Shipping Lead-3rd Shift

Job Summary

The Shipping Lead is responsible for assisting the Supervisor with duties in the assigned production area while ensuring that job tasks, assignments, and rotations are followed. The lead is also responsible for coordinating shipping personnel assignments and ensuring all food safety and customer requirements are met prior to shipment.

Key Responsibilities

• Follows direction of Shipping Supervisor to assign and instruct personnel of daily production duties

• Provide accurate and timely feedback to supervisor regarding any issues or problems that may arise

• Train new hires while maintaining and promoting a safe work environment

• Review for accuracy all records associated with product prior to being shipped

• Inspect and ensure that product loaded on trailers meet specifications

• Enter information into system as required and ensure all outgoing paperwork is prepared

• Position is required to work before department start time in order to assist with set up/department preparations

• Accountable to maintain punctual and regular attendance for scheduled work hours

Minimum Qualifications (Educations & Experience)

• Must be at least 18 years of age and legally authorized to work in the United States

• Must pass a background check, drug screen and pre-employment physical

• Must be able to use basic math and typing skills

• Must know how to operate a forklift and pass certification for forklift and pallet jack certification

Essential Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to communicate across different departments with individuals in varying levels of responsibility

• Basic computer skills required

• High attention to detail when performing both repetitive and unique tasks

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Some positions may require the ability to read, write, and/or speak English. Bilingual in English and Spanish is preferred

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be regularly required to stand, sit, talk, hear, reach, stoop, kneel, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer, telephone, keyboard, and occasionally lift up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, color vision and the ability to adjust focus.

• Standing or sitting for long periods of time

• Walking/climbing stairs

• Operating handheld or mechanical machinery

• Lifting, carrying, pulling or pushing up

Working Conditions & Travel Requirements

• Work is performed in a food processing plant with a high noise level, storage coolers/facilities.

• Position requires working around processing plant equipment.

• Must be physically capable of working extended hours if needed and in a wet environment, standing for long periods of time, and operating processing equipment.

• This position requires the individual to wear and work in personal protective equipment while in the manufacturing environment.

• The noise level of the office environment is usually moderate; the noise level in the manufacturing environment may exceed 85 DBA and require hearing protection.

• May work in hot/cold and/or damp environments

• Work with our around chemicals and fumes

Disclaimer

We embrace equal opportunity employment. Butterball is committed to the fair and impartial treatment of all employees and applicants for employment without regard to gender, age, race, religion, color, national origin, physical or mental disability, military/veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, genetic information, marital status, parental status, pregnancy, or any other status protected by law.