Essential Functions:

Howmet’s Houston Extrusions Plant focuses on converting specialty metals into value added extrusions for the aerospace and defense industries. The Shipping & Receiving Clerk is responsible for providing inventory support, material handling support, inventory facilitation, coordination, organization, planning and other similar activities involved with the day-to-day shipping and receiving processes.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for all daily functions of the Shipping & Receiving department

• Operate forklifts and side loaders on a daily basis.

• Be able to work flexible hours for critical or end of month shipments. 

• Manage inventory of crates, pallets, or other shipping materials. 

• Ensures all incoming and outgoing materials are traceable, damage free and are handled in a safe manner to preserve the quality of the product

• Contributes to customer satisfaction by ensuring that finished material is shipped in a timely manner, free of damage, in accordance with (customer) release requirements.

• Responsible for implementing and maintaining documented work instructions for safe and proper handling of incoming materials.

• Responsible for verification of all incoming supply shipments to ensure correct delivery. 

• Responsible for implementing and maintaining documented work instructions for proper loading of trucks in accordance with State and Federal regulations. 

• Responsible for ensuring, that departmental employees are properly trained to correctly process all shipping documents (Bill of Lading, Packing List, Shipping Letters of Intent, etc.)

• Communicates daily with the Operations Manager and internal personnel from Sales, Maintenance, Operations and Quality Control in order to help resolve any problems and help achieve company goals.

• Maintains clean work area

• Ensure work is in compliance with of all site safety policies

• Complies with all EHS rules required for the work environment.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

basic qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED

• Minimum 3 years of Shipping & Receiving experience

• Must be able to obtain an in-house mobile equipment certification, including use of forklift and boom lift

preferred qualifications:

• Excellent communication; both written and orally.

• Strong PC skills; MS Office, Excel 

• Experience with SAP

• Must be able to lift 50 lbs.