Shipping Clerk- 1st Shift

Overview

The Ideal Tridon Group comprises a family of brands that support, secure, and connect the movement of air, fluid, and electricity in critical applications. With over 100 years of proven quality and a strong culture of service, we are the worldwide leader in clamps, strut, hose supports, conduit, fittings, and coupling solutions. Our products are engineered to meet the highest standards across a range of industries, and our commitment to innovation, reliability, and customer support ensures we’re ready to meet the demands of today and tomorrow.

At the Ideal Tridon Group, connections aren’t just what we make—they’re the heart of everything we do.

We are seeking a Shipping Clerk on 1st shift for our Smyrna, TN plant.
Shift
: 1st - 7:00am – 3:30pm.
Schedule
:
Monday – Friday.

• Provide service to the manufacturing operation regarding shipping of products to ensure quality of service and internal customer delivery expectations consistent with company policy and performance standards.
• Coordinate the tasks of team members to execute shipping/warehousing functions, perform duties such as preparing, handling, organizing, loading, and unloading skids or packaged orders; verify paperwork including quantities, dimensions, and weights; secure loads and ensure material handling aligns with documentation and instructions (e.g., work orders, shop prints).
• Observe all safety and operational procedures; maintain required paperwork, safety logs, preventive maintenance logs, and checklists to meet quality and delivery expectations.
• Make operational decisions as needed and maintain communication with Operations Manager and/or Operations Supervisor for approvals.
• Demonstrate a sense of urgency toward efficiency and delivery challenges, safety compliance, and quality; propose changes to working conditions and methods to improve efficiency while ensuring employee safety; foster a positive team environment.
• Utilize strong interpersonal and professional communication skills with a diverse group of associates, customers, and suppliers.
• Assist with heavier items as pallets and skids may weigh up to 1,500 lbs; request help from coworkers when needed.
• May require overtime and a flexible schedule, including reporting early and working late, including weekends from time to time.

• Coordinate shipments, including checking shipment accuracy, quality issues, packing, generating paperwork, and scheduling pickups as necessary.
• Generate labels for shipped parts or materials with required information (e.g., sales order number, supplier, customer name, date packed, and total per skid/box).
• Review and assist the receiving clerk with paperwork to check shipment accuracy; coordinate inbound/outbound staging and loading; take pictures when necessary.
• Work with other departments to detect quality issues on shipments and coordinate corrective actions per procedure; complete proper documentation.
• Utilize UPS and Fed Ex shipping software to arrange small package and LTL shipments to customer locations as requested.
• Operate various equipment as needed (forklift, standing stock picker, carts, hand trucks) and cover other positions when required.
• Participate in training new employees and support corrective action procedures within the department.
• Demonstrate multitasking and decision-making skills to prioritize workload.
• Work from an elevated platform with designated safety equipment; heights may vary but will not exceed 25 feet.
• Coordinate and oversee activities to comply with 5S, safety, and other related company policies; report injuries or safety incidents per policy.
• Maintain open communication between management and workers.
• Perform additional duties as needed.

• High school diploma or GED required. An Associate’s degree or BS is highly desirable, or 2–3 years of related inventory and shipping experience or equivalent.
• Training in operating forklift, carts, and hand truck is a plus. Experience in inventory control, cycle counting, and root-cause analysis with recommendations to solve and eliminate inventory errors is desired.

The ideal candidate must be able to…