Shipping and Warehouse Clerk

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**POSITION/TITLE: **Shipping Clerk

**FLSA Status: **Non-exempt

**Classification: **Full time, Regular, Hourly

**DEPARTMENT: **Shipping Department

**REPORTS TO: **Shipping Manager

**PAY: **$22.00 - $24.00 per hour and depending on experience

**POSITION SUMMARY

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This position requires this person to safely and properly operate equipment such as a forklift and electric pallet jack to move product in and out of the refrigerated shipping department for safe delivery to our customers, clients, vendors. Ensure that the quality of the products is maintained in accordance with the company’s guidelines for this position, as well as USDA rules, regulation, and requirements. This is a refrigerated environment. Bilingual in English-Spanish preferred but not required.

**ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

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• Loading and unloading product in an efficient, accurate, and safe manner

• Moving product to storage areas with proper equipment and efficiently stack and store the product in the appropriate area

• Maneuvering a forklift and/or pallet jack through limited space areas; verifying counts and products shipped/received

• Picking orders for shipment

• Operating specific material handling equipment safely and efficiently as required

• Checking or counting products for accuracy and/or damage

• Operating Radio Frequency (RF) terminals to ensure accurate local inventories

• Picking and entering correct data to properly create advance shipment notifications for customers as required

• Will be required to manually pick orders

• Other duties as assigned

**Minimum Experience/Education Requirements

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• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one years’ of related experience and/or training; one year of forklift experience; one year experience with an RF Scan gun or equivalent or equivalent combination of education and experience.

**Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

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• Demonstrated ability to pay attention to detail

• Excellent communication skills and follow up

• Basic knowledge of shipping materials and production processes

• Knowledge of how a shipping department functions

• Well organized, with the ability to multi-task

• Ability to count accurately and do simple math

• Ability to work in various temperatures

• Sound judgment, problem solving and common sense thinking skills

• Basic understanding of GMPs and HACCP

**PREFERRED Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

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• Bilingual skills-Spanish/English but must be able to read and write English.

**Physical Demands

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• Standing: Frequently during assigned shift, in combination with walking. Could be 8 to 12 hours a day.

• Lift/Carry: Frequently Weights 1-60lbs. Some projects allow for lifting that might exceed 60lbs when using both arms.

• Driving: Frequently – Forklift, Pallet Jack

• THIS IS A REFRIGERATED ENVIRONMENT -- AVERAGE TEMP IS 37 DEGREES.

**Work Schedule

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This is a full-time, on-site position. Work schedules may vary based on production and business needs. Overtime, weekends, holidays, and schedule changes may be required as necessary to support plant operations.

**Benefits

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ESOP Shares

401(k) match

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Major holidays

Vacation time

Sick Time

Superior Farms is an employee-owned company and the leader in the American lamb industry. Through sustainable practices and innovative processing, we deliver the mouthwatering experience more consumers demand. Farm to fork isn't a slogan; it's how we live every day.