Crew Leader - Shipping

METROLINA GREENHOUSES•Huntersville, NC

About The Position

The Crew Leader in the Shipping Department helps lead team members by assigning tasks, maintaining quality and productivity standards, and ensuring employees follow safety and operational processes. The role supervises a team but does not directly manage employees. It involves handling and moving plants and inventory, coordinating transfers with related departments, and coaching and training employees. The position is primarily outdoors, though it may involve working between locations and performing administrative duties in an indoor office environment.

Requirements

Strong leadership skills and ability to give crews constructive feedback.
Effective verbal and written communication skills.
Strong organizational skills, including time management.
Proven basic math skills.
Ability to adapt to different job situations on a daily basis.
Demonstrated problem-solving and troubleshooting ability, including seeking solutions to problems.
Detail-oriented, accurate, reliable, able to multitask, and able to work as a team player.
Fluency in reading, writing, and understanding English.
Ability to work in outdoor elements, including heat, cold, wet conditions, dust, and allergens.
Ability to lift up to 35 pounds repetitively for 8 or more hours per day; the description also specifies consistently lifting up to 30 pounds unassisted.
Ability to push and pull rolling or shipping carts weighing up to 1,000 pounds, requiring 75 pounds of force.
Ability to bend, stoop, reach, sit, twist, stand, and squat for extended periods and use fine motor skills such as pinching, squeezing, and pulling.
Ability to climb a ladder and work at heights above 6 feet.
Ability to obtain certification to drive low-speed vehicles.

Responsibilities

Scan and sort incoming and outgoing stock.
Maintain a clean, organized, and safe work area.
Pull, push, load, and relocate plants.
Work on scaffolding as a regular part of duties and occasionally as needed.
Supervise, direct, and assist the crew in meeting production goals.
Run reports to identify inventory to be moved to and from the warehouse and coordinate inventory transfers with related departments.
Verify and maintain desired quality levels.
Coach and train employees within the department.
Ensure employees follow safety requirements and operational processes.
Perform any job within the Production, Shipping, or Labor departments as needed.
Operate machinery necessary within the department and across the facility, including driving a scooter.
Perform other duties as assigned by management.