What are the responsibilities and job description for the Shipping Receiving Clerk position at TPS LLC?
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If you aren't familiar with us, TPS is located in New Columbia, PA, and is a leader in thermal processing products and test solutions. We design and manufacture industrial and laboratory ovens and furnaces, and environmental temperature cycling and stability test chambers. Our product brands include Blue M, Gruenberg, Tenney and Lunaire. TPS provides equipment to a broad range of customers in different industries, such as, defense, aerospace, electronics, biotech, medical, pharmaceutical, lab animal science, energy, transportation, communications, commercial heat treating, die casting, agriculture, and materials processing.
We offer great benefits including:
- Medical, dental and vision insurances
- paid vacation and company holiday time
- 401k with employer match and immediate vesting
- Employee training programs, tuition assistance and career growth opportunities!
Visit our website for more information: https://www.tpsovens.com
EOE AA M/F/H/V
Summary: This position has lead person responsibilities in the crating and shipping area. This position is responsible for constructing crates or boxes, packing products, requisitioning transportation from freight carriers and completing necessary paperwork to ship products domestically and internationally by performing the following duties.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
- Review orders, purchase orders and/or emails to create required documentation, labels etc., for domestic and international freight shipping of machinery and products.
- Uses software, email or phone to contact carrier representatives to arrange for freight pick up.
- Marks and affixes shipping labels and documentation on crates, cartons or pallets correctly identifying the commodities shipped.
- Determines proper shipping method based on equipment type and order requirements. LTL, FTL, Air, Ocean.
- Measures equipment and constructs wood crates to securely package freight. Prepares units for shipment in either boxes, pallets or crates.
- Inserts items into containers and packs units as specified for secure shipping to customers.
- Compares identifying information, counts, weighs, or measures items of incoming and outgoing shipments to verify information against bills of lading, invoices, orders, or other records.
- Performs other clerical tasks such as typing correspondence, responding to customers, carriers, freight forwarders and representatives. Performs copying and scanning documents, entering data into systems, updating production schedule and keeping files.
- Manages LTL common carrier vendors and brokers to ensure prompt and quality service. Negotiates shipment rates and compares rate quotes between vendors.
- Initiates freight claims with carriers if damage to shipment occurs.
- Maintains inventory of shipping materials and supplies.
- Operates power industrial equipment such as forklifts, cranes and pallet jacks to move, convey, or hoist shipments on to trucks or to different work areas.
- Continuous demonstration of a positive attitude.
- Demonstrate excellent communication skills.
- Lead by example and motivate others to achieve continuous improvement.
- Willingly assist with problem solving and react to all needs with a high degree of urgency.
- Knowledge of operation and basic preventative maintenance of equipment.
- Act as a liaison between co-workers and all departments.
- Assist in maintaining schedule to meet customer expectations.
- Assume departmental lead in the absence of direct supervision.
- Trains employees who are assigned to work in the department.
Supervisory Responsibilities: This job has no direct supervisory responsibilities, but may indirectly supervise or coordinate personnel and job functions in order to complete work in the department.
Qualifications: 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: Six to twelve months experience; 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.
Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to read a tape measure.
Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Computer Skills: Basic computer knowledge, including MS Office.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Forklift license is required.
Other Qualifications: Must be willing work overtime on an as-needed basis to maintain production deadlines. Must be willing to train other employees and demonstrate leadership abilities.
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; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to climb or balance. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close and distance 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 perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Basic Core Competencies
- Customer Service - Manages difficult or emotional customer situations; Responds promptly to customer needs; Solicits customer feedback to improve service; Responds to requests for service and assistance; Meets commitments.
- Interpersonal Skills - Focuses on solving conflict, not blaming; Maintains confidentiality; Listens to others without interrupting; Keeps emotions under control; Remains open to others' ideas and tries new things.
- Oral Communication - Speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations; listens and gets clarification; Responds well to questions; Demonstrates group presentation skills; Participates in meetings.
- Written Communication - Writes clearly and informatively; Edits work for spelling and grammar; Varies writing style to meet needs; Presents numerical data effectively; Able to read and interpret written information.
- Teamwork - Balances team and individual responsibilities; Exhibits objectivity and openness to others' views; Gives and welcomes feedback; Contributes to building a positive team spirit; Puts success of team above own interests; Able to build morale and group commitments to goals and objectives; Supports everyone's efforts to succeed.
- Leadership - Exhibits confidence in self and others; Inspires and motivates others to perform well; effectively influences actions and opinions of others; Accepts feedback from others; Gives appropriate recognition to others.
- Quality Management - Looks for ways to improve and promote quality; Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness.
- Organizational Support - Follows policies and procedures; Completes administrative tasks correctly and on time; supports organization's goals and values; Benefits organization through outside activities; Supports affirmative action and respects diversity.
- Motivation - Sets and achieves challenging goals; Demonstrates persistence and overcomes obstacles; Measures self against standard of excellence; Takes calculated risks to accomplish goals.
- Planning/Organizing - Prioritizes and plans work activities; Uses time efficiently; Plans for additional resources; Sets goals and objectives; Organizes or schedules other people and their tasks; Develops realistic action plans.
- Professionalism - Approaches others in a tactful manner; Reacts well under pressure; Treats others with respect and consideration regardless of their status or position; Accepts responsibility for own actions; Follows through on commitments.
- Quality - Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; Looks for ways to improve and promote quality; Applies feedback to improve performance; Monitors own work to ensure quality.
- Quantity - Meets productivity standards; Completes work in timely manner; Strives to increase productivity; Works quickly.
- Safety and Security - Observes safety and security procedures; Determines appropriate action beyond guidelines; Reports potentially unsafe conditions; Uses equipment and materials properly.
- Adaptability - Adapts to changes in the work environment; Manages competing demands; Changes approach or method to best fit the situation; Able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.
