Crating & Packaging Specialist

Magnum Venus Products, Inc.; Lenoir City (TN); On-site; USD 21,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability plan

401k with match

Paid Time Off

Company holidays

Floating holidays

Job summary

Magnum Venus Products, Inc. is seeking a Crating & Packaging Specialist / Driver to build crates and shipping containers, move materials between nearby locations, and ensure on-time shipments.

You will assist with incoming inspection and material movement, with approximately a 60/40 split between crating/packaging and driving tasks. The role requires experience with woodworking and the safe use of tools, plus ability to document shipments and operate forklifts/cranes.

Qualifications

• Proficient woodworking experience (carpentry, building crates and shipping containers).
• Ability to safely use saws, hand tools, and blueprints.
• Advanced understanding of bracing, immobilizing and fixturing heavy components for transport.
• Ability to document and record shipments (written and photographed).
• Knowledge of standard mechanical parts and shipping documentation.
• Good math skills and basic technology skills (barcode scanning, document control).
• Self-starter, well organized with excellent attention to detail; able to handle multiple requests.
• Ability to operate lifts, cranes and hoists.

Responsibilities

• Build and secure wooden crates, shipping containers, and other packaging as needed.
• Assist in design and implementation of best practices for shipping operations.
• Work with team leaders to schedule and anticipate shipping needs for production.
• Prepare shipments according to shipping requirements; assemble, pack, crate, and label.
• Complete and maintain required paperwork and inventory transactions, if needed.
• Check incoming deliveries against purchase orders and distribute to recipient or inventory location.
• Assist loading and unloading trucks as needed.
• Use shipping checklists to ensure orders ship complete and components are securely placed in packaging material.
• Communicate with supervisors about depleting inventory, materials, and discrepancies.
• Operate a forklift, hand truck, and crane.
• Work effectively as a team member and demonstrate company values.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Woodworking

Blueprint reading

Saws & hand tools

Heavy lifting

Documentation

Math skills

Self-starter

Team player

Attention to detail

Tools

Forklift operation

Crane operation

Barcode scanning

Job description

Magnum Venus Products (MVP) is a global manufacturer of fluid movement and production solutions for industrial applications in composites and adhesives markets. MVP collaborates with its customers to offer tailored production solutions to meter, mix, dispense, and apply materials. For over 80 years, MVP has been a leading equipment provider for the marine, infrastructure, pool and bath, oil & gas, transportation, aerospace, and wind industries.

As a family-owned business, MVP serves its customers and communities with integrity and respect to create a better experience. Our same core values with which the company was founded on 80 years ago continue to guide us today as we create a better experience for our employees, customers, and communities.

• MVP proudly offers a competitive medical (partially Company-paid), dental, vision, life and disability plan;
• 401k retirement plan with a 3% match;
• Paid Time Off (starting at 13 days per year);
• 9 Company-paid holidays;
• 2 Floating holidays.

Job Summary

The Crating & Packaging Specialist / Driver will perform physical and clerical tasks in conjunction with building large crates and shipping containers for finished product, and properly securing for transportation. Additionally, they will assist with incoming inspection and material movement, including loading and unloading trucks, shipping and receiving, and other responsibilities as needed. This role also includes driving materials and product between company locations (all within 15-20 minutes of each other) as business needs require. The split between crating/packaging duties and driving/material movement duties is approximately 60/40, though this may shift based on operational demand. This specialized role is essential for meeting shipping/receiving deadlines, ensuring safe shipments, supporting timely inter-location logistics, and providing great internal customer service.

Job Responsibilities

• Build and secure wooden crates, shipping containers, and other packaging as needed
• Assist in the design and implementation of best practices and processes for shipping operations
• Work with team leaders to schedule and anticipate the shipping needs for production
• Assist with Shipping & Receiving and basic inspection duties as needed:
  • Prepare shipments according to shipping requirements. Assemble and check orders, pack and crate, label.
  • Complete and maintain required paperwork and inventory transactions, if needed
  • Check and receive incoming deliveries against purchase orders and distribute to recipient or inventory location.
  • Assist loading and unloading trucks as needed
• Using Shipping Checklists or other documentation, ensure Customer orders are shipped complete and components are securely placed in packaging material
• Communicate with supervisors, leads and other operations personnel about depleting inventory, materials, and discrepancies.
• Operate a forklift, hand truck, and crane.
• Work effectively as a team member contributing to a positive workplace. Demonstrate company values.
• Other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications

• Proficient woodworking experience (carpentry, building of crates and shipping containers)
• Ability to safely work with saws, hand tools, and blueprints
• Advanced understanding of proper bracing, immobilizing, supporting, and fixturing of heavy components that need to withstand transportation via truck, air and ship
• Ability to document and record shipments (written and photographed)
• Knowledge of standard mechanical parts
• Knowledge of shipping and receiving documentation
• Good math skills
• Basic Technology skills (barcode scanning, document control)
• Ability to work with routine standard procedures, but adjusting when requested.
• Self- starter with good focus and responsive to multiple coworker requests. Exceptionally well organized with excellent attention to detail
• Ability to operate lifts, cranes and hoists

Physical Demands

· While performing the duties of the job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.

· The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls and reach with hands and arms.

· The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds.

· Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.

Magnum Venus Products, Inc. is committed to compliance with its obligations under all applicable state and federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. In keeping with this commitment, it attempts to reasonably accommodate applicants and employees in accordance with the requirements of the disability discrimination laws. It also invites individuals with disabilities to participate in a good faith, interactive process to identify reasonable accommodations that can be made without imposing an undue hardship. Magnum Venus Products, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer