Shipping & Receiving Operator

Howmet Aerospace • Houston, TX

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Howmet’s Houston Extrusions Plant focuses on converting specialty metals into value added extrusions for the aerospace and defense industries. The Shipping & Receiving Clerk is responsible for providing inventory support, material handling support, inventory facilitation, coordination, organization, planning and other similar activities involved with the day-to-day shipping and receiving processes.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED
• Minimum 3 years of Shipping & Receiving experience
• Must be able to obtain an in-house mobile equipment certification, including use of forklift and boom lift

Nice To Haves

• Excellent communication; both written and orally.
• Strong PC skills; MS Office, Excel
• Experience with SAP
• Must be able to lift 50 lbs.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for all daily functions of the Shipping & Receiving department
• Operate forklifts and side loaders on a daily basis.
• Be able to work flexible hours for critical or end of month shipments.
• Manage inventory of crates, pallets, or other shipping materials.
• Ensures all incoming and outgoing materials are traceable, damage free and are handled in a safe manner to preserve the quality of the product
• Contributes to customer satisfaction by ensuring that finished material is shipped in a timely manner, free of damage, in accordance with (customer) release requirements.
• Responsible for implementing and maintaining documented work instructions for safe and proper handling of incoming materials.
• Responsible for verification of all incoming supply shipments to ensure correct delivery.
• Responsible for implementing and maintaining documented work instructions for proper loading of trucks in accordance with State and Federal regulations.
• Responsible for ensuring, that departmental employees are properly trained to correctly process all shipping documents (Bill of Lading, Packing List, Shipping Letters of Intent, etc.)
• Communicates daily with the Operations Manager and internal personnel from Sales, Maintenance, Operations and Quality Control in order to help resolve any problems and help achieve company goals.
• Maintains clean work area
• Ensure work is in compliance with of all site safety policies
• Complies with all EHS rules required for the work environment.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

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