Shipping & Receiving Associate

Job Title Shipping & Receiving Associate Job ID 27753765 Location Chattanooga, TN, 37410 Other Location Description

BUILT TO CONNECT

Astec is a global, environmentally focused infrastructure and manufacturing company of asphalt road building and aggregate processing. Our mission is to design and build the most innovative products for the industries we serve. Leveraging innovative solutions and technologies, we serve customers all over the world.

About The Position

The Shipping & Receiving Associate should have a working knowledge of forklifts, hoists, slings, hand tools, tape measures, drills, and grinders (portable & bench). The associate must maintain a good work ethic and maintain an environment built on teamwork, continuous improvement, safety, communication, customer service/satisfaction, and organization.

Key Deliverables

• Inspect and verify incoming goods against invoices or other documents.
• Organize distribution and shipping merchandise.
• Operate forklift, hand truck, or other equipment to load, unload, transport, and store inventory.
• Maintain internal record keeping systems.
• Prepare and package product for both domestic and international shipping.
• Identify product prior to storage based on internal processes.
  
  

Key Activities & Responsibilities

• Maintain level of work performance in accordance with Astec Quality Control Standards and/or job order specifications.
• Comply with OSHA Safety and Health rules.
• Load/Unload freight trucks and trailers using the safest and most effective method.
• Inspect incoming freight for potential damage.
• Complete and organize incoming/outgoing shipping documents and packing lists.
• Ensure that correct materials are received or shipped.
• Correctly tag/label product.
• Store and organize materials at assigned areas.
• Pick/Pull items to prepare for shipment.
• Pack product effectively to ensure safe transport and no damage to product.
• Schedule freight pickups, utilizing the fastest and most cost-effective method for Astec and customers.
• Perform or assist in other assigned duties as qualified.
• Maintain work area and keep it free of excessive debris, such as wooden pallets and cardboard boxes. Area is to be swept, and debris discarded at end of each shift.
  
  

To be successful in this role, your experience and competencies are:

• Minimum high school diploma or equivalent.
• Position requires 0-2 years of experience, preferably in the manufacturing field.
• Able to multi-task with demonstrated excellence in organization and time management skills.
• Must be adaptable to changing priorities.
• Perform work standing on concrete up to 12 hours a day.
• Must be able to work in various positions including squatting, bending, and reaching.
• Ability to push/pull/lift up to 60 lbs (limit could vary depending on primary work assignment).
• Perform work in heavy industrial setting involving congestion, with exposure to industrial fumes, smoke, dust, and noise.
  
  

NOTE: This position is responsible for certain internal control responsibilities. These internal control responsibilities are verbally communicated to the incumbent and periodic feedback is provided as it relates to the performance of these internal control responsibilities.

OUR CULTURE & VALUES

Employees that become part of Astec embody the values below throughout their work:

• Continuous devotion to meeting the needs of our customers.
• Honesty and integrity in all aspects of business.
• Respect for all individuals.
• Preserving entrepreneurial spirit and innovation.
• Safety, quality, and productivity as means to ensure success.
  
  

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Office

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to risk of injury in an office environment and occasionally a manufacturing shop plant environment. Duties include a typical office setting, including extensive computer work, sitting, or standing. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Manufacturing Environment

The shop manufacturing environment includes exposure to moving mechanical parts, machinery, tools and equipment, vibration, fumes or airborne particles, motorized vehicles, welding and machining operations, outside weather conditions, and exposure to the risk of electric shock. The employee may occasionally be exposed to varying levels of dirt, dust, toxic or caustic chemicals, and very warm and chilly temperatures. The noise level in the shop can be very loud at times, consistent with an industrial assembly facility and may require hearing protection. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Astec does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, gender (sex), sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, citizenship status, a person’s veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law or executive order.