Position Summary

This position is responsible for performing daily inbound and outbound shipping functions, creating accurate shipping documents, and maintaining records of all products shipped and received.

Responsibilities

- Work in compliance with all company rules and regulations.
- Manages and schedules incoming/outgoing freight as required. This includes couriers, contractor’s parts/supplies deliveries, etc.
- Verifies inbound and outbound shipments to facilitate accurate inventory and bill of lading
- Creates shipments and routes freight to customer destinations.
- Coordinates with various mobile equipment operators when freight arrives at destination
- Records shipments in appropriate database; generating all required paperwork for shipments (bill of lading, customs papers,freight charges, etc.) Forwards paperwork as necessary to all appropriate individuals, internal and external.
- Prepares shipments for inventory transfer to other Stella-Jones facilities.
- Daily railcar number verification, as required.
- Verifies outbound freight against bill of lading in conjunction with plant personnel.
- Manages CAN/US Interco shipments
- Audits freight invoices and dispute as required
- Enter freight accruals
- Monitors railcar pipeline
- Tracks detention and demurrage changes
- Assigns carriers to shipments and monitors carrier performance
- Collaborates with transportation team to optimize efficiency
- Monitors the order file to maintain onetime shipments
- Communicates with internal and external customers to organize shipments as required
- Communicates (delays/issues) Proactively provides updates to sales staff and customers regarding any shipment issues or delays




- Performs the work safely according to applicable codes, standards and to Stella-Jones health and safety program
- Provides freight rates for current carriers from established rate data to sales staff for the purpose of quoting new business
- Works with transportation management team to expand carrier base as business needs require

Other duties as assigned and required:

- Ensures inventory to warehouse and inventory transfers are accurate.
- System management of inventory for various customers.
- Managing Shipping weekly update reports.
- Generates daily outbound report to each salesman that has freight heading to customers.
- After sales support to contracted customers.
- Secure and responsible operation of company equipment.
- Coordinates quality control inspections with independent agencies with primary responsibility for compliance to standards specifications.

Qualifications

- High School Diploma.
- Forklift experience is an asset.
- Proficiency in English.
- Minimum 3 year experience in manufacturing settings.
- Stand/walk for significant periods of time.
- Be able to lift 50lbs unassisted.
- Good manual dexterity, hand eye co-ordination.
- Comfortable completing repetitive tasks.
- Attention to detail.
- Excellent trouble-shooting skills.
- Good understanding of Microsoft office (excel, word, outlook).
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Basic math skills.
- Deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
- Read and comprehend instructions, email correspondence, memos & schedules.
- Work independently and be flexible regarding work assignments.

📌 Shipper & Receiver (Kirkland Lake)
🏢 Stella-Jones
📍 Kirkland Lake