Shipping & Receiving

Job Title: Shipping & Receiving Associate

Job Description

The Shipping & Receiving Associate plays a key role in preparing, organizing, and loading products for safe delivery to job sites. This position focuses on accurate palletizing, loading, and documentation while using material handling equipment in an open production environment. Over time, the role offers the opportunity to develop leadership capabilities and support warehouse team coordination.

Responsibilities

• Stack product correctly on pallets to prevent cracking, breaking, or other damage during storage and transport.

• Palletize all product according to how it will be installed in the field, ensuring the correct sequence and layout.

• Shrink wrap products and apply tickets or labels to each order for accurate identification and tracking.

• Operate overhead hoists for the majority of lifting tasks to safely move heavy materials.

• Use pallet jacks to move product around the facility and to load trucks efficiently and safely.

• Load products onto trailers in the correct installation order (from first to last bricks) to streamline on-site work.

• Load small trailers and semi-trailers while ensuring correct trailer weights, stability, and proper tie-downs.

• Stack finished products on pallets, A-frames, or in bulk, ensuring correct pallet weights, appropriate product protection devices, stability, and accurate pallet tags.

• Read and interpret blueprints, including shop drawings, hardware lists, and piece tickets, to confirm correct products and configurations.

• Calculate fractions, decimals, portions, percentages, area, and volume to support accurate measurements and load planning.

• Perform surface finishes such as acid washing, sandblasting, honing, and polishing on products as required.

• Perform filling and patching of products, as well as any painting that may be required to meet quality standards.

• Use forklifts, power tools, and other equipment in accordance with safety procedures and work orders.

• Follow work orders and shipping documents to ensure accurate fulfillment and on-time shipments.

• Assist with general labor and production tasks related to concrete and product assembly as needed.

• Learn to lead the warehouse team and take on additional duties and responsibilities as the job progresses, preparing for a future leadership role.

Essential Skills

• At least 12 months of previous warehouse experience.

• Experience with shipping and receiving processes, including loading and unloading.

• Ability to operate forklifts and pallet jacks safely and efficiently.

• Proficiency in reading and following work orders and shipping documentation.

• Ability to read and interpret blueprints, including shop drawings, hardware lists, and piece tickets.

• Strong math skills, including calculating fractions, decimals, portions, percentages, area, and volume.

• Experience with material handling in a production or warehouse environment.

• Capability to use power tools and basic hand tools safely.

• Ability to perform general labor and production tasks, including work with concrete products.

• Attention to detail to ensure correct palletizing, labeling, and trailer loading.

• Physical ability to work in an active production and warehouse setting.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Demonstrated leadership capabilities and interest in growing into a leadership role over time.

• Experience with surface finishing processes such as acid washing, sandblasting, honing, and polishing.

• Experience with filling, patching, and painting products to meet quality standards.

• Comfort working with overhead hoists and other lifting equipment.

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment.

• Strong organizational skills to manage multiple orders and tasks efficiently.

Why Work Here?

Join a privately owned company that values internal growth and advancement, offering clear opportunities to move into leadership roles over time. Benefit from early morning start times that support an earlier finish to your workday, helping you maintain a strong work-life balance. Enjoy the flexibility to move between different departments, allowing you to broaden your skills, gain varied experience, and keep your day-to-day work engaging.

Work Environment

This role is based in an open production and warehouse environment where large bay doors create conditions that are hot in the summer and colder in the winter. You will regularly work around concrete products, production equipment, overhead hoists, forklifts, pallet jacks, and power tools. The environment is active and hands-on, with frequent material handling, loading of small trailers and semi-trailers, and movement throughout the facility. Work typically starts early in the morning, aligning with production and shipping schedules.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of New Ulm, MN.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $22.00 - $23.00/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 New Ulm,MN.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on May 29, 2026.

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.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance:

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Massachusetts Lie Detector:

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI):

We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.