Job ID: 1809171
Reference Code: MB-Shipping-and Receiving Associate
Job Summary Required Qualifications and Skills
We are seeking a detail-oriented Shipping and Receiving Associate for a temp-to-hire opportunity near Auburn, WA. This role is ideal for an experienced logistics, warehouse, or distribution professional who enjoys coordinating inbound and outbound shipments, maintaining accurate documentation, and working closely with carriers, drivers, vendors, customers, and internal warehouse teams.
The Shipping and Receiving Associate will play a key role in keeping materials, inventory, and customer shipments moving accurately and efficiently. This is a strong opportunity for someone who values teamwork, safety, organization, and clear communication in a fast-paced warehouse environment. Candidates who take pride in accuracy, reliability, and solving day-to-day logistics challenges will be well positioned for success.
Key Responsibilities
- Coordinate daily shipping and receiving activities for inbound materials and outbound customer shipments.
- Prepare, review, and verify Bills of Lading, packing slips, shipping labels, receiving documents, and shipment records.
- Communicate with carriers, truck drivers, vendors, customers, and warehouse teams to resolve shipment, delivery, and documentation issues.
- Maintain accurate inventory transactions, data entry, shipment tracking, and receiving records.
- Assist with loading, unloading, staging, material movement, and general warehouse support as needed.
- Follow warehouse safety procedures and support efficient, organized shipping and receiving operations.
Compensation and Benefits
- Pay range: $50,000 to $65,000 per year.
- Job type: Temp-to-hire.
- Location: Auburn, WA.
- Coordinate inbound receiving and outbound shipping activity in a warehouse, logistics, distribution, or manufacturing environment.
- Prepare and process Bills of Lading and related shipping documentation.
- Maintain accurate inventory records, shipment tracking, data entry, and receiving documentation.
- Communicate with carriers, drivers, vendors, customers, and internal teams to support timely and accurate deliveries.
- 3 to 5 years of shipping and receiving experience.
- Strong understanding of shipping, receiving, warehouse operations, and inventory control procedures.
- Experience preparing packing slips, labels, receiving documents, shipment records, and Bills of Lading.
- Accurate and efficient data entry skills with strong attention to detail.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced warehouse environment.
- Strong organizational, time management, communication, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to assist with loading, unloading, staging, and general warehouse support as needed.
- Commitment to following warehouse safety policies and procedures.
Preferred Qualifications
- Forklift certification strongly preferred.
- Experience operating forklifts and other material handling equipment.
- Familiarity with ERP, WMS, inventory management, or shipping software systems.
- Experience with cycle counting and inventory reconciliation.
- Knowledge of warehouse safety procedures and logistics best practices.
Equal Opportunity Employer / Disabled / Protected Veterans
The Know Your Rights poster is available here:
https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12.pdf
The pay transparency policy is available here:
https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ofccp/pdf/pay-transp_%20English_formattedESQA508c.pdf
For temporary assignments lasting 13 weeks or longer, AppleOne is pleased to offer major medical, dental, vision, 401k and any statutory sick pay where required.
We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact your staffing representative who will reach out to our HR team.
AppleOne participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations as required by law. Learn more about the E-Verify program.
https://e-verify.uscis.gov/web/media/resourcesContents/E-Verify_Participation_Poster_ES.pdf
We also consider for employment qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements, including, if applicable, the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. Pursuant to applicable state and municipal Fair Chance Laws and Ordinances, we will consider for employment-qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, including, if applicable, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. For Los Angeles, CA applicants: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.