Shipping Lead 3rd Shift

prattinternalcareersite; Wichita (KS); On-site; USD 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid holidays

Wellness reimbursement

Tuition reimbursement

401(k) with company matching

Paid time off

Life insurance

Employee referral bonuses

Job summary

Pratt is seeking a Shipping Lead to oversee forklift operators and the movement of products, ensuring safe loading and unloading while supporting training initiatives. This role requires coordinating daily tasks, monitoring performance, and maintaining adherence to company standards.

The candidate will back up the supervisor and other leads as needed, while contributing to continuous improvement and a positive, safe work environment. Prior logistics experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Five years experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience in corrugated container industry preferred.
• Computer literacy: MS Excel and MS Word.

Responsibilities

• Oversee forklift operators and product movement.
• Support training for new and existing employees.
• Back up and support supervisors as needed.
• Ensure safety standards and elevate safety culture within the department.
• Monitor warehousing activities for efficient use of time and resources.
• Assist in loading/unloading practices to meet customer needs and company standards.
• Train/coach new or struggling employees.
• Verify loads and communicate status of outgoing orders.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Time management

Crisis management

Coaching & delegation

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

MS Excel

MS Word

MS Office

Job description

POSITION: SHIPPING LEAD

BENEFITS:

• Day one: Paid Holidays, $500 wellness reimbursement, steel toe shoe reimbursement, discounted gym memberships and $500 employee referral bonuses.
• Full benefits package within ONE MONTH of hire. Including company paid life insurance.
• Three months: 401(k) with company matching and enrollment into attendance bonus program earning up to $1000 per year in bonuses.
• Six months: Paid time off.
• 12 months: $35,000 in tuition reimbursement and PAID childbearing leave/parenting leave.
• Career Growth and opportunities for promotions. We hire from within!
• Competitive Salary - we pay for skills. The more you learn the more you earn.

SUMMARY

To oversee and support forklift operators on product movement, as well as the loading and unloading of product. To support training efforts for new and existing employees. To backup and support supervisors as needed.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Follow all safety standards and help elevate the safety culture within the department
• Follow all storage and loading best practices
• Help to monitor warehouse activities to ensure efficient & effective use of time
• Help monitor loading practices to ensure customer needs & company standards are met
• Report any personnel or equipment concerns or safety concerns
• Support the supervisor by helping organize & direct forklift operators daily tasks
• Support all warehouse activities through participation and observation
• Be available to answer questions about storage, loading, cycle counting, etc…
• Help train/coach new or struggling employees
• Monitor the quality of units/shipments & verify accuracy of loads
• Check status of outgoing orders and load plans
• Locate orders/units on items that cannot be found
• Communicate with supervisor as needed to keep work flow progressing
• Participate in daily transition meetings with leadership
• Monitor email and use additional tools to support daily activities
• Backup the Supervisor as needed
• Backup other Leads as needed

LEADERSHIP ATTRIBUTES

The individual must possess the following:

• Ability to adapt to change
• Excellent communication skills
• Be a positive influence. Someone to help foster a healthy work environment for all.
• Have a continuous improvement mentality. Take initiate to make positive changes.
• Time management skills including the ability to manage multiple issues concurrently.
• Excellent crisis management. Must demonstrate a high level of emotional control under adverse conditions. Ability to lead his/her personnel to a successful resolution.
• Excellent employee relation skills. To include being an active listener, and understand how to appraise personnel. Be able to apply both positive and corrective feedback. Be able to resolve conflicts directly or by involving HR when necessary. Must understand and demonstrate positive motivational skills including coaching and delegation techniques.
• Demonstrate confidence including providing a consistent leadership style with an acceptable level of professional assertiveness.
• Professional appearance to support his/her role as a managerial representative of the company.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• High school diploma or GED
• Five years experience in a manufacturing environment

Candidates are PREFERRED who offer the following:

• Experience in the corrugated container industry
• Computer literate (MS Excel and MS Word)

LANGUAGE SKILLS

• Excellent communication skills.
• Able to read and interpret documents such as bill of ladings, packing slips, training and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write shipping reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively.

REASONING ABILITY

• Ability to apply common sense understanding and to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or graphic form.
• Ability to solve a variety of problems and deal with situations where limited information or standardization exists.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, divide in all units of measure.
• Ability to compute rates, ratios, and percentages and calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, costs, proportions, and volumes.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Computer literate (MS Office including Word and Excel), data entry skills
• Application knowledge of products and production processes
• Quality standards – both ISO and QS

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and talk or hear.
• The employee is sometimes required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving equipment in the work area.
• The employee is sometimes exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, along with hot and cold temperatures depending upon the season.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Pratt is America’s 5th largest corrugated packaging company and the world’s largest, privately-held producer of 100% recycled containerboard, with more than 9000 highly-skilled, green-collar employees dedicated to the environment and sustainability. Pratt was founded in the USA more than 30 years ago and, since then, has shown dramatic growth with sophisticated manufacturing facilities in more than 27 states.