Shipping Operator

Essential Functions

• Reads customer orders, work orders, shipping orders, or requisitions to determine items to be moved, gathered, or distributed and/or shipped.
• Moves materials and items from bagging area to shipping.
• Assembles customer orders from stock and places orders on pallets or carts based on stop order to be loaded onto the various trailers.
• Marks materials with identifying information using appropriate method.
• Reports defective materials or questionable conditions to supervisor.
• Follows prescribed safety regulations as it relates to equipment operation and/or lifting techniques.
• Demonstrates safe work practices; actively participates in and supports the EHS process.
• Good Interpersonal Skills; must be able to work in and foster a team environment.
• Demonstrates good oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrates self-motivation, flexibility, and a high degree of initiative to work independently and with integrity.
• Demonstrates an understanding of operating flow and material handling concepts and leverages problem-solving methodologies, a high degree of knowledge regarding warehouse placement, and staging complexity.
• Demonstrates the ability to develop and execute plans.
• Must successfully obtain lift truck and clamp truck certification within first 3 months in position; must become certified on other mobile equipment as needed to fulfill role expectations.
• Collaborates with operations and logistics personnel in efforts to ensure proper materials are staged to meet production demands.
• Updates and maintains incoming documentation in a disciplined manner ensuring accuracy and currency.
• Inventories shipments as required; maintains storage and staging areas, including dock preparation.
• Properly stages completed orders in the warehouse in a manner to assure easy retrieval for shipment and proper spacing according to established procedures; may move completed pallets from production area(s) to warehouse for processing.
• Properly prepares load plans to ensure loads fit on trailers; loads trailers/trucks in a safe manner and within legal limits.
• Works with the leadership team to prioritize deliveries.
• Hold self and others to a high level of safety standards, ensuring workplace safety policies are upheld and safety rules are followed (lockout/tagout procedures, safe driving practices, appropriate PPE, etc.).
• Participate as needed in safety incidents and help investigate root causes.
• Maintain a clean working environment by complying with procedures and housekeeping responsibilities, and properly disposing of waste.
• Operate, maintain, and inspect equipment to ensure compliance with all applicable environmental regulations, procedural reporting, and safety requirements.
• Work with leadership team to prioritize deliveries.
• Operate, maintain, and inspect equipment to ensure compliance with all applicable environmental regulations, procedural reporting, and safety requirements.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED.
• 1-3 years’ experience.
• Bilingual preferred but not required.
• Good communication skills.

Additional Eligibility Qualifications

• U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident.

Physical Demands

• The employee must be required to lift up to 100 lbs and use proper lifting techniques including 2-man lift for heavy mattresses/materials.
• The employee is often required to sit for extended periods of time.
• The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance, and to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
• The vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

Work Environment

• The employee will generally be housed in a non-climate-controlled, well-lit environment.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.