Shipping and Receiving Associate III - 1st Shift

Cadrex; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health/dental/vision coverage

Employer-paid life insurance

Disability insurance

Generous paid time off and holiday pay

401(k) with up to 4% match

Education support program

Safety glasses/shoe reimbursement

Referral bonuses

Bonus plan for all full-time employees

Job summary

Cadrex is seeking a Shipping and Receiving Associate III to manage shipping/receiving duties, data entry, and material movement at the site. The role involves operating material handling equipment, coordinating with purchasing and production, and ensuring timely shipments.

The position emphasizes accuracy, cycle counting, and collaboration across departments, with opportunities to support process improvements and training of junior staff.

Qualifications

• 3+ years' related experience in a high-volume manufacturing setting preferred.
• Read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to read and interpret prints and work orders.
• Attention to detail and quality.

Responsibilities

• Operate forklift, pallet jack, bander, and shrink wrap machine.
• Run and perform cycle counts and enter information into customer portals.
• Collaborate with Material Handlers on shipments and ensure packages are prepared.
• Assist with process improvement and training of level I staff.
• Coordinate with purchasing and production to meet shipment deadlines.

Skills

Forklift operation

Cycle counts

Data entry

Attention to detail

Reading prints/work orders

Education

High School Diploma

Tools

Forklift (stand-up/sit-down)

Job description

Description

OVERVIEW

Cadrex is searching for a Shipping and Receiving Associate III to manage shipping/receiving responsibilities as defined, to ensure accurate data entry and transactions, and product and material movement in and out of the site.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ability to operate a forklift (Stand-up, and sit down), pallet jack, plastic bander and shrink wrap machine
• Communicate with purchasing on what supplies are required for orders
• Run and perform cycle counts
• Enter information into customer portals
• Collaborate with Material Handlers on ensuring shipments are packaged and prepared
• Ability to use critical thinking skills to navigate issues that arise and assist with process improvement
• Assist with "pulling" and communicating with sales and production to meet shipment deadlines
• Optimize shipping lanes and racks to ensure product is well organized and prepared for shipments
• The ability to unload trucks for receiving
• Operate box trucks for local deliveries and building transfers
• Assist in training level I
• Assist with process improvement for the department
• Optimize material racks to ensure they are correctly labeled, well organized, and prepared for operators
• Collaborate with purchasing to define the most efficient times for product delivery
• Identify urgent material/items that need to be received first and notify appropriate departments so they can complete their tasks as soon as they are available
• Communicate with operators to identify what material/items are needed at their station daily
• Run and perform cycle counts
• Research transactions, when necessary, in relation to receiving, to locate items or identify issues
• Cross trained in both buildings to receive materials, items, and outside processing
• Identify incorrect packaging from suppliers and ensure that it is communicated with quality, purchasing and/or the materials manager to pass on to the correct supplier contact

Requirements

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 3+ years' related experience in a high-volume manufacturing setting preferred
• Read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Write simple correspondence
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
• Ability to read and interpret prints and work orders
• Attention to detail and quality

EDUCATION

• High School Diploma

LOCATION

• Onsite

SCHEDULE

• Monday-Thursday: 5:30am-4:00pm

TOTAL COMPENSATION INCLUDES

• Health/dental/vision coverage
• Employer-paid and supplemental life insurance
• Short- and long-term disability insurance
• Generous paid time off and holiday pay
• Monthly remote work stipend (for remote employees who qualify)
• 401(k) investment plan, with an employer match of up to 4%
• Education support program
• Safety eyeglasses/shoe reimbursement
• Referral bonuses
• Bonus plan for all full-time employees

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to work near moving mechanical parts and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to the risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate and occasionally loud.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, sit, use hands and fingers, handle or feel, and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, color vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

CADREX'S CORE VALUES

• Safety first, rising to the challenge, collaboration, accountability, and doing the right thing

ABOUT US

CADREX Manufacturing Solutions is a leading provider of complex sheet metal and machined production parts, assemblies, and weldments for a variety of end markets, including electrical transmission and distribution, warehouse automation, technology, aerospace & defense, medical, food, and industrials. With locations in Colorado, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Washington, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Indiana, Massachusetts, Oklahoma, and Monterrey Mexico, CADREX offers numerous in-house manufacturing capabilities, including laser cutting, sheet metal fabrication, complex assembly, CNC punching, CNC machining, forming, robotic welding, stamping, fastener insertion, and tool and die manufacturing, to effectively serve customers with lights-out manufacturing capabilities for mid- to high-volume production. For more information, visit www.cadrex.com.

Cadrex provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.