Shipping Supervisor

We're looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success - and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Studies shipping calendar and master schedule for shipment projections of modular units to plan for equipment and recourse requirements for material handling activities.

2. Confers with Supervisors of other departments to coordinate needs for transport related materials or products.

3. Reviews, validates, and/or prepares documents such as shipping Bill of Materials, loading and offloading diagrams, and Bills of Lading.

4. Coordinates with delivery and site services for loading buildings and ship loose material schedules.

5. Interprets company policies for employees and enforces safety regulations.

6. Interprets transportation plans to employees and assigns duties.

7. Prioritizes to meet production schedules.

8. Recommends improvements to processes, equipment performance, and quality of product.

9. Suggests changes in working conditions and use of equipment to increase efficiency of shop, department, or work crew.

10. Analyzes and resolves work problems, or assists workers in solving work problems.

11. Endeavors to create a work environment that is enjoyable, engenders pride in the product and focus on the customer, and provides room for individual responsibilities and ideas.

COMPETENCY:

1. Problem Solving - Identifies, analyzes, and resolves problems in a timely manner.

2. Technical Skills - Continuously builds knowledge and skills and shares them.

3. Communication - Clearly speaks, reads and interprets, listens and clarifies, participates in meetings and shares ideas freely.

4. Team Work - Objective and open, gives and welcomes feedback, a hands-on supervisor contributing to building a positive team environment.

5. Leadership - A respected and trusted coach, inspiring and motivating others to perform well.

6. Quality - Leading to improve and promote quality, meeting the strategic objectives that support our company quality policy.

7. Attendance/Punctuality - Dependability ensuring work activity and responsibilities are followed through.

8. Planning/Organizing - Prioritizes work activities, plans for necessary resources and sets the goals to meet objectives.

9. Safety and Security - Observes, trains and leads by example

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Associate degree or equivalent from two-year college or technical school, or 3 - 5 years related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations
• Microsoft office suite is required. Experience in ERP system preferred
• Directly supervises employees for building preparation and load. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include training employees, planning, assigning, and directing work, appraising performance, addressing complaints and resolving problems.
• Certified or ability to become forklift certified, and valid driver license are required

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to outdoor weather conditions. The employee is regularly exposed to work near moving mechanical parts, risk of electrical shock and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 65 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include the ability to adjust focus.

WE HAVE:

• A dynamic global reach with diverse operations around the world that will stretch your abilities, provide plentiful career opportunities, and allow you to make an impact every day

  • nVent is a leading global provider of electrical connection and protection solutions. We believe our inventive electrical solutions enable safer systems and ensure a more secure world. We design, manufacture, market, install and service high performance products and solutions that connect and protect some of the world's most sensitive equipment, buildings and critical processes. We offer a comprehensive range of systems protection and electrical connections solutions across industry-leading brands that are recognized globally for quality, reliability and innovation.

  • Our principal office is in London and our management office in the United States is in Minneapolis. Our robust portfolio of leading electrical product brands dates back more than 100 years and includes nVent CADDY, ERICO, HOFFMAN, ILSCO, SCHROFF and TRACHTE. Learn more at www.nvent.com.

• Commitment to strengthen communities where our employees live and work

  • We encourage and support the philanthropic activities of our employees worldwide

  • Through our nVent in Action matching program, we provide funds to nonprofit and educational organizations where our employees volunteer or donate money

• Core values that shape our culture and drive us to deliver the best for our employees and our customers. We're known for being:

  • Innovative & adaptable

  • Dedicated to absolute integrity

  • Focused on the customer first

  • Respectful and team oriented

  • Optimistic and energizing

  • Accountable for performance

• Benefits to support the lives of our employees

Benefit Overview

At nVent, we value our people and their health and well-being. We provide a broad benefits package with meaningful programs for full-time employees that includes:

• Medical, dental, and vision plans along with flexible spending accounts, short-term and long-term disability benefits, critical illness, accident insurance and life insurance.

• A 401(k) retirement plan and an employee stock purchase plan - both include a company match.

• Other supplemental benefits such as tuition reimbursement, caregiver, personal and parental leave, back-up care services, paid time off including volunteer time, a well-being program, and legal & identity theft protection.

At nVent, we connect and protect our customers with inventive electrical solutions. People are our most valuable asset. Inclusion and diversity means that we celebrate and encourage each other's authenticity because we understand that uniqueness sparks growth.