Shipping Lead

Nucor•Shelbyville, IN

About The Position

The Shipping Team Lead provides day-to-day leadership, communication, and direction for the Shipping team, supporting a safe, efficient, and productive work environment. The role promotes safety, ensures product quality, and drives operational productivity. The teammate works closely with the Shipping Supervisor and the Trim, Accessories, Quality, and Production teams to coordinate accurate, timely communication about customer shipments and carrier schedules and to meet customer expectations and delivery commitments. The Shipping Team Lead oversees the safe receipt, handling, and storage of raw materials and supplies, including accessories, mastics, steel, cardboard, foam runners, and OSB. The role ensures materials are properly staged and available for production and shipping operations; helps establish and execute the daily load schedule; and supports on-time shipments in accordance with customer requirements. Responsibilities also include supporting warehouse and accessory storage operations, inventory organization, packaging, trailer loading, and finished-goods management in outdoor shipping yards. The ideal candidate is a servant leader who communicates expectations, coordinates daily activities, and supports operational success while maintaining a culture focused on safety, quality, teamwork, continuous improvement, and customer service. Safety practices, policies, procedures, and housekeeping standards must be upheld at all times.

Requirements

1–3 years of experience in shipping, receiving, warehousing, logistics, or manufacturing operations.
Previous team lead or supervisory experience.
Safe operating experience with powered industrial trucks (forklifts).
Ability to complete required forklift training and plant authorizations.
Basic proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word, and Outlook; inventory management systems; and barcode scanning equipment.
Basic mathematical skills.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to stand, walk, lift, bend, kneel, pull, and perform other physical job requirements.
Ability to work in varying environmental conditions, including heat, cold, rain, and elevated noise levels.
High school diploma or equivalent.
Ability to uphold safety practices, policies, procedures, and housekeeping standards.
Demonstrated accountability, dependability, coordination of information, teamwork, initiative, communication, problem solving, and judgment/decision-making.
Knowledge of logistics and transportation principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including relative costs and benefits.

Nice To Haves

Prior supervisory experience in a warehouse or production environment.
3 or more years of experience in shipping, receiving, warehouse operations, or logistics.
Familiarity with documentation or handling of hazardous materials.
Bilingual capabilities in English and Spanish.
Associate or bachelor's degree in logistics, supply chain management, or a related field.

Responsibilities

Provide day-to-day leadership, communication, and direction for the Shipping team.
Promote safety, ensure product quality, and drive operational productivity.
Coordinate with the Shipping Supervisor and Trim, Accessories, Quality, and Production teams on customer shipments and carrier schedules.
Oversee the safe receipt, handling, storage, and staging of raw materials and supplies.
Help establish and execute the daily load schedule.
Ensure shipments are completed on time and according to customer requirements.
Support warehouse and accessory storage operations, including inventory organization, packaging, and trailer loading.
Manage finished goods in the outdoor shipping yards.
Uphold safety policies, procedures, practices, and housekeeping standards.
Support teamwork, continuous improvement, operational success, and customer service.