Shipping & Receiving Lead

Salary Range: Shipping & Receiving Lead - $33.00
- $38.00/hr

Position Overview:

The Shipping & Receiving Lead drives logistics execution
through structured planning, project-focused coordination, and continuous
improvement initiatives within a fastpaced aerospace manufacturing
environment. This role leads shipping, receiving, and materialflow
projects that ensure accuracy, compliance, and ontime support for
production programs involving aerospace fittings, bar stock, forgings, and
other critical components.

This position ensures compliance with aerospace AS9100
quality standards, safety regulations, OSHA regulations'' and on-time delivery
emphasizing speed and accuracy, while supporting team productivity and
cross-department coordination.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead daily logistics operations
  as structured projects with defined goals, timelines, and measurable
  outcomes.
• Manage shipping, receiving,
  inventory, and materialflow initiatives to improve delivery
  performance and reduce bottlenecks.
• Serve as project lead during
  supervisor absence, ensuring continuity of workflow and cross-team
  alignment.
• Assign tasks, direct daily
  priorities, and monitor progress to ensure throughput and productivity
  goals are met.
• Provide coaching, training, and
  hands-on support to logistics personnel.
• Maintain accountability for
  document accuracy, packaging quality, certifications, and compliance
  deliverables.
• Plan, schedule, and execute
  outbound shipments to customers, processors, and suppliers.
• Validate pick lists, packing
  slips, certifications, and bills of lading for completeness and accuracy.
• Ensure proper material packaging,
  labeling, and export compliance where required.
• Oversee project-based receiving
  workflows for raw materials such as bar stock, forgings, hardware, and
  aerospace components.
• Verify materials against purchase
  orders and documentation.
• Coordinate receiving inspection
  projects with the Quality team to maintain traceability and standards
  compliance.
• Execute inventory control
  projects, including cycle counts, audits, FIFO rotation, and ERP/MRP
  transaction accuracy.
• Improve staging, storage, and
  materialflow efficiency through 5S and lean-focused initiatives.
• Manage traceability, lot control,
  and chainofcustody documentation to support AS9100 and
  NADCAP requirements.
• Partner with Production Planning,
  Quality Assurance, Procurement, and Manufacturing to resolve material
  shortages, prevent delays, and keep production projects on schedule.
• Communicate risks proactively and
  escalate issues impacting delivery commitments.
• Lead safetyfocused
  initiatives and ensure adherence to handling procedures, forklift
  operation standards, and auditready work environments.
• Support hazardousmaterial
  handling requirements where applicable.

Basic Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED required.
• 3'5 years of logistics, shipping, or
  receiving experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with raw materials (bar
  stock, forgings, metal components).
• Strong understanding of material
  traceability and documentation control.
• Proficiency in ERP/MRP inventory
  systems and traceability workflows.
• Strong organization, communication,
  and project coordination skills.
• Forklift and materialhandling
  equipment experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior leadership or teamlead
  experience.
• Aerospace or regulatedindustry
  background.
• Knowledge of AS9100 quality systems.
• Experience with international shipping
  and export compliance.
• Hazmat shipping familiarity.
• Lean/5S project experience.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to lift up to 30 pounds.
• Frequent standing, walking, bending,
  and material handling.
• Ability to work in warehouse and
  manufacturing floor environments.