What are the responsibilities and job description for the 1st SHIFT SHIPPING/RECEIVING position at SOMIC AMERICA INC?
SHIPPING / RECEIVING OPERATOR
Keep it moving. Keep it accurate. Keep the Shipments moving.
LOCATION
Brewer, Maine
SHIFT
1st Shift
PAY
$19.25-$24.25/hr
Like staying busy, keeping things organized, and making sure everything gets where it needs to go? We should talk.
At Somic America, our Shipping and Receiving team keeps materials coming in, finished products going out, and production moving in the right direction. We’re looking for a dependable, organized person who can handle forklifts, shipments, scanners, paperwork, without losing track of the details.
The Good Stuff (Besides the Paycheck)
Affordable medical, dental, and vision insurance
401(k) with a 4% company match
Company-paid life and AD&D insurance
Company-paid short- and long-term disability coverage
10 paid holidays, including one floating holiday
Paid time off to relax and recharge
Professional-development support and opportunities to learn
Wellness programs, employee-assistance resources, among other great programs.
Company BBQs, holiday celebrations, family outings, and other employee events
Reliable biweekly pay
What You’ll Be Doing
As a Shipping/Receiving Operator, you’ll help make sure incoming materials are received correctly and customer shipments leave safely, accurately, and on time. In short: the right product, in the right place, at the right time.
Load outbound shipments and unload incoming materials from trucks, pallets, racks, and shelves
Verify packing slips, pallet tags, quantities, and shipment paperwork for accuracy
Stage, strap, wrap, label, and prepare customer, service-part, and export shipments
Use PLEX to receive materials, scan shipments, assign serial numbers, and maintain traceability
Sort returnable packaging and mixed component skids while recording tote and pallet quantities
Print Kanban labels and customs invoices and prepare FedEx, UPS, and third-party billing paperwork
Safely operate a forklift, tugger, and electric hoist and complete required equipment checks and logs
Maintain FIFO, packaging inventory, standardized work, 5S, planned maintenance, and kaizen improvements
You Might Be Our Kind of Person If...
You’re the person who notices when a number is off, a label is missing, or a pallet is not where it belongs. You can stay organized while there are alot of movement around you.
High school diploma or GED
Ability to read and understand manifests, bills of lading, correspondence, memos, and work instructions
Basic math skills using whole numbers, fractions, decimals, rates, ratios, and percentages
Basic Microsoft Excel and Word skills and the ability to use scanners and PLEX
Ability to safely operate, or learn to operate, a forklift
Strong attention to detail, organization, communication, and practical problem-solving skills
Dependability and the ability to work independently while supporting the entire team
Safety First
You’ll safely handle and store materials, follow shipping and receiving procedures, complete equipment checks, maintain a clean work area, and report unsafe or unusual conditions. Accuracy matters.
Safe work. Accurate shipments. Happy customers. That’s the goal.
The Whole Team Is Counting on You
Shipping and Receiving is where deadlines, production, and customer service all meet. We’re looking for someone who consistently works their assigned schedule, arrives ready to contribute, communicates clearly, and helps maintain 100% on-time delivery. We understand that illness and family emergencies happen; employees who cannot report to work must follow the company’s established call-in procedures.
Your Step Counter Will Be Impressed
This is an active, hands-on position. Employees regularly stand and walk for eight or more hours, reach, handle materials, sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, and climb in and out of a forklift. Employees regularly lift or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally more than 75 pounds. Work is performed around moving mechanical equipment in a moderately noisy manufacturing environment.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.
READY TO KEEP THINGS MOVING?
If you’re dependable, organized, safety-minded, and ready to learn, we want to meet you. Apply today - we’ve got shipments with your name on them!
Equal Opportunity Employer
Somic America, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, provincial, or local law. Somic America, Inc. will accommodate the disability-related needs of applicants as required by law.
SOMIC AMERICA • PEOPLE • TEAMWORK • INTEGRITY • SAFETY • INNO
Keep it moving. Keep it accurate. Keep the Shipments moving.
LOCATION
Brewer, Maine
SHIFT
1st Shift
PAY
$19.25-$24.25/hr
Like staying busy, keeping things organized, and making sure everything gets where it needs to go? We should talk.
At Somic America, our Shipping and Receiving team keeps materials coming in, finished products going out, and production moving in the right direction. We’re looking for a dependable, organized person who can handle forklifts, shipments, scanners, paperwork, without losing track of the details.
The Good Stuff (Besides the Paycheck)
Affordable medical, dental, and vision insurance
401(k) with a 4% company match
Company-paid life and AD&D insurance
Company-paid short- and long-term disability coverage
10 paid holidays, including one floating holiday
Paid time off to relax and recharge
Professional-development support and opportunities to learn
Wellness programs, employee-assistance resources, among other great programs.
Company BBQs, holiday celebrations, family outings, and other employee events
Reliable biweekly pay
What You’ll Be Doing
As a Shipping/Receiving Operator, you’ll help make sure incoming materials are received correctly and customer shipments leave safely, accurately, and on time. In short: the right product, in the right place, at the right time.
Load outbound shipments and unload incoming materials from trucks, pallets, racks, and shelves
Verify packing slips, pallet tags, quantities, and shipment paperwork for accuracy
Stage, strap, wrap, label, and prepare customer, service-part, and export shipments
Use PLEX to receive materials, scan shipments, assign serial numbers, and maintain traceability
Sort returnable packaging and mixed component skids while recording tote and pallet quantities
Print Kanban labels and customs invoices and prepare FedEx, UPS, and third-party billing paperwork
Safely operate a forklift, tugger, and electric hoist and complete required equipment checks and logs
Maintain FIFO, packaging inventory, standardized work, 5S, planned maintenance, and kaizen improvements
You Might Be Our Kind of Person If...
You’re the person who notices when a number is off, a label is missing, or a pallet is not where it belongs. You can stay organized while there are alot of movement around you.
High school diploma or GED
Ability to read and understand manifests, bills of lading, correspondence, memos, and work instructions
Basic math skills using whole numbers, fractions, decimals, rates, ratios, and percentages
Basic Microsoft Excel and Word skills and the ability to use scanners and PLEX
Ability to safely operate, or learn to operate, a forklift
Strong attention to detail, organization, communication, and practical problem-solving skills
Dependability and the ability to work independently while supporting the entire team
Safety First
You’ll safely handle and store materials, follow shipping and receiving procedures, complete equipment checks, maintain a clean work area, and report unsafe or unusual conditions. Accuracy matters.
Safe work. Accurate shipments. Happy customers. That’s the goal.
The Whole Team Is Counting on You
Shipping and Receiving is where deadlines, production, and customer service all meet. We’re looking for someone who consistently works their assigned schedule, arrives ready to contribute, communicates clearly, and helps maintain 100% on-time delivery. We understand that illness and family emergencies happen; employees who cannot report to work must follow the company’s established call-in procedures.
Your Step Counter Will Be Impressed
This is an active, hands-on position. Employees regularly stand and walk for eight or more hours, reach, handle materials, sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, and climb in and out of a forklift. Employees regularly lift or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally more than 75 pounds. Work is performed around moving mechanical equipment in a moderately noisy manufacturing environment.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.
READY TO KEEP THINGS MOVING?
If you’re dependable, organized, safety-minded, and ready to learn, we want to meet you. Apply today - we’ve got shipments with your name on them!
Equal Opportunity Employer
Somic America, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, provincial, or local law. Somic America, Inc. will accommodate the disability-related needs of applicants as required by law.
SOMIC AMERICA • PEOPLE • TEAMWORK • INTEGRITY • SAFETY • INNO
Salary : $19 - $24