Shipping & Receiving Associate
About this role
Who We Are: USCS is driven to advance, innovate, and serve companies seeking the best service, facilities, and logistics in the cold chain. We are employee-focused, an equal employment opportunity employer, and would love to have you join our team.
Multiple Shifts available:
Shipping & Receiving Associate
3rd SHIFT 10:00 pm- 6:30 am
schedule to be determined
The Job Details:
· Communicate effectively with carriers and other contacts regarding the inbound and outbound movements of their product.
· Expected to have a full picture understanding of how to enter products into the WMS, how the product is stored, and shipped out of the facility.
· Engage with drivers and verify driver identification in order to assign them dock doors and ultimately check the drivers in and out.
· Responsible for knowledge of product location within the warehouse to effectively assign dock doors.
· Effectively communicate any issues to the warehouse so they can plan accordingly.
· Accurately enter data into the system from the carrier/customers' paperwork to properly process inbounds.
· Generate the bill documentation, ensure the carrier reviews the paperwork, and confirm the driver has all the correct paperwork for the load with the correct destination.
· Must report overages, shortages, defective materials, or questionable conditions as per the customer's requirements to the department supervisor and note on carrier/customer documentation.
· Responsible for putting all necessary information regarding appointments, including driver's paperwork, seal, trailer number, etc.
· Act as the final checkpoint for order completion and accuracy prior to releasing the driver.
· Responsible for identifying extra charges for pallets, overtime, labor, etc., and collecting appropriate charges from the driver.
· Assist Customer Accounts with the posting of inbound and outbound shipments.
· Maintain professional relationships with carriers and customers.
· Act as a Welcome Center Associate and Security Guard when needed, including overseeing the complete check-in and check-out process, trailer verification procedure, checking the yard, and verifying sealed trailers.