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Job Title: Shipping Associate

Job Description

The Shipping Associate is responsible for the final packaging and preparation of all outgoing customer orders. This includes accurately folding garments, applying branded materials, and ensuring each package is correctly labeled and ready for shipment. This role requires strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work efficiently to meet daily shipping demands. The Shipping Associate will also collaborate with other departments and offer support as needed.

Responsibilities

+ Receive completed garments and customer orders, verifying contents against the work order to ensure accuracy.

+ Carefully fold completed garments to customer standards, preparing them for packaging.

+ Apply branded hangtags or other customer-specific materials to garments as required.

+ Select appropriate packaging based on order size and customer specifications.

+ Accurately pack individual orders, ensuring items are protected and presented neatly.

+ Prepare larger boxed orders as necessary, ensuring proper packing and labeling for bulk shipments.

+ Scan each package order using our shipping system to generate and print accurate shipping labels.

+ Apply shipping labels securely and correctly to each package, ensuring scanners can properly scan labels.

+ Organize completed packages for carrier pickup, ensuring they are ready for timely dispatch.

+ Maintain high standards of quality and accuracy in all packing and labeling tasks, prioritizing precision over speed.

+ Ensure all customer packaging standards are consistently met.

+ Efficiently manage the prepping and preparing of items for shipping throughout the day to ensure all orders are dispatched on time.

+ Maintain a clean, organized, and safe work area, adhering to all company policies and procedures.

+ Collaborate effectively within a team environment, offering assistance to fellow team members when needed.

+ Assist other departments such as the Apparel Staging Lead or Receiving Associate when necessary to support overall departmental goals.

Essential Skills

+ Materials handling

+ Warehouse experience

+ Garment production

+ Experience using hand tools

+ Proficiency with RF scanner

+ Experience with manual pallet jack

Additional Skills & Qualifications

+ High school diploma or equivalent

+ Prior experience in a shipping, packing, or fulfillment role is preferred

+ Exceptional attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy

+ Strong organizational and time management skills

+ Ability to follow verbal and written instructions

+ Basic computer skills for operating shipping software

+ Ability to stand for extended periods and perform repetitive tasks

+ Capable of lifting and moving boxes as required

+ A strong team player with a willingness to assist other departments when needed

Why Work Here?

Enjoy 13 paid holidays and 10 PTO days annually. Benefit from comprehensive medical, vision, dental, life insurance, and 401k with company match. Take advantage of 8 weeks of 100% paid parental/bonding leave along with family planning support benefits including fertility coverage and adoption assistance. Opportunities for growth and advancement abound. Conveniently located on the bus line, ensuring easy access to work.

Work Environment

The work environment is casual with a dress code allowing jeans, slacks, t-shirts, sweatshirts, and hoodies. Steel-toed boots or sneakers are required, and loose or baggy clothing and jewelry should be avoided. The role operates on a Monday to Friday schedule from 7am to 3:30pm.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Liverpool, New York.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $18.50 - $20.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job

classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be

subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits

available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision

• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital

• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available

• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)

• Short and long-term disability

• Health Spending Account (HSA)

• Transportation benefits

• Employee Assistance Program

• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Liverpool,NY.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Jul 14, 2025.

About Aerotek:

We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.

Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.