Shipping Associate

Safeway Garage Doors • Warsaw, IN

8d • Onsite

About The Position

These positions are responsible for moving, stacking, and loading all SWD products into trailers, box trucks, or trucks for shipment. This position requires using forklifts, pallet jacks, carts, and racking. These positions are very physical and require an extensive amount of lifting and maneuvering. Quality is at the forefront of this position; ensuring that products being shipped are correct and damage-free is paramount to the position’s success. ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: Level I- Loader Pull/Push product carts from the warehouse floor to the dock for loading. Uses hands or equipment to move garage doors, hardware, or related products. Load “verified” doors, sections, products, and miscellaneous products by hand in a semi-trailer as shipment load list. Lifts, stacks, and packs overhead garage doors, track, hardware, openers, and/or assemblies. Secure all loads by shimming the product with foam or placing load bars or poles. Must know Alphabet and Numbers. Maintain a neat and orderly dock and warehouse area. Use safe lifting, loading, and operating techniques. Other duties may be assigned. Level II- Spotter Spot trailers for the day that needs to be loaded. Instruct team members on where and what needs to be staged for loading the trailer for the route. Once the product has been verified, instruct the members on what and how to load the trailer for the route specified in the load report based on size, quantity, and product. Uses hands or equipment to move garage doors, hardware, or related products. Lifts, stacks, and packs overhead garage doors, track, hardware, openers, and/or assemblies. Ensure loads are secure and loaded properly. Knowledge of capacity planning of trailer or box truck. Maintain a neat and orderly dock and warehouse area. Use safe lifting, loading, and operating techniques. Other duties may be assigned. Level III – Team Lead Verify product by using load lists and/or scanner Follow the route loading order determined by the supervisor Once the product has been verified, instruct team members on what and how to load the trailer for the route specified in the load report based on size, quantity, and product. Uses hands or equipment to move garage doors, hardware, or related products. Lifts, stacks, and packs overhead garage doors, track, hardware, openers, and/or assemblies. Ensure loads are secure and loaded properly Practice correct shipping procedures. Report issues, quality, or safety to the supervisor Basic computer knowledge, ERP software, closing shipments, and creating documents for shipments Communicates with the office team, customer service team, procurement team, and managers Maintain a neat and orderly dock and warehouse area. Use safe lifting, loading, and operating techniques. Other duties may be assigned.

Requirements

• Must know Alphabet and Numbers.
• Basic computer knowledge, ERP software, closing shipments, and creating documents for shipments
• Ability to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, including lifting overhead.
• Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

Nice To Haves

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
• Forklift certificate- for levels II & III

Responsibilities

• Move, stack, and load all SWD products into trailers, box trucks, or trucks for shipment.
• Use forklifts, pallet jacks, carts, and racking.
• Load “verified” doors, sections, products, and miscellaneous products by hand in a semi-trailer as shipment load list.
• Lift, stack, and pack overhead garage doors, track, hardware, openers, and/or assemblies.
• Secure all loads by shimming the product with foam or placing load bars or poles.
• Maintain a neat and orderly dock and warehouse area.
• Use safe lifting, loading, and operating techniques.
• Spot trailers for the day that needs to be loaded.
• Instruct team members on where and what needs to be staged for loading the trailer for the route.
• Instruct the members on what and how to load the trailer for the route specified in the load report based on size, quantity, and product.
• Verify product by using load lists and/or scanner
• Follow the route loading order determined by the supervisor
• Practice correct shipping procedures.
• Report issues, quality, or safety to the supervisor
• Communicate with the office team, customer service team, procurement team, and managers

What This Job Offers

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