Senior Executive Packaging & Lashing - IQ/0251

Position: Sr. Executive Packaging & Lashing

Department: Operations
Reporting To: Warehouse Incharge
Location: Jasai, near JNPT.

Experience: 3–5 years in industrial packaging, export packing, lashing, cargo securing, or project logistics

Qualification: Graduate in any discipline; a diploma or certification in logistics, mechanical engineering, industrial packaging, or a related field will be an advantage.

1. Job Purpose

To plan, supervise, and execute packaging, export packing, lashing, and cargo-securing activities for domestic and international shipments, ensuring cargo safety, compliance with applicable standards, cost efficiency, and timely execution. The role requires coordination with customers, transporters, shipping lines, freight forwarders, warehouse teams, and other service providers.

2. Key Responsibilities

A. Packaging & Export Packing

• Plan and execute packaging solutions for industrial cargo, heavy machinery, project cargo, oversized cargo, and export shipments.
• Determine suitable packaging materials and methods, including wooden crates, pallets, skids, steel supports, shrink wrapping, vacuum packing, and moisture-proof packaging.
• Ensure packaging is suitable for the cargo's dimensions, weight, fragility, handling requirements, and transportation mode.
• Ensure compliance with applicable export packaging requirements, including ISPM 15 requirements for regulated wood packaging used in international trade.
• Inspect packaging quality, markings, labelling, cargo identification, and handling instructions before dispatch.

B. Lashing & Cargo Securing

• Plan and supervise lashing, blocking, bracing, chocking, and securing of cargo inside containers, trailers, flat racks, open-top containers, and other transport equipment.
• Assess cargo weight, centre of gravity, dimensions, load distribution, and transportation risks before finalising the securing arrangement.
• Select appropriate lashing materials and equipment, including webbing belts, chains, shackles, turnbuckles, wire ropes, and other approved securing devices.
• Ensure cargo-securing arrangements comply with applicable carrier requirements, container-loading guidelines, and relevant cargo-securing standards.
• Conduct pre-dispatch inspections and ensure photographic evidence and completion checklists are maintained.
• Identify and mitigate risks associated with cargo movement, shifting, tipping, damage, and transit-related incidents.

C. Site & Operational Management

• Supervise packaging and lashing teams at warehouses, customer premises, factories, ports, and project sites.
• Plan manpower, tools, equipment, consumables, and site resources to ensure smooth execution.
• Monitor productivity, work quality, turnaround time, and adherence to agreed operational schedules.
• Ensure proper handling of heavy, oversized, fragile, and high-value cargo.
• Conduct site surveys and prepare packaging or lashing plans based on cargo specifications and shipment requirements.
• Ensure compliance with workplace safety procedures, PPE requirements, lifting practices, and site-specific safety protocols.

D. Customer & Stakeholder Coordination

• Coordinate with customers, project managers, shipping lines, transporters, surveyors, and internal operations teams.
• Understand customer specifications and recommend suitable, technically feasible, and cost-effective packaging and lashing solutions.
• Support preparation of quotations, estimates, bills of materials, and method statements.
• Provide operational updates, resolve execution-related issues, and ensure customer requirements are met.
• Coordinate cargo inspections and address damage, non-conformities, or corrective actions.

E. Cost Control & Vendor Management

• Prepare cost estimates for packaging materials, labour, equipment, transportation, and site execution.
• Monitor actual costs against approved budgets and identify opportunities for cost optimisation.
• Evaluate and coordinate with packaging material suppliers, lashing contractors, and other service providers.
• Verify vendor bills, work completion records, material consumption, and service quality.
• Minimise material wastage, rework, cargo damage, and avoidable operational expenses.

F. Documentation & Compliance

• Maintain packaging specifications, lashing plans, cargo measurements, inspection reports, photographs, and completion certificates.
• Prepare method statements, risk assessments, job safety analyses, and other required operational documents.
• Ensure applicable export documentation, wood-packaging compliance records, and customer-specific quality requirements are fulfilled.
• Report incidents, near misses, cargo damage, and deviations promptly, with corrective and preventive actions.
• Maintain records for audits and continuous improvement.