Shipping & Receiving

Job Description

Position Title: Shipping and Receiving

Wage: $21.75/hour

Shift: 1st

Hours: 8:00am - 4:00pm

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QPS Employment Group has a great opportunity available in Shipping and Receiving at a company in Fort Atkinson, WI. This is a potential to hire position for 1st shift. Apply now!

Shipping and Receiving Responsibilities:
- Accurately stage, inspect, label, and load finished products for shipment to designated storage locations, customers, or carriers
- Process parcel shipments using FedEx, UPS, and other designated carriers, ensuring accurate documentation and on-time delivery
- Receive, identify, verify, and audit incoming materials, components, and products to ensure accuracy and compliance with company requirements
- Verify incoming and outgoing shipments by checking quantities, weights, measurements, and identifying information against bills of lading, packing slips, purchase orders, invoices, and other shipping documents
- Maintain a strong understanding of part numbers, inventory locations, and product applications
- Safely operate forklifts, pallet jacks, hand trucks, overhead cranes, and other material handling equipment to transport products and materials throughout the facility
- Unpack, inspect, and route incoming shipments; document and report damaged goods, shortages, or discrepancies and coordinate resolution with suppliers, carriers, and internal departments
- Create shipments, shipping documentation, labels, and reports using the ERP system (IFS), while performing required scanning and inventory transactions
- Maintain adequate inventories of shipping supplies, packaging materials, and related warehouse consumables
- Follow standard work procedures, work instructions, and training requirements to ensure operational consistency and quality
- Meet or exceed departmental productivity, quality, and accuracy goals
- Apply and maintain 5S principles (Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardize, and Sustain) to ensure a clean, organized, and efficient work environment
- Complete assigned tasks according to production schedules and shipping priorities with minimal supervision
- Support cross-functional operations and assist in other departments as workload demands require
- Participate in continuous improvement initiatives that enhance safety, quality, efficiency, and customer satisfaction
- Complete all required shipping, receiving, inventory, and quality documentation accurately and timely
- Submit maintenance requests and report equipment or facility issues when identified
- Maintain inventory accuracy through proper handling, transaction processing, cycle count support, and adherence to inventory control procedures
- Adhere to scheduled work hours and overtime requirements as needed to meet business demands
- Consistently demonstrate professionalism, teamwork, accountability, and a commitment to workplace safety

Requirements for Shipping and Receiving:
- High school diploma or equivalent preferred
- Previous experience in shipping, receiving, warehouse, logistics, or manufacturing environments preferred
- Forklift certification or ability to obtain certification
- Experience using ERP systems, warehouse management systems, and shipping software is preferred
- Ability to read and interpret shipping documents, work instructions, packing slips, bills of lading, and inventory records
- Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and problem-solving abilities
- Effective communication and teamwork skills
- Basic computer proficiency, including data entry and inventory transactions
- Ability to stand, walk, bend, reach, kneel, and lift throughout the workday
- Ability to frequently lift and move materials up to 50 pounds
- Ability to safely operate forklifts, pallet jacks, overhead cranes, and other warehouse equipment
- Ability to work in a manufacturing and warehouse environment with exposure to varying temperatures, noise, and moving equipment
- Ability to wear required personal protective equipment (PPE) and comply with all safety requirements

QPS Employment Group is a full-service staffing firm comprised of dedicated and passionate people with over 50 offices throughout the United States. We place great people with great companies in industrial, skilled trades, administrative, manufacturing, general labor and professional employment. Hiring immediately!


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