Shipping - Receiving

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Your Opportunity

Our team members receive industry-leading wages and are eligible for great benefits packages:

• Hourly Competitive Starting Pay $21.18/hour
• Comprehensive Health Insurance, Retirement Benefits and More.
• Education benefit available to full- and part time Smithfield team members on their first day of employment.

In addition, we offer opportunities for career growth and professional development.

Core Responsibilities:

Drives electric powered industrial truck equipped with lifting devices such as forklift, boom, scoop, fork grapple, clamps, elevating platform to push, pull, lift, stack, tier, or remove products, equipment, or materials. Prepare records of shipments and bills of lading for outbound trucks. Prepares records of receipt of incoming material, chemicals, and equipment and update database. Responsible for accuracy of shipping documents and computer data and verifying receiving receipts with open PO's. Must be able to read, write, and speak ENGLISH (fluently and efficiently). Must have knowledge of or be capable to LEARN COMPUTER SKILLS.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Prepares bills of lading for each shipment and checks and records all items

loaded for shipment.

2. Up-dates shipping database.

3. Notifies supervisor or Quality Management department when any discrepan

cies occur (e.g. Trucktemperatures, meat age, etc.) in accordance with

SOP's, HACCP, Company procedures, etc.

4. On receiving materials, checks and counts all items unloaded from trucks or

trailers. Up-date computer.

5. Weighs materials or products and records weight on correct forms as stated

in our SOP's.

6. Receive other materials such as sanitation chemicals, other chemicals,

and/or equipment.

7. Powered Industrial Truck operation - moves levers and pedals to drive truck

and control movement oflifting apparatus.

8. Positions forks, lifting platform, or other lifting device under, over, or around

loaded pallets, skids,boxes, products, or materials and transport load to des

ignated area.

9. Unloads and stack materials by raising and lowering lifting device.

10. Loads and unloads materials onto or off pallets, skids, or lifting device.

11. Recharges batteries.

12. Covers all breaks including lunch for stack-off position as needed

13. Other duties may be assigned.

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Performs daily, weekly, monthly inventory counts.

2. May move materials on shipping dock with hand truck.

3. Perform various daily cleaning duties (e.g. cooler and freezer, S/R dock, and outside dock area, etc.).

COMPETENCY:

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

• Judgement - displays willingness to make decisions.
• Motivation - achieves goals; demonstrates persistence and overcomes obstacles.
• Planning/Organizing - prioritizes and plans work activities; uses time efficiently.
• Quantity - completes work in timely manner; works quickly.
• Safety and Security - observes safety and security procedures, reports potentially unsafe conditions, equipment and materials properly.
• Attendance - is consistently at work and on time; follows company attendance policy.
• Dependability - follows instructions, responds to management direction; takes responsibilities for own actions.

QUALIFICATIONS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• Education and/or Experience - High school diploma or equivalent; two to four years experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Language skills - ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, GMP's, HACCP, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Mathematical skills - ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Computer skills - to perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of MS Outlook (e-mail software); Inventory Control Software; Spreadsheet software; Order processing and word processing software.
• Certificates, Licenses, Registrations - forklift certification; valid GA state motor vehicle operator's license.
• Other qualifications - must be able to communicate effectively with drivers, dispatchers, and outside individuals.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is required to sit and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; climb or balance; stoop; kneel; crouch; or smell. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and extreme cold. The employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places and outside weather conditions. The noise level in the environment is usually moderate.

EEO/AA Information

Smithfield is an equal opportunity employer committed to workplace diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, gender identity, protected veterans status, status as a disabled individual or any other protected group status or non-job characteristic as directed by law.

If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment selection process, please call us at 757-357-1595.