed list; risk being considered invalid. The instruction says "Use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." The "e.g." suggests those are examples, not an exhaustive list. So we could use other headings if needed, but they gave examples. Safer to follow the spirit: use those headings for main sections; we could add a section "Working Conditions" if needed. But they said "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." Adding a new section may be okay if needed. But we also have company description about Maola; could go under About the role? Actually About the role could include company description. The "Why You Will Love Working At Maola®" is about company and benefits. Could be part of About the role or Benefits. We'll put company description in About the role. Thus we need to include physical demands and work environment somewhere. Perhaps under Responsibilities as a bullet? Not appropriate. Could be under Requirements? Not. Maybe we can create a section "Working Conditions" using
. Since not prohibited, we can do that. The instruction didn't forbid other headings; just gave examples. So we can add. Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule, Working Conditions (Physical Demands & Work Environment). Qualifications omitted. Now we need to format. Let's craft HTML. We'll start with
About the role
thencontaining summary + company description. Summary: The shipping & receiving employees will prepare orders for shipment, complete all paperwork and ensure accuracy of the order to ship. Duties include but are not limited to receiving in, storing and distributing all deliveries, as well as stock and restocking items in their proper locations as needed. Employees will pick customer orders per pick ticket and ensure the accuracy of selected items and quantities. Safety, organizational and housekeeping responsibilities are encompassed in the position. The employee will also follow all Food Safety rules and procedures pertaining to this job as outlined in the training program. Company description: "Built on over a century of dedication, Maola is always looking ahead—investing in our people, strengthening our communities, and securing fresh, local dairy for the future.Join a farmer-owned cooperative rooted in integrity, sustainability, and a passion for providing fresh, high-quality Maola dairy products.We prioritize your well-being with competitive pay and a comprehensive benefits package, including Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k) with employer match, Life Insurance, paid time off, and more—available within your first month.Our employees are an integral part of who we are — what you do and what you think matters." plus later: "Maola Local Dairies® is a farmer-owned cooperative committed to its local farm families and to producing high-quality, nutritious dairy products. Founded in 1920, Maola processes and delivers your favorite milk, cream, and dairy products to families, schools, and communities while investing in quality, innovation, and sustainability across its farms and supply chain. Learn more at www.maolamilk.com." We'll combine. Now Responsibilities:
Responsibilities
then- with each duty as
- . We'll copy the list items exactly as they appear, preserving punctuation. Let's list them: - Unload delivery trucks using a pallet jack or other warehouse - Receive in delivered product and label appropriately for easy - Put away materials and components for storage and/or - Prepare orders for shipment per pick-ticket using a powered pallet jack ensuring accuracy of the shipment and associated shipping documents. - Operate and inspect material handling equipment in a safe - Will review inbound shipments and verify items and quantities before taking delivery, signing BOL’s and receiving - Will make notation of discrepancies and alert management. - Stock and restocking of items in their proper locations in the warehouses as - Load and unload trucks as - Verify