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Cadrex Shipping and Receiving Associate II in Agawam, Massachusetts
Shipping and Receiving Associate II
Agawam, MA (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=59+Gen+Creighton+West+Abrams+D+Agawam+MA+USA+01001)
Description
OVERVIEW
Cadrex is searching for a Shipping and Receiving Associate II to manage shipping/receiving responsibilities as defined, to ensure accurate data entry and transactions, and product and material movement in and out of the site.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Ability to operate a forklift (Stand-up, and sit down), pallet jack, plastic bander and shrink wrap machine
Communicate with purchasing on what supplies are required for orders
Run and perform cycle counts
Enter information into customer portals
Collaborate with Material Handlers on ensuring shipments are packaged and prepared
Ability to use critical thinking skills to navigate issues that arise and assist with process improvement
Assist with “pulling” and communicating with sales and production to meet shipment deadlines
Optimize shipping lanes and racks to ensure product is well organized and prepared for shipments
The ability to unload trucks for receiving
Operate box trucks for local deliveries and building transfers
Assist in training level I
Assist with process improvement for the department
Optimize material racks to ensure they are correctly labeled, well organized, and prepared for operators
Collaborate with purchasing to define the most efficient times for product delivery
Identify urgent material/items that need to be received first and notify appropriate departments so they can complete their tasks as soon as they are available
Communicate with operators to identify what material/items are needed at their station daily
Run and perform cycle counts
Research transactions, when necessary, in relation to receiving, to locate items or identify issues
Cross trained in both buildings to receive materials, items, and outside processing
Identify incorrect packaging from suppliers and ensure that it is communicated with quality, purchasing and/or the materials manager to pass on to the correct supplier contact
Requirements
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
2+ years’ related experience in a high-volume manufacturing setting preferred
Read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Write simple correspondence
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
Ability to read and interpret prints and work orders
Attention to detail and quality
EDUCATION
- High School Diploma
LOCATION
- Onsite
SCHEDULE
- M-F
WORK ENVIRONMENT
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to work near moving mechanical parts and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to the risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate and occasionally loud.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, sit, use hands and fingers, handle or feel, and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, color vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
CADREX’S CORE VALUES
- Safety first, rising to the challenge, collaboration, accountability, and doing the right thing
ABOUT US
CADREX Manufacturing Solutions is a leading provider of complex sheet metal and machined production parts, assemblies, and weldments for a variety of end markets, including electrical transmission and distribution, warehouse automation, technology, aerospace & defense, medical, food, and industrials. With locations in Colorado, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Washington, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Indiana, Massachusetts, Oklahoma, and Monterrey Mexico, CADREX offers numerous in-house manufacturing capabilities, including laser cutting, sheet metal fabrication, complex assembly, CNC punching, CNC machining, forming, robotic welding, stamping, fastener insertion, and tool and die manufacturing, to effectively serve customers with lights-out manufacturing capabilities for mid- to high-volume production. For more information, visit www.cadrex.com.
Cadrex provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.