SUMMARY

Under the direction of the Materials Manager, gets orders ready for shipping, receives material

and equipment, and loads and unloads trucks according to established procedures and shipping

regulations, meeting customer delivery requirements.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

other duties and responsibilities as management may deem necessary from time to time.

1. Pick orders from stock or from staging area.

2. Prepare product for shipping to customers.

3. Ensure customer order and product match; box, crate, shrink-wrap as necessary.

4. Contact common carriers and schedule pick-ups, ensuring the meeting of customer delivery

requirements.

5. Load trucks with outgoing products and unload trucks with incoming materials.

6. Inspect materials and ensure bills of lading are correct.

7. Verify the quantity and quality of material received.

8. Place incoming materials into storage.

9. Pull materials from storage and deliver to production as needed.

10. Affix completed address label and any other special labels required for the

handling of material and specified by the carrier.

11. Complete and maintain all required paperwork.

12. Maintain departmental housekeeping standards.

13. Experience managing multiple shipping docks.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty

satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill,

and / or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals

with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and / or Experience

Requires education generally equivalent to a high school diploma and one to three months

related experience to become familiar with equipment and processes.

Language Skills

Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.

Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on one

and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the

organization.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers,

common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and

interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or

oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in

standardized situations.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit;

use hands to finger, handle, or touch objects, tools, or controls; reach above shoulders; and talk

or hear. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or

crawl; and use foot / feet to operate machine. The employee must frequently lift and / or move

up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and / or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities

required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth

perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee

encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations

may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to fumes or airborne

particles and toxic or caustic chemicals. The employee occasionally works near moving

mechanical parts and in high, precarious places and is occasionally exposed to risk of

electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud. The climate

conditions can be extreme.

Last updated : 2024-05-09