Shipping Lead Operator

Warehouse/Shipping Position

Westlake offers you the potential to enrich your work life and career experience in an entrepreneurial environment. We work together to enhance peoples' lives through our products and presence in the communities in which we operate.

Westlake Pipe & Fittings, a Westlake division, is one of the largest polyvinyl chloride pipe and fittings manufacturer in North America. With 23 manufacturing and distribution locations, the company supplies gasketed, solvent weld and restrained joint pipes and a wide range of fittings for a diverse list of markets including municipal water and sewer, plumbing, water well, pool and spa, and agricultural and turf irrigation. Westlake Pipe & Fittings is an industry leader in product development with Certa-Lok spline-lock technology and product systems that are focused on building A Better Foundation.

Summary

Working under the general supervision of the Warehouse/Shipping Supervisor, following specific procedures, performs a variety of duties to accomplish the shipment of all finished goods and the receipt of all purchased materials. Incumbent must be capable of filling in for Supervisor during periods of absences while maintaining high quality standards.

Individual will also assist other shipping personnel with load preparation, inventory counts, inventory status assessment, unloading raw materials and other duties as required by the Shipping Supervisor.

Duties and Responsibilities

May include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Sets an exemplary example for Shipping Operators to follow as to safe work habits, positive attitude, and focus on company goals.
• Perform the primary thinking encompassed by this job description.
• Must have experience in safely and efficiently loading finished goods on trucks. Must also know how to pick orders within the warehouse for supplemental parts.
• Comply with all Company policies and procedures.
• Safely and efficiently receive purchased materials in the absence of the Receiving Clerk.
• Coordinate trucks with shipments including customer pickups.
• Assist with inventory cycle counts weekly.
• Assist with counting of all incoming purchased parts for accuracy of orders.
• Must understand the TMS system and be able to schedule trucks.
• Prioritize and schedule workflow within logistics with interaction with Customer Service and plant production.
• Assist with maintain and update weekly inventories, receiving logs, load sheets and other related shipping and receiving documents in the absence of Supervisor
• Must know how to conduct inventories.
• Provides training and assistance to Shipping Operators.
• All other duties as assigned by management.

Education, Experience and Qualifications

• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions in English. Communication skills (written and verbal) and be able to work well with operators, shift leaders an office personnel. Shares information with co-workers as needed.
• Ability to read a tape measure, add and subtract two-digit numbers, plus use calculator. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Basic knowledge of computers and Microsoft Office.
• Experience with SAP strongly preferred.

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 touch, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 40-50lbs., as well as standing, walking, sitting and climbing in and out of fork trucks. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

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 regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid, hot and cold conditions, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, outside weather conditions, risk of electrical shock, and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Westlake is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any characteristics protected by applicable legislation.

If you are an active Westlake employee (or an employee of any Westlake affiliates), please do not apply here. You will apply via the Jobs Hub application in Workday.