Job Description
AdvanSix plays a critical role in global supply chains, innovating and delivering essential products for our customers in a wide variety of end markets and applications that touch people's lives, such as building and construction, fertilizers, plastics, solvents, packaging, paints, coatings, adhesives, and electronics. Our reliable and sustainable supply of quality products emerges from the vertically integrated value chain of our three U.S. based manufacturing facilities. AdvanSix strives to deliver best-in-class customer experiences and differentiated products in the industries of nylon solutions, chemical intermediates, and plant nutrients, guided by our core values of Safety, Integrity, Accountability and Respect.
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Why work at AdvanSix?
• We provide benefits that are industry competitive and focused on employee well-being
• Total Rewards program includes a competitive compensation, health, dental, vision & wellness programs, paid vacation, 401K with company matching, health savings programs, disability & life insurance, employee assistance program
• Tuition reimbursement for continued education, certifications, training, and development
• Work within a fast paced and innovative company, meeting passionate colleagues and partners with diverse backgrounds and experiences
Position Summary: Working at our Hopewell, VA weigh / scale facility, the weighmaster will be responsible for the organization of shipping paperwork and managing inbound/outbound truck scale traffic to AdvanSix facilities as well as other local company facilities.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Ensure trucks leaving the scales are at a safe and legal weight in compliance with guidelines set forth by AdvanSix and the Department of Agriculture
- Logging information relevant to each truck, including vehicle type, tags, and driver.
- Accurately record data for billing purposes.
- Maintain the accuracy of the scales and coordinate scale preventive maintenance
- Must work well with vendors, truck drivers, and customers
- Must be responsible, punctual, productive, organized, work well under pressure, and thrive in a fast-paced environment
- Weigh all inbound/outbound trucks and containers
- Organize and manage shipping paperwork for inbound trucks
- Capture required information from drivers while on the scale
- Work comfortably within the Company's inventory management and truck scale software
- Scan all shipping documents as appropriate
- Keep track of Company release numbers
- Assist with other projects as assigned in addition to regular job responsibilities
Basic Qualifications:
- High School Diploma or equivalent
- Basis Math Skills
- Experience with radio communication
- Work well under pressure
- Able to work occasional overtime to meet deadlines
- Multi-task and set priorities effectively
Additional Qualifications:
- Warehouse/Trucking knowledge
- Proficient with a variety of computer systems and software including Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, and Outlook).
- Proficient with office equipment including computers, copiers, scanners, printers, etc.
The hourly rate for this position is $18.00
We offer a range of market-competitive total rewards that include periodic pay rate adjustments based on market competitiveness. Hired applicants will be eligible for paid holidays, paid time off including vacation, eligibility to purchase company stock, tuition reimbursement, and a 401K with a competitive company match. Certain roles may be eligible for discretionary financial benefits such as incentive pay, equity awards, and participation in a deferred compensation plan.
Hired applicants will be eligible for medical, dental and vision insurance, flexible spending and health savings account eligibility, employer-provided short term disability benefits, eligibility to purchase long term disability benefits, employer-provided basic life insurance and eligibility to purchase voluntary life coverages.
The pay range, incentives and benefits listed above are general guidelines only and not a guarantee of total compensation or benefits. The final offer will depend on multiple factors, including but not limited to, the responsibilities of the job, experience, education, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as the job location, applicability of a collective bargaining agreement, length of service, internal equity, and alignment with market data. The incentive pay is dependent on your role, business results and individual performance. All aspects of total rewards offered are subject to the terms and conditions of the specific plans.
At AdvanSix, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past work experience doesn't perfectly align with every qualification in the job posting, we encourage you to still apply. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles.
AdvanSix is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, religion, veteran status, or any other protected classification.
To all agencies: Please, no phone calls or emails to any employee of AdvanSix about this opening. All resumes submitted by search firms/employment agencies to any employee at AdvanSix via-email, the internet or in any form and/or method will be deemed the sole property of AdvanSix, unless such search firms/employment agencies were engaged by AdvanSix for this position and a valid agreement with AdvanSix is in place. In the event a candidate who was submitted outside of the AdvanSix agency engagement process is hired, no fee or payment of any kind will be paid.
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