Shipping Receiving Clerk

Job Summary

Yates Industries is currently looking for a Shipping and Receiving Clerk in our Austell, GA plant!

At Yates Industries, we truly care for our employees, fostering a sense of family among and across the workforce. Join the Yates Industries Team and free yourself from the feeling that it’s just a job and start on your path to a rewarding career with great growth potential. Our in‑house training opportunities can help you get started; the next step is up to you.

• Manage shipping and receiving activity for new business including sales orders, shippers, BOL, misc. shippers, and receiving inspection.
• Develop and process shipping containers. This includes but not limited to building crates and/or skids out of wood, redi crates, an/or palletize jobs to be shipped. Record weight and dimensions.
• Conduct inspections to ensure crates meet safety and performance standards and are suitable for shipping and contain the correct documentation when required.
• Interpret blueprints and customer requirements to design custom crates for specific items.
• Measure, cut, and assemble wood and other materials to build crates, pallets, and skids using tools like nail guns, saws, and drills.
• Manage and schedule common carriers for freight out.
• Process jobs for UPS/Fed Ex.
• Pre‑assemble seals, components, and parts orders as applicable.
• Notify purchasing of any items that are below safety stock or not in inventory.
• Assist other areas with miscellaneous jobs.
• Maintain inventory of all shipping supplies, lumber, boxes and packing.
• Ensure safety and quality at all times and report issues to the Production Manager.
• Ability to load and unload trucks with a forklift, crane, or pallet jack.
• Other duties as assigned.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of the organization.

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Knowledge of Internet Explorer, Made to Manage system, Microsoft Outlook, UPS system, and Fed Ex system.

High school diploma or GED; or two to four years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Experience operating hand and power tools, including nail guns, staple guns, and various saws.
• Crane
• Forklift
• Pallet jack

• Technical
  
  Skills:
  
  Ability to read blueprints, take accurate measurements, and understand carpentry or manufacturing processes.
• Attention to Detail:
  Crucial for accurate assembly and ensuring durability and compliance with shipping standards.
• Physical Stamina:
  The ability to handle physical tasks in a fast‑paced environment.
• Safety Awareness:
  Adherence to safety protocols and a commitment to a safe work environment.
• Ability to work with various software’s.
• Ability to multi‑task.
• Ability to work with frequent interruptions and requests for assistance in a related manufacturing environment.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands, reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear.

The employee is frequently…