Shipping Clerk $20.59

Job Title

SUMMARY Requisitions transportation from traffic manager to shipping Deister products to customers.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

Reads shipping orders to determine quantity and type of transportation needed. Affixes shipping labels on packed cartons or stencils identifying shipping information on cartons. Assembles wooden or cardboard containers or selects preassembled containers. Inserts items into containers. Nails covers on wooden crates and binds containers with tape or metal bands. Stamps or stencils weights onto containers. Weighs and records all screens, crates, and boxes. Loads screens and/or crates onto trucks and ensures that load is safely secured. Operates forklift, handtruck, or overhead hoists, to move, convey, or hoist shipments from shipping and receiving platform to storage/work area, company, customer, or vendor truck. Contacts carrier representative to make arrangements and to issue instructions for loading products. Annotates shipping orders to inform shipping department of loading location and time of arrival of transportation. Completes Bill of Ladings with customer information, weights, sizes, and quantities. May deliver parts to airport, trucking companies, or others as required. Performs other clerical tasks such as maintaining appropriate files.

Qualifications

Education and/or Experience High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Language Skills Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to other employees of the organization. Mathematical Skills Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs. Reasoning Ability Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations. Certificates, Licenses, Registrations Must be forklift certified. Must have valid Indiana driver's license. Physical Demands While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to walk and climb or balance. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision. Work Environment While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places and outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

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