Shipping/Receiving Technician

Duties/Responsibilities:

· Unloading trucks and deliveries, inspecting, and verifying incoming goods, recording shortages, and rejecting damaged goods

· Assembling containers and crates, packing goods, and preparing shipping instructions and identifying information

· Organizing inventory, maintaining inventory records, and requisitioning and storing shipping supplies.

· Preparing documents like bills of lading, work orders, and shipping orders, and maintaining log sheets of daily moves.

· Collaborating with customer service representatives, logistics technicians, and other involved parties, and engaging with drivers and vendors

· Tracking, tracing, and updating the status of shipments

· Maintains the database of receiving and shipment data to ensure that customer orders are updated and that appropriate billing documents are provided to accounting or other associated departments as required.

· Notifies supervisor of major discrepancies, over-shipments, or substitutions.

· Completes information on damage claims for in-transit damage.

· Occasionally loads trucks using a forklift.

· Verifies quantity and quality of order.

· Verifies items received with purchase order.

· Customer service via email and phone.

· Maintain the work area and equipment in a clean and orderly condition.

· Performs other clerical duties.

Required Skills/Abilities:                        

· Ability to accurately sort, count, and verify items received.

· Basic understanding of laboratory policies and procedures.

· Good organizational skills and attention to detail.

· Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite and/or inventory software to maintain records, input data, and create reports.

Education and Experience:                                   

· Minimum high school diploma.

· Required to read and write English, follow verbal instructions, and use simple math.

Physical Requirements:

· Regularly required to sit, stand, bend, reach and move about the facility for eight-hour shifts.

· Reaching, stooping, and kneeling, and bending: Packing and Unpacking boxes

· Must be able to traverse distribution warehouse and access a variety of storage spaces and shelving units by stretching, squatting, and reaching and climbing.

· Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds at a time.

· Must be able to work in a variety of weather conditions and temperatures in the warehouse and on the loading dock.

· Using hands and fingers: Operating a computer, keyboard, and telephone, as well as other equipment such as but not limited to pens, box cutters, tape guns, paper machine,

· Close vision: Working with a computer

Work Environment:

· Exposed to shop elements such as noise, dust, odors, fumes, and oils.

· Work combination of shop and office environments.