Shipping Clerk

Mueller Industries; Mississippi; On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Mueller Industries in Fulton, Mississippi is hiring a Shipping Clerk responsible for accurately loading materials onto trailers. This role demands physical prowess to manage up to 50-pound materials and operate both a lift truck and an overhead crane.

The Shipping Clerk uses specifications for staging loads and must complete rigorous tasks while ensuring safety and efficiency. Strong attention to detail and the ability to handle heavy materials are essential.

Qualifications

• Ability to operate lift truck and overhead crane.
• Experience with loading and unloading materials.
• Physical capability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds repeatedly.

Responsibilities

• Load finished products onto trailers accurately.
• Utilize pick sheets for specifications and requirements.
• Use overhead crane to stage materials for loading.
• Document loaded materials by weight and dimensions.
• Operate lift truck to load material onto trailers.

Skills

Lift truck operation

Overhead crane operation

Material handling

Reading pick sheets

Tools

Lift truck

Overhead crane

Pneumatic hand bander

Job description

Mueller Copper Tube Company LLC.- Fulton, 409 Mueller Rd, Fulton, Mississippi, United States of America

Job Description

Posted Tuesday, June 9, 2026 at 5:00 AM

The Shipping Clerk’s primary responsibility is to accurately load the finished product onto trailers for shipping. The Shipping Clerk utilizes a pick sheet for the specifications and requirements of the contents of each load. The Shipping Clerk is responsible for using an overhead crane to pull and stage copper material for a load. The Shipping Clerk is responsible for operating a lift truck to load contents onto trailers using forks and booms. An average of 8 to 9 trailers are loaded per shift. Each trailer may have up to 56 boxes or bundles of material.

The Shipping Clerk job consists of the following tasks:

• Operate lift truck with forks to load palletized material boxes onto trailers
• Operate lift truck with boom to load bundles of copper tube or long boxes onto trailers
• Climb and walk on top of bundles of tubes from the floor and hook straps onto lift truck booms
• Read pick sheet for directions of staging each load
• Document material loaded by weight, number of pieces, and length/width/diameter
• Stand in van trailer and climb on material to unhook boxes or bundles
• Lift/Push/Pull ends of bundles or boxes with up to 50 pounds of force
• Use bar to thread straps between long boxes for loading
• Operate overhead crane using remote control box that weighs 6 pounds
• Climb stationery ladder to climb on top of bundles of copper up to 8 feet high
• Climb and walk on top of bundles in order to hook straps to crane hooks while elevated up to 8 feet high
• Walk around large stacks of copper tubes with sharp ends
• Pick up boxes of rolled copper tube that weigh up to 50 pounds (25-40 times per shift)
• Lift and carry and place 25 pound wooden blocks onto flatbed trailer
• Walk on uneven copper tube material on flatbed trailer
• Operate pneumatic hand bander machine that weighs 15 pounds
• Lift LP tank for lift truck that weighs 55 pounds (with assistance) up to shoulder height
• Uncover and cover tarped trailers using overhead crane
• Lift back door and trailer brackets for covered flatbed trailers

Mueller Copper Tube Company LLC.- Fulton, 409 Mueller Rd, Fulton, Mississippi, United States of America