Shipper- Weekend Nights

Valmont Industries, Inc. • Jasper, TN

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Manually moves freight, stock, or other materials. Loads finished goods on to trucks. Understands all documents pertaining to storage, setting up and load. Maintains housekeeping in areas, observes all safety rules to company standards. Understands and participates in accurate department inventory and product staging procedures. Responsible for the checking of the proper identification of material being shipped by size, gauge, length, count and quality. Operates various forklifts, flat bed trucks and a variety of hand tools. Associate will also be expected to pick orders, manage inventory within a database and create BOLs (bills of lading).

Requirements

• Ability to accurately read tape measures
• Ability to stand 90% of time
• Able to work outside in extreme heat or cold
• Able to operate forklifts, flat bed trucks and hand tools
• Must be accurate in logging inventory transactions in a variety of formats
• The ability to work overtime when required for business needs
• Must be forklift certified by the company
• Be able to work in fast paced high volume environment
• Be able to read and write and have good basic math skills
• Needs to be able to read a tape measure
• Must be able to communicate well with others
• Must have ability to operate forklift, hand tools and yard truck
• Must be able to back up yard truck with a 40' - 50' trailer on
• Must be able to identify product size and gauge
• Must be able to understand and follow division standard loading procedures and have a knowledge of loading materials, various types of trailers, accurately filling out pick sheets, creating pole lists, logging shop orders and shipping orders
• Identify proper loading as per loading instructions
• Identify quality problems and bring to attention of supervisor
• Resolve identification problems and equipment problems and notify supervisor
• Must stage trailers with easy access to material being loaded
• Ensure proper safety precautions are used during loading
• The job requires safety glasses, hearing protection, and metatarsal safety shoes be worn at all times, where appropriate
• The associate must be able to spend the entire work shift on their feet within the shop environment
• The associate must also be able to wear the required personal protective equipment (PPE) for working in the production facility

Nice To Haves

• No prior experience needed

Responsibilities

• Load product per shipping orders and pick sheet
• Operate various equipment including fork lift, flat bed trucks (yard dogs) and hand tools
• Report any unsafe conditions to supervisor
• Handle scrap from all departments as required and control the flow of scrap trailers
• Assist with cycle counts and material handling moves from staging to storage monthly
• Prepping poles for finisher (i.e. installing pole caps, throwing dunnage, nailing blocks, banding loads, banding pallets of goods, shrink wrapping pallets, installing barcode tags, etc.)
• Installing access covers for Bridge product and rivnuts
• Perform daily Forklift and truck safety/inspection checks as required
• Accurately read tape measures
• Stand 90% of time
• Work outside in extreme heat or cold
• Operate forklifts, flat bed trucks and hand tools
• Accurate logging of inventory transactions in a variety of formats
• Work overtime when required for business needs
• Back up yard truck with a 40' - 50' trailer on
• Identify product size and gauge
• Understand and follow division standard loading procedures
• Knowledge of loading materials, various types of trailers, accurately filling out pick sheets, creating pole lists, logging shop orders and shipping orders
• Identify proper loading as per loading instructions
• Identify quality problems and bring to attention of supervisor
• Resolve identification problems and equipment problems and notify supervisor
• Stage trailers with easy access to material being loaded
• Ensure proper safety precautions are used during loading

Benefits

• Healthcare (medical, prescription drugs, dental and vision)
• 401k retirement plan with company match
• Paid time off
• Employer paid life insurance
• Employer paid short-term and long-term disability including maternity leave
• Work Life Support
• Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,250 per year
• Voluntary programs like tobacco cessation, Type 2 diabetes reversal, one-on-one health coaching, mortgage services and more

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED