Shipping Specialist

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The Shipping Specialist will perform safe and efficient picking, preparation, packaging, and transportation of products for customer shipments. 

Shift:  Monday - Friday, 6:00 a - 2:00 p

Essential Functions/Responsibilities

• Expeditiously transport products:
  • To/from worksite or shipping areas using material handling equipment.
  • Load and unload materials onto or from trucks, pallets, trays, racks, and shelves. Assist outside truckers to properly load cargo.
• Accurately examine job packet, order information and shipping documents to ensure:
  • Items are prepped properly for cargo through inspection, weighing, measuring, and counting.
  • Package parts for shipment are securely stored using a variety of different types of packaging.
  • Package is verified, complete and meets company quality standards.
  • Count and part number of items are verified prior to packaging.
  • Incoming and outgoing freight is verified and documented against packing list/bills of lading.
  • Incoming and outgoing warehouse parts are subject to a visual quality check.
• Efficiently build pallets and crates using hand and power tools as needed for specific orders ensuring wrap and label for packages are correct as indicated on the work order.
• Accurately maintain inventory levels by transferring products in real time, and as needed, using the bar code scanning system.
• Maintain timely communication with the Warehouse Supervisor to advise of changes to expectations that affect order commitments.
• Safely operate fork trucks, overhead crane, electric pallet jack and other industrial vehicles for which training has been completed and qualification achieved and maintained.
• Work safely; operate tools and equipment as instructed and only as intended by the manufacturer. Ensure tools and other items are safely and properly stored.
• Maintain a clean and organized work area.  Perform housekeeping tasks regularly ensuring proper storage of department supplies.

Education/Experience  

• High School Diploma or General Education Development (GED) / Test Assessing Secondary Completion (TASC), plus one (1) year in a manufacturing warehouse or shipping environment, preferred, or equivalent combination of education and experiences.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Technical Skills. Ability to use hoists, and various hand and power tools such as band and circular saws, weigh scales, foam generating equipment and banding equipment.  Ability to read and interpret simple blueprints.  Ability to obtain and maintain forklift certification and other industrial equipment certification(s), as needed. 

• Computer/Applications Skills. Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Products (Word, Excel). Ability to operate electronic weight, printing and computing equipment including bar code scanners.

• Core Business Skills.  Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide numbers. Ability to perform mathematical skills in the form of measurement and other work material calculations utilizing a calculator. Ability to read and understand documents such as work orders, policy manuals, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. 

Physical/Sensory Requirements
The following physical activities described here are representative of those required by a team member to perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodation, if feasible, will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions of position.

While performing the duties of this job, the Team Member is regularly required to talk, hear, and see and effectively use a personal computer, office equipment and telephone. Team Member must be able to stand and walk for long periods of time, kneel, crouch, and bend, occasionally climb stairs, use hands and fingers to handle, grasp or feel, and reach in various angles with hands or arms. Must frequently lift and/or move items up to 75 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Working Environment
While performing the essential responsibilities of this position, Team Member generally will work in a manufacturing environment with frequent exposure to loud noise, moving mechanical parts, and fumes or airborne particles.  Periodic exposure to outdoor environment through open doors. PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) such as approved footwear, respirators, safety glasses/goggles, may be required.   

Pyrotek is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, family medical history or genetic information, political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit based factors.

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