Shipping and Receiving Worker

Job Title: Shipping and Receiving Worker

Department: Shipping and Receiving/Warehouse

Reports to: Department Head

Processes orders and ships product to customer; unloads all materials and places such in the building.

Checks freight for damage; counts freight to match with bill of lading.

Performs shipment processing, including counting, packaging, weighing and labeling of materials.

Loads trucks.

Writes orders and maintains staging area.

Prepares bill of ladings and other miscellaneous forms, including those for waste paper trucks.

Operates a variety of mechanical equipment including forklift, elevator and stretch wrapper.

Prepares shipping documentation (bill of lading, packing slips, etc) on any urgent last minute shipments.

Coordinates pickup and deliveries with outside carriers.

Perform related work as required.

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
High School Diploma or General Education Degree (GED); and one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

LANGUAGE SKILLS
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to communicate effectively with groups of customers or employees of 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 and percent and to interpret bar graphs. Ability to read a ruler. Knowledge of metric system is a plus.

REASONING ABILITY
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variable in situations where only limited standardizations exist. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Ability to write legibly

Ability to operate a computer

PHYSICAL DEMANDS - The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform 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 required to stand and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee frequently is required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to walk, reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and color vision.


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 frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and fumes or airborne particles. The employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; toxic or caustic chemicals; risk of electrical shock; risk of radiation; and vibration. The noise lever in the work environment is usually moderate