Shipping Lead

Welch Packaging Group Inc•Mount Joy, PA

17d•Onsite

About The Position

To deliver the Ultimate Corrugated Experience through maximization of traffics patterns while utilizing our own fleet. This role involves promoting and enforcing a strong safety culture by adhering to company safe work practices and ensuring compliance with all safety policies and SOPs. The Shipping Lead will maintain a clean, organized shipping and work area, interpret dry end run schedules, and coordinate with Scheduling and the Control Room to align production output with transportation plans and resolve discrepancies in real time. Responsibilities also include scheduling and communicating with delivery drivers for on-time customer deliveries, verifying unit counts and quality, supervising Checker Loaders, overseeing trailer inspections and compliance documentation, and managing rework, overruns, underruns, and scrap to maximize trailer utilization. The position also ensures completion of preventative maintenance and housekeeping tasks, including equipment cleaning, forklift upkeep, propane valve shutoff, and waste removal.

Requirements

High School Diploma or Equivalent
3+ years in a manufacturing shipping environment
Ability to work safely adhering to all safety processes and policies.
Strong written and oral communication.
Organization and attention to detail.
Analytical and problem-solving skills.
Time management.
Systems analysis.
Mathematical and deductive reasoning.
Critical thinking.
Active learning.

Nice To Haves

Experience with scheduled

Responsibilities

Promote and enforce a strong safety culture by adhering to company safe work practices and ensuring compliance with all safety policies and SOPs.
Maintain a clean, organized shipping and work area at shift start, during operations, and at shift changeover.
Interpret dry end run schedules and translate production data into accurate, efficient shipping lineups.
Coordinate with Scheduling and the Control Room to align production output with transportation plans and resolve discrepancies in real time.
Schedule and communicate with delivery drivers to ensure cost-effective, on-time customer deliveries.
Verify unit counts, tagging, and proper unitization to ensure all orders ship complete and meet quality standards; report shortages or issues immediately.
Supervise, monitor, and provide performance feedback to Checker Loaders; ensure proper staffing and training for assigned tasks.
Oversee trailer inspections, sweep logs, and compliance documentation to ensure completion per standard operating procedures.
Manage rework, overruns, underruns, and scrap in coordination with the Control Room Operator to prevent carryover between shifts and maximize trailer utilization.
Ensure completion of preventative maintenance and housekeeping tasks, including equipment cleaning, forklift upkeep, propane valve shutoff, and waste removal.