Shipping Lead

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Shipping/Material Hdling Hrly Labor Full-time Regular 6207 North Houston Rosslyn Road Houston, Houston, TX, US

Lead the team that keeps customer shipments moving. As Shipping Lead, you’ll combine hands‑on leadership and organization to help finished products reach the right destination on time and damage‑free. When you join our Hood Container Houston team you will be supporting one of the largest corrugated box facilities service East Texas.

• First Shift (6 Am - 2 PM, Monday
  - Friday)
• Second Shift (2 PM - 10 PM, Monday
  - Friday), $2/hr Shift Differential
• Third Shift (10 PM - 6 AM, Monday
  - Friday), $1/hr Shift Differential

• Coordinate shipment preparation, staging, unloading, palletizing, banding, wrapping, and loading to ensure freight reaches the correct destination on time and damage‑free.
• Route and assign local deliveries, transfers, and pickups.
• Lead and coach team members, ensuring they are on time, ready for assigned work, and equipped to perform tasks safely.
• Communicate shipping delays, product damage, or shortages to Customer Service and management.
• Complete shipping documentation, administrative paperwork, and data entry accurately.
• Lead and complete unitized inventory counts, cycle counts, and related reports; confirm results with the Shipping Manager.
• Maintain a clean, organized, and safe shipping area.
• Support additional duties and projects as assigned.

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Experience leading and coaching a team in a shipping, manufacturing, or warehouse environment to meet shipping and safety objectives.
• Computer proficiency to complete shipping paperwork and data entry.
• Proficiency in operating the equipment required for shipping functions.
• Ability to work inside the facility in temperatures ranging from 40 to 120 degrees for several continuous hours.
• Ability to lift, push, and pull 50 lbs.

• Competitive pay & benefits:
  We offer a competitive hourly wage, a quarterly bonus program, and a comprehensive benefits package to keep you healthy and happy.
• Continuous learning:
  We invest in training and development to help you grow your skills and advance your career.
• Caring & Empowering Company Culture:
  Supportive & collaborative team dedicated to seeing you unbox your potential to help make a difference & make customers happy.

Our goal is to be a diverse workforce that is representative, at all job levels, of the citizens and customers we serve. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills.

Hood Container Corporation is a family‑owned, Mill to Market company, specializing in container board and kraft paper, corrugated boxes, high graphic displays, and contract packaging. Our commitment to customer happiness, employee well‑being, environmental stewardship, and operational excellence drive our business. Over the last decade, Hood Container Corporation has grown to become one of the top ten Paper and Packaging Companies in the United States.

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