Shipping and Receiving Associate II - 1st Shift

OVERVIEW

Cadrex is searching for a Shipping and Receiving Associate II 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.

The position involves working with shipping and receiving processes to maintain accurate records and coordinate material flow across two CADREX facilities.

• Operate a forklift (stand‑up and sit‑down), pallet jack, plastic bander, and shrink wrap machine
• Communicate with purchasing on supplies required for orders
• Run cycle counts
• Enter information into customer portals
• Collaborate with Material Handlers to ensure shipments are packaged and prepared
• Use critical thinking skills to navigate issues and assist with process improvement
• Assist with “pulling” and communicating with sales and production to meet shipment deadlines
• Optimize shipping lanes and racks to keep product well organized and prepared for shipments
• 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 efficient times for product delivery
• Identify urgent material/items that need to be received first and notify appropriate departments
• Communicate with operators to identify daily material/items needed at stations
• 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 it is communicated with quality, purchasing, and/or the materials manager to pass on to the correct supplier contact

No specific required skills listed.

• 2+ years of related experience in a high‑volume manufacturing setting
• Read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos; write simple correspondence
• Add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
• Read and interpret prints and work orders
• Attention to detail and quality

• High School Diploma

• Onsite

• Monday–Thursday: 6:00 am to 3:30 pm;
  Friday: 8:00 am to 12:00 pm

• 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 up to 4%
• Education support program
• Safety eyeglasses/shoe reimbursement
• Referral bonuses
• Bonus plan for all full‑time employees

• Frequently exposed to work near moving mechanical parts and vibration; occasionally exposed to risk of electrical shock; moderate to occasionally loud noise levels

• Regularly required to stand, sit, use hands and fingers, handle or feel, and talk or hear; occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
• Specific vision abilities required: close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus

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

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.

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.