Shipping Packing Clerk I

Shipping/Packing Clerk I

Pick, pack and ship domestic and international orders according to customer requests and shipping guidelines.

Essential Job Responsibilities:

• Check all order items for accuracy and make sure in stock.
• Verify customer address.
• Pick all items for order, using oldest inventory items first.
• Use scan guns.
• Train other employees to use scan guns.
• Properly and accurately weigh each order.
• Follow all hazmat guidelines and fill out proper paperwork.
• Train other employees on documentation, including international and hazards.
• Pack items for shipment carefully and completely following proper procedures for each product.
• Fill out detailed packing list.
• Properly mark boxes or skids.
• Load trucks with completed orders
• Make boxes as needed for orders.
• Use computers, tape machine and calculator.
• Use forklift and hand jack.
• Work with customer service when there are questions or issues on a customer order.
• Work with UPS when there are questions or concerns.
• Understand both international and domestic / UPS shipping guidelines and requirements.
• Keep work area clean and neat.
• Be aware of and responsible for inventory control.
• Other duties as assigned.

Supervision:

Work independently with little supervision.

Education/Experience:

• High school graduation or equivalent combination of education and experience. Minimum of one-year experience in a warehouse setting or manufacturing environment preferred. Experience with computers and with inventory preferred.

Communication Skills/Requirements:

Good communication skills required. Able to communicate verbally and/or in writing with other workers, members of management and others as to work requirements, work in progress, work completion, or questions regarding customer orders

Mathematical Ability:

Able to use math to add, subtract, multiply or divide and may work with fractions, decimals, or percentages and simple formulas.

Reasoning Ability:

Requires the use of judgment to plan and decide on a course/sequence of action. Must be able to problem solve, handle multiple priorities and tasks, meet changing demands or requests and follow through on all tasks. Must have continuous visual and mental attention during the operation of equipment and the inputting of data. Attention to detail is required.

Licenses/Certifications:

Forklift Certification required.

Haz-mat training required.

Physical Demands:

Activity could be on the job is 1/3 to more than 2/3 of the work day, not limited to standing, walking, sitting, using hands, reaching, climb or balance, talk or listening, taste or smell, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, lifting 10lbs to more than 100lbs

• Close vision (clear vision at 20 inches or less)
• Distance vision (clear vision at 20 feet or more)
• Ability to identify and distinguish colors
• Peripheral vision (ability to observe an area that can be seen up and down or to the left and right while eyes are fixed on a given point)
• Depth perception (three-dimensional vision, ability to judge distances and spatial relationships)
• Ability to adjust focus (ability to adjust the eye to bring an object into sharp focus)
• Hand to eye coordination

Frequently exerting or lifting up to 55 lbs. daily. Frequently pushing, pulling and or lifting are required. Occasionally climbing, ascending or descending ladders, stairs, using legs, arms, hands and feet. Emphasizing agility of body.

Work Environment:

• All areas are heated in the winter.
• Environmental descriptions cover a broad range of jobs, some of which may require less than shown below.
• Environmental conditions will vary based on assigned tasks and may include 1/3 to more than 2/3 of the work day, working near mechanical parts, work in high or precarious (various), airborne particles, outdoor weather conditions, extreme heat and/or cold.
• There will also be moderate noise levels.
• Work Environment: Safety shoes and safety glasses are required.
• Generally responsible for the safety and cleanliness own work area.

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