Specialist, Warehouse Dock Fulfilment

About the role

Estes Forwarding Worldwide (EFW) is a leading domestic and international freight forwarder in the United States, providing customized logistics and warehousing solutions for clients around the world and across all industries via air, ground, and ocean freight. A subsidiary of Estes Express Lines, EFW is uniquely backed by Estes Express Lines’ extensive line haul network, offering clients a hybrid transportation network.

Responsibilities

• Retrieve inventory and pack merchandise for shipment.
• Read work orders or receive oral instructions to determine work assignments or material/equipment needs.
• Control and maintain all records required for accurate, on-time completion of shipments.
• Work in a team environment to accomplish work assignments.
• Receive inventory and check the merchandise’s quality and accuracy.
• Efficiently wrap and pack merchandise with packing slip or order details for each shipment, maintaining a quick and steady pace without compromising accuracy.
• Ensure all merchandise is prepared accurately and ready for shipping on time.
• Periodically use computers, email, scanners, and the warehouse management system (WMS) to track inventory, create paperwork, or document reporting.
• Support and promote company core values.
• Maintain regular attendance.
• Comply with company C-TPAT and TSA security procedures.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Attention to detail and good follow-up skills.
• Ability to read and interpret general business documents.
• Ability to write routine and general business correspondence.
• Ability to work with peers and communicate basic concepts.
• Ability to solve practical problems through standardized solutions that require limited judgment.
• Ability to follow prescribed and detailed procedures to solve routine problems.
• Good judgment; knows when to escalate issues and when to try to resolve them.
• Ability to work independently or in a team setting, in a fast-paced environment.
• Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word and Excel), as well as Internet, web-based, and job-specific software applications, such as the WMS.
• Ability to type and update computer systems quickly and accurately.
• Proven competence to communicate clearly and persuasively with all levels of an organization.
• A team player with a high level of energy and self-motivation.
• Ability to plan, organize, and manage multiple projects and set priorities.
• Must be mentally and emotionally capable of handling a high-stress environment.
• Experience working in Freight Forwarding or Transportation industry preferred.
• Must pass a pre-employment drug screen, random drug and/or alcohol tests, and will be subject to a criminal history background check.
• Must be eligible to work in the United States. At this time, EFW will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a High School Diploma (or equivalent) and 0-2 years of experience. A combination of experience and/or education will be taken into consideration.

Physical Demands

• Frequently required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms.
• Must be capable of individually lifting a minimum of 30 lbs and team lifting a minimum of 70 lbs.
• Often required to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects repeatedly or continuously over time, involving muscular endurance and resistance to muscle fatigue.
• Frequently required to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with their body, arms, and/or legs.
• Occasionally required to climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Required to see details at close range and at a distance.

Work Environment

• Regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts in the warehouse.
• Frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and extreme cold and/or heat.
• Occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions; risk of electrical shock; and vibration.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Benefits

• Paid vacation, sick time, and holidays.
• 401(k) plan with company match.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Short- and long-term disability plans.
• Life and accidental death & dismemberment insurance.
• Job referral bonus program.

Supervision

The position functions with supervision and has no direct reports.