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Shipping Associate

United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 5 May 2026

💰 $36,000/yr($32,000/yr – $36,000/yr)

About the role

POSITION TITLE:
Shipping Associate I, II, III

POSITION SUMMARY:

These positions are responsible for moving, stacking, and loading all SWD products into trailers, box trucks, or trucks for shipment. This position requires using forklifts, pallet jacks, carts, and racking. These positions are very physical and require an extensive amount of lifting and maneuvering. Quality is at the forefront of this position; ensuring that products being shipped are correct and damage-free is paramount to the position’s success.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

Level I- Loader

Pull/Push product carts from the warehouse floor to the dock for loading.
Uses hands or equipment to move garage doors, hardware, or related products.
Load “verified” doors, sections, products, and miscellaneous products by hand in a semi-trailer as shipment load list.
Lifts, stacks, and packs overhead garage doors, track, hardware, openers, and/or assemblies.
Secure all loads by shimming the product with foam or placing load bars or poles.
Must know Alphabet and Numbers.
Maintain a neat and orderly dock and warehouse area.
Use safe lifting, loading, and operating techniques.
Other duties may be assigned.

Level II- Spotter

Spot trailers for the day that needs to be loaded.
Instruct team members on where and what needs to be staged for loading the trailer for the route.
Once the product has been verified, instruct the members on what and how to load the trailer for the route specified in the load report based on size, quantity, and product.
Uses hands or equipment to move garage doors, hardware, or related products.
Lifts, stacks, and packs overhead garage doors, track, hardware, openers, and/or assemblies.
Ensure loads are secure and loaded properly.
Knowledge of capacity planning of trailer or box truck.
Maintain a neat and orderly dock and warehouse area.
Use safe lifting, loading, and operating techniques.
Other duties may be assigned.

Level III – Team Lead

Verify product by using load lists and/or scanner
Follow the route loading order determined by the supervisor
Once the product has been verified, instruct team members on what and how to load the trailer for the route specified in the load report based on size, quantity, and product.
Uses hands or equipment to move garage doors, hardware, or related products.
Lifts, stacks, and packs overhead garage doors, track, hardware, openers, and/or assemblies.
Ensure loads are secure and loaded properly
Practice correct shipping procedures.
Report issues, quality, or safety to the supervisor
Basic computer knowledge, ERP software, closing shipments, and creating documents for shipments
Communicates with the office team, customer service team, procurement team, and managers
Maintain a neat and orderly dock and warehouse area.
Use safe lifting, loading, and operating techniques.
Other duties may be assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Preferred:
- High school diploma or general education degree (GED)

COMPETENCIES:

Quality

Is attentive to detail and accuracy, is committed to excellence, looks for improvements continuously, monitors quality levels, finds the root cause of quality problems, and owns/acts on quality problems.

Sense of Urgency