Shipping Team Leader

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Regular Full-Time Manual Labor Midlothian, TX, US

As a Shipping Team Leader, you will support the daily shipping operations of the facility while helping lead the team to meet goals for safety, quality, productivity, accuracy, and customer satisfaction. This hands-on role includes coordinating work assignments, creating and verifying shipments, managing inventory transactions, supporting trailer movement, training team members, and helping ensure shipping processes are completed accurately and efficiently.

• Starting Pay:$17.50
• Guaranteed Progression: 50-cent per hour increases at 90 days, 1 year, and annually thereafter for a total of 5 years, reaching the maximum rate at 5 years in this role.

Founded in 1989 and headquartered in Dallas, Texas, PLA is a national supply chain solutions provider offering Pallet Management Services, 3PL Services, Reverse Logistics Services, and Freight Brokerage & Transportation Management Services, handling over 115 million pallets per year for over 1,500 customers. Now one of the largest pallet manufacturing and recycling companies in the United States, PLA has over 76 facilities, employing upwards of 3500 employees across 23 states, and is still looking for opportunities for growth, both organically and through acquisition.

• Daily Pay Option
  – Access your earnings before payday
• Weekly Pay – Get paid on time, every week
• PTO
  (Paid Time Off)
• Full Benefits: Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance – 3 medical plan options through Blue Cross Blue Shield with low weekly premiums starting at $28.75
• Health Savings Account (HSA)– Company contribution up to $750 annually with tax-advantaged savings
• 401(k) retirement plan featuring up to a 4% employer match, eligibility the first of the month after 90 days, and access to a Financial Wellness Consultant.
• Flexible Benefits – Multiple plan options to fit your needs and budget
• Prescription Drug Coverage – Low copays starting at $10 for generic medications
• FREE Life Insurance & AD&D – Basic coverage provided at no cost upon employment
• Vision Benefits – $10 eye exams and $150 frame allowance through Superior Vision by Met Life starting at $1.46 per week
• Dental Coverage – 100% preventive care coverage with Met Life plans starting at $5.76 per week
• Voluntary Short-Term Disability (STD) – Income replacement up to 60% of weekly covered earnings (max $1,500 weekly) for a non-work-related injury or illness.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – Free and confidential support for work stress, grief, legal/financial issues, and more.
• Additional Voluntary Benefits – Met Life Legal and Identity Theft Services and Pet Insurance with ASPCA.
• Life Mart employee discounts (through ADP) on everyday stuff and larger purchases (travel, electronics, entertainment, and more)
• Dell Employee Purchase Program (EPP) discounts available for personal use.

Reporting to the Supervisor or Manager, the Shipping Team Leader is responsible for working with the facility management team to ensure that personnel assigned in their area of responsibility are meeting the performance goals of the Used Asset Center. These goals include safety, quality, productivity, accuracy of work and customer satisfaction.

• Ensure that daily work assignments are clearly communicated and defined to the team in order meet the department goals. preventative maintenance on fleet trailers for an assigned geographical grouping of Service Centers covering multiple states.
• Lot and create containers of used asset returns based on asset category and disposition.
• Create shipments based on…