Shipping Clerk I - First Shift

Neogen Corporation•Sterling, VA

About The Position

The Shipping Clerk I performs physical and administrative tasks involved in shipping, receiving, storing, distributing, and fulfilling orders for merchandise, products, materials, parts, supplies, and equipment. The role checks received goods against purchase orders or invoices, maintains records, rejects unsatisfactory items, prepares products for shipment, records weights and shipping charges, and maintains shipment records. It also involves reviewing customer orders and examining, stocking, and distributing inventory in warehouses, distribution centers, or manufacturing lines. The position may require lifting heavy items and operating a forklift. The role handles domestic and international small-parcel and freight shipments, pallet orders, temperature-controlled products, hazardous materials, and international shipping documentation. The employee must meet customer and distributor requirements for packaging, labeling, lot separation, expiration dates, and palletizing. Schedule: Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
At least two years of documented distribution or warehouse experience in an inbound or outbound function.
Ability to interface with management regarding job duties and the department's future development.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common shipping reports and regulatory shipping documents.
Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community.
Ability to present information effectively to lower-level management.
Basic math skills, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and averaging.
Ability to meet the physical demands of the job, including regularly lifting or moving up to 25 pounds, frequently up to 50 pounds, and occasionally up to 100 pounds.
Ability to sit, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach; talk or hear; and stand, walk, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
Required vision abilities include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Nice To Haves

RF scanner experience.
Forklift certification.
Some experience with UPS WorldShip online and ability to learn additional functions.

Responsibilities

Safely operate required distribution equipment and train coworkers in its use.
Use barcode scanners to pick orders, look up inventory, transfer inventory, and save or load orders.
Prepare small-parcel shipments through UPS, FedEx, and DHL; verify order accuracy, complete paperwork, package products according to work instructions, and process shipments through the shipping station.
Perform domestic and international small-parcel shipments and freight quotes.
Pull, box, and ship temperature-controlled items and handle hazardous-material shipments.
Complete AES/ITN numbers for UPS shipments.
Pick pallet orders accurately; verify order accuracy; layer products, face labels outward, label case counts, and properly pack loose items.
Pick truckload and large orders while following distributor requirements for expiration dates, case quantities, lot separation, palletizing, and keeping like items together.
Pack loose or easily damaged items and complete shipment paperwork.
Prepare international shipments using heat-treated pallets, customer packaging requirements, international packing lists, commercial invoices, and special customer instructions.
Package and label gravity-flow items and follow requirements for full cases, unsplit lots, and expiration dates.
Print address labels for multiple-pallet shipments.
Check goods received and goods for distribution against purchase orders or invoices, keep records, and reject unsatisfactory items.
Review customer orders and examine, stock, and distribute merchandise, products, and materials.