Shipping & Receiving Operator

basic qualifications:


* 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

preferred qualifications:


* Excellent communication; both written and orally.


* Strong PC skills; MS Office, Excel


* Experience with SAP


* Must be able to lift 50 lbs.

Essential Functions:

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.

Role and 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.