Transportation Warehouse Agent
- Full-time
Company Description
“We’re not in the shipping business; we’re in the information business” -Peter Rose, Expeditors Founder
Global supply chain management is what we do, but at the heart of Expeditors you will find professionalism, leadership, and a friendly environment, all of which foster an innovative, customer service-based approach to logistics.
- 15,000 trained professionals
- 250+ locations worldwide
- Fortune 500
- Globally unified systems
Job Description
Inbound Freight:
- Count and weigh all product
- Compare shipment count to manifest and check for damage, shortage, overage, and any other discrepancies
- Report shortages, damages, and/or discrepancies on appropriate forms.
- Safely move product to assigned storage locations
Storage:
- Maximize space usage
- Properly and safely, put away items onto racks, locations, and/or ready rows using company system and scripts
Outbound Freight:
- Compare quantity, labeling, and address with order to ensure outgoing shipments are complete and correct
- Maintain proper documentation per standard operating procedures
- Efficiently load product into outbound delivery vehicles per manifest
Facility / Equipment:
- Maintain equipment and ensure warehouse areas are neat, clean, and orderly
- Operate equipment safely and efficiently
- Comply with all local, OSHA, and Expeditors’ standards.
Cargo Screening:
- Operation of x-ray and trace detection machines
- Responsible for identifying dangerous objects in cargo and preventing those objects from being transported onto aircraft with Explosive Trace Detection (ETD) equipment
- Visual and physical inspection of cargo
- Lifting/carrying freight (weighing up to 75 pounds).
Inventory:
- Keep accurate records and reports.
- Assist in physical inventories and cycle counts.
- Data entry, as needed
Other Duties:
- Repack or re-box product per customer instructions.
- Repair and re-box damaged goods as required.
- Secure shipment with appropriate shrink-wrap and/or banding as assigned
- Execute updates in computer system via operational tools provided.
- Continuously and effectively interact with various agents: cargo, airline, Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Customs/Border Protection (CBP), giving instructions and responding to inquiries in a reasonable tone and manner.
Security:
- Ensure all necessary federal and company guidelines are completed for TSA and CCSF requirements
- Know and understand employee responsibility in Expeditors’ contingency plan
- Demonstrate diligence required to maintain security under the Airport Police, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and United States Customs/Border Protection (USCBP) Regulations.
- Approach any and all persons not displaying an Expeditors I.D. badge within an Expeditors warehouse or any Designated Screening Area (DSA) and implement security measures
Qualifications
Physical Demands/Working Environment:
- Lift and carry freight weighing up to 75 lbs using proper techniques
- Movements including but not limited to bending, reaching, stooping, squatting, standing, crouching and walking using proper techniques
- Tolerate moderate to loud level of noise in work environment
- May be required to work in cold storage areas
- Stand and remain standing for periods up to 3 hours without sitting
- May be required to work all of the following: irregular hours and/or shifts, including split-shifts; holidays and weekends; overtime; and extended hours.
- This is a swing shift position.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (Desired):
- Fluent in English
- Mental abilities (e.g., visual observation and identification, mental rotation)
- Interpersonal skills (e.g., customer service, dependability)
- Knowledge of basic arithmetic and mathematics
- Knowledge of airline codes, prefixes, common cargo abbreviations
- Attention to detail
- Ability to follow instructions
- Ability to work as an effective team member
- Ability to obtain Fork-lift certification as required
Cargo Screener Minimum Requirements:
- Must be at least 18 years of age
- Must have a high school diploma, GED or equivalent; OR at least one year of full-time work experience in security work, aviation screener work, or x-ray technician work
- Must possess clean driving record and valid driver’s license (DMV print-out required)
- Ability to drive a forklift (training will be provided)
- Must provide proof of the legal right to work in the United States such as: passport, birth certificate or work permit/visa.
Additional Information
Shift: Varies by department and/or building
Expeditors offers excellent benefits including
- Paid Vacation, Holiday, Sick Time
- Health Plan: Medical, Prescription Drug, Dental and Vision
- Life and Long Term Disability Insurance
- 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (US only)
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Training and Personnel Development Program
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.