Lead Shipping and Receiving Services

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

• Maintains/Updates Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) documents for primary and secondary duties.
• Serves as a backup to supervisor in supervisors' absence. 
• Provides customer service to internal and external customer who need help ordering radiometal and tracking shipments.
• Works with shipping partners such as USPS, FedEx, UPS, and Associated Couriers as well as campus departments to organize packages each day. Accuracy, efficiency, and teamwork are all critical success factors as the volume is significant.
• Processes intake for each shipped item. Unloads, scans, sorts and shelves packages for pickup, delivery to customers, or placement in storage. 
• Provides timely look up functions for packages using available software. Assists in maintaining accurate names and addresses of customers. 
• Demonstrates safety protocols at all times and attends regular trainings. 
• Prepares and packages lab materials and items for shipping in compliance with IATA (Int'l Air Transportation Assoc.), DOT and other regulatory requirements, using knowledge and training required to be a certified (requires periodic offsite training to maintain certification) shipper of chemicals, biological, and hazardous materials including radioactive shipments. Keeps labs updated on changes in shipping requirements and prohibitions.
• Performs other duties as assigned. 

Working Conditions:

Job Location/Working Conditions

• Normal office environment

Physical Effort

• Typically sitting at desk or table
• Repetitive wrist, hand or finger movement
• Ability to move to on and off-campus locations
• Frequent lifting 65 lbs or more

Equipment

• Office equipment
• Packaging equipment

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Driver's License:

Must have ability to lift 65 lbs on routine basis.

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Personal

• Up to 22 days of vacation, 10 recognized holidays, and sick time.

• Competitive health insurance packages with priority appointments and lower copays/coinsurance.

• Take advantage of our free Metro transit U-Pass for eligible employees.

• WashU provides eligible employees with a defined contribution (403(b)) Retirement Savings Plan, which combines employee contributions and university contributions starting at 7%.

Wellness

• Wellness challenges, annual health screenings, mental health resources, mindfulness programs and courses, employee assistance program (EAP), financial resources, access to dietitians, and more

Family

• We offer 4 weeks of caregiver leave to bond with your new child. Family care resources are also available for your continued childcare needs. Need adult care? We've got you covered.

• WashU covers the cost of tuition for you and your family, including dependent undergraduate-level college tuition up to 100% at WashU and 40% elsewhere after seven years with us.

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