Shift Operations Lead

Job Description

Job Description

Position Summary

The Shift Operations Lead will work closely with the Distribution Supervisor to direct the daily workflow and to assign tasks to warehouse staff.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Duties include but are not limited to the following:

• Direct work flow as dictated by daily work load

• Assign daily operational priorities with the help of Distribution Supervisor

• Ensure best practices are followed by shift staff

• Enforce safety policies on the floor

• Training and follow up for new staff

• Work closely with Distribution Supervisor to direct staff to assigned tasks

• Perform the duties of a Warehouse Associate, when necessary

• Other duties as assigned

Required Skills and Abilities

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, skills, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Able to stand for extended periods of time

• Must be able to lift 50 pounds and move pieces using a pallet jack and dolly

• Must be able to stand/walk for up to 10-12 hours

• Possess excellent customer service, time management, and prioritization skills

• Strong communication skills

• Ability to work in warehouse environment with varying temperatures

• Ability to work in an environment where the noise level varies and can be loud

Minimum Education and Experience

• High school diploma or equivalent

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions; it does not proscribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.

• Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing for much of the day. The employee must frequently lift and/or move items up to 50 pounds and be able to stand/walk for up to 10-12 hours. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. The employee is regularly required to operate a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, telephone, copy machine, and printer. Some movements of the hands, arms, and wrists may involve repetitive motions. Specific vision abilities required by this job include the ability to detect, determine, perceive, identify, recognize, judge, observe, inspect, estimate, and assess various activities and surroundings.

• Cognitive/Mental Requirements: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to comprehend and use basic language, either written or spoken, to communicate simple and complex information, ideas, and information. The employee is also required to use logic to define problems, collect information, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, interpret information, and deal with abstract variables for unique or unfamiliar situations. The employee must use problem-solving skills to formulate and apply appropriate courses of action for routine or familiar situations. The employee may be required to perform numerical operations including basic counting, adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing or more complex quantitative calculations.

• Work Environment: This position is primarily performed in a warehouse and office with varying degrees of temperatures.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of an employee. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

eShipping LLC is an equal opportunity employer.