Shipping & Receiving Associate

Wilbert Funeral Services, Inc.

As a part of the global industrial organization Marmon Holdings—which is backed by Berkshire Hathaway—you’ll be doing things that matter, leading at every level, and winning a better way. We’re committed to making a positive impact on the world, providing you with diverse learning and working opportunities, and fostering a culture where everyone’s empowered to be their best.

This position will ensure the shipping and/or receiving docks are organized, while managing, maintaining, and ensuring correct inventory. This position is also responsible for ensuring all shipped and/or received burial caskets, and related products or items that are loaded/unloaded meet quality expectations.

As a part of the global industrial organization Marmon Holdings, which is backed by Berkshire Hathaway, you’ll be doing things that matter, leading at every level, and winning a better way. We’re committed to making a positive impact on the world, providing you with diverse learning and working opportunities, and fostering a culture where everyone’s empowered to be their best. We’re excited for you to join us at Wilbert.

 

For more than 140 years, Wilbert has partnered alongside funeral professionals to deliver meaningful memorial experiences that honor lives, support families, and build lasting trust.

As the only provider offering a complete portfolio of burial, cremation, memorialization, and Pierce by Wilbert embalming solutions, we bring unmatched breadth, expertise, and innovation to every aspect of memorial care. Our comprehensive approach empowers funeral professionals to meet the evolving needs of families with confidence, while ensuring every tribute is protected, preserved, and personalized. For generations, families have trusted Wilbert to help create meaningful tributes that protect, preserve, and honor the lives they remember.

 

 

Position Overivew: This position will ensure the shipping and/or receiving docks are organized, while managing, maintaining, and ensuring correct inventory. This position is also responsible for ensuring all shipped and/or received burial caskets, and related products or items that are loaded/unloaded meet quality expectations.

 

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

·         Ensure that all caskets are properly inspected and prepared before shipment

·         Responsible for general personal appearance, upkeep of all equipment, and facilities. This includes general housekeeping of the facility, sweeping, emptying trash, etc.

·         Organize trailers according to layout given, need the ability to recognize, by sight, the different casket models and variations, understand the operation of handheld scanners for inventory purposes.

·         Follow the delivery schedule set by the warehouse manager and deliver caskets ensure caskets required for the day’s shipments are correctly labeled and the paperwork is complete and accurate.

·         Unload & receive casket replenishment inventory trucks/trailers from suppliers.

·         Consider safety first and comply with PPE requirements.

·         Complete all necessary and required training in a timely manner as assigned.

·         Other misc. duties as assigned by the Shipping/Receiving Supervisor.

 

Education:

·         High School, GED, or equivalent is preferred

 

Skills:

•         Adaptability - Effectively responds to last-minute changes to delivery schedules or timed deliveries.

•         Communication/Language – Must be able to communicate effectively with the home office, customers, and management.

•         Customer Orientation - Understands and meets the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets firsthand customer information and uses it to meet customers' needs by providing the highest quality products and services; acts with customers in their mind; develops effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.

•         Reasoning - Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.

•         Team Player - Supports team efforts; cooperates and works well with others in the pursuit of team goals; builds group cohesiveness by emphasizing team objectives and reinforcing cooperation; creates strong morale in his/her team and across functions; shares wins and successes; brings a feeling of participation and belonging to the team.

 

Requirements:

• Technology: Basic computer and mobile phone knowledge and Microsoft Office including but not limited to, Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

 

Physical Requirements:

•         The working conditions and physical requirements 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; sit and talk or hear.

•         Employee must be able to handle, lift, and load caskets up to approximately 100lbs.

•         The noise level in the work environment is moderate.

 

 

Following receipt of a conditional offer of employment, candidates will be required to complete additional job-related screening processes as permitted or required by applicable law.

 

We’re an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to their membership in any protected class. If you require any reasonable accommodation to complete your application or any part of the recruiting process, please email your request to [email protected], and please be sure to include the title and location of the position for which you’re applying.

Following receipt of a conditional offer of employment, candidates will be required to complete additional job-related screening processes as permitted or required by applicable law.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all applicants will be considered for employment without attention to their membership in any protected class. If you require any reasonable accommodation to complete your application or any part of the recruiting process, please email your request to [email protected], and please be sure to include the title and the location of the position for which you are applying.