Packaging & Processing Lead

Job Description

The Packaging & Processing Lead runs the export packing floor in New York. This role decides how cargo is protected for the journey it is actually going to take — crating, palletising, dunnage, moisture control and marking — and leads the team that does it. Get it right and the goods arrive as they left; get it wrong and the claim lands on us.

Job responsibilities

• Specify how each shipment is crated, palletised and secured for its route.
• Lead the export packing team and set the daily release plan.
• Apply ISPM 15, dangerous goods and load-securement standards on every build.
• Select dunnage, desiccants and moisture barriers to suit transit conditions.
• Mark and document cargo so it survives handling and inspection alike.
• Run damage-claim root cause analysis and close out corrective actions.
• Control material consumption and cost per shipment against budget.
• Train new packers and sign off their first solo crates.

Packing is the last engineering decision made about a shipment. This role owns that decision and the evidence behind it.

Qualification

• 5+ years in export packing, crating or industrial packaging, including 2+ leading a team.
• Working knowledge of ISPM 15, dangerous goods marking and load-securement standards.
• Able to read dimensions and weights and design a crate that survives handling.
• Practical experience with desiccants, VCI film and moisture barrier bags.
• Forklift certified; comfortable with power tools and packing machinery.

Duties

• Publish and maintain the packing specification library by commodity.
• Meet daily export release targets without compromising protection standards.
• Keep material consumption and cost per shipment within budget.
• Own damage-claim root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Train new packers and sign off on their first solo crates.

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Conclusion

Nobody thanks you for a crate that held. That is the point. If you take satisfaction in cargo that arrives exactly as it left, this floor is yours to run.