Shift Supervisor I - Richmond, VA

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Shift Supervisor I - Richmond, VA

Job Location: WSCS - Staples Richmond, VA-Richmond-23231

Office Location: Onsite

Employment Type: Salary

Job Type: Full Time

Start a Watco Career and Discover the Difference

Keep the world''s supply chain moving. That''s what the Watco team does every day at our short line railroads, switching sites, terminals, ports, and logistics hubs. Whether you''re at one of these locations or in a support-services role, there''s one thread that ties everyone together. We''re all or the same team. One Watco.

Here''s what you can expect from Watco:

• Outstanding culture recognized by Forbes and Newsweek
• Competitive compensation and benefits
• Paid on-the-job training with peer trainers
• Training for conductors, engineers, mechanics, and MOW Team Members at Watco''s Safe Performance Center
• Leadership and development programs offered through Watco University
• Career advancement opportunities

Job Summary

The Shift Supervisor is responsible for leading hub associates and/or temp workers in warehouse operations and activities including the receiving, sorting, and scanning inbound freight.  This position plays a crucial role in ensuring procedures and operations increase efficiency, profitability, and customer satisfaction.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to hub associates
• Supervise hub associates and/or temp workers
• Manage staffing schedules of associates and/or temp workers based on volume projections to help meet specific metric related goals
• Organize stocks and maintain inventors
• Inspect products for defects and damages
• Examine incoming freight
• Receive, unload, and place incoming inventory items appropriately
• Oversee the sort process to ensure it is done in an efficient manner
• Ensure team abides by all company safety and hygiene regulations
• Collaborate with day shift transportation team
• Contribute ideas on ways to improve or optimize warehousing procedures
• Keep warehouse clean and organized daily mentation of and compliance with the company safety plan, including drug and alcohol
• Other duties as necessary

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily and be able to pass and/or obtain all reporting, testing, and certifications as required for this position and location. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• Proficiency in inventory software, database, and systems
• Good organizational and time management skills
• Current forklift license or ability to obtain one

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