Shipping & Receiving Associate

Essential Duties

• Verifies the presence of necessary documentation, such as certified weight tickets, to guarantee the receipt of the correct products acquired.
• Cross-references the dates and truck/trailer numbers and confirms that the certified CAT scale documentation accurately reflects the purchased weight, given that the product is brought by weight.
• Ensures that goods are shipped to the appropriate locations such as manufacturing facilities for recycled materials or to customer location or distribution center for finished goods as required.
• Oversees the documentation of damaged or faulty items, discrepancies in quantities and weights, and recording essential details such as time, date, quantity, source, and destination of materials received or shipped.
• Loads products onto trucks.
• Affords assistance with finished good cycle counts.
• Wraps finished goods when required.
• Adheres to first-in-first-out (FIFO) plan when retrieving and loading products.
• Identifies or relocates cones as necessary to ensure compliance with the FIFO principle.

Required Qualifications, Skills, Abilities and Educational Requirements

• High School Diploma/GED
• 1 – 3 years of experience in distribution, shipping and receiving in a manufacturing environment
• Experience working in a fast-paced and high-volume work environment
• Ability to multi-task and manage priorities in an efficient manner
• Proactive “self-starter” with a strong attention to detail
• Exceptional communication skills, both verbal and written

Preferred Key Competencies

• Inter-Relationships

Physical Demands

• Work Environment: This position works in a manufacturing work setting. Frequently exposed to seasonal temperatures of excessive cold or heat. Work environment is often loud, dusty and/or dirty due to the concrete materials required for production.
• Physical Demands: Demand: Frequency – Hear: Frequent, See: Frequent, Repetitive Motions: Frequent, Talk: Frequent, Stand: Frequent, Bend: Frequent, Stoop: Frequent, Reach: Frequent, Walk: Occasional, Type: Occasional, Sit: Occasional, Drive: Occasional, Physical Work Percentage – Heavy: 25 – 50lbs 25 - 50%