Shipping Specialist

Warehouse Shipping Operations Specialist Location: Lancaster, PA 17603

Job Type: Full-Time

Department: Warehouse & Logistics

Reports To: Warehouse Supervisor / Manager

About the Role We are looking for an experienced and proactive Warehouse Shipping Operations Specialist to lead and support daily warehouse operations. In this key role, you will oversee order fulfillment, inventory management, equipment operations, and shipping/receiving processes. You will play a vital role in ensuring quality, safety, operational efficiency, and strict compliance within our food-safe warehouse environment.

If you are an organized team lead with hands-on warehouse experience, a commitment to safety, and a focus on continuous improvement, we encourage you to apply!

Key Responsibilities

• Team Leadership & Operations:
  • Provide daily direction and guidance to assigned Material Handlers.
    
    
  • Assist supervisors with prioritizing daily workflow and tasks.
    
    
  • Identify and pursue continuous process improvement opportunities across shipping and warehouse functions.

• Fulfillment & Shipping/Receiving:
  • Pick, pack, palletize, label, and stretch-wrap all outgoing order types.

  • Pull and safely load outbound customer orders onto trailers.

  • Receive and put away inbound shipments, customer returns, and stock transfers.

  • Perform shipping office administrative duties and tasks as required.

• Inventory Control & Quality Assurance:
  • Rotate inventory by production date code (FIFO - First In, First Out), ensuring oldest date codes are shipped first.

  • Verify daily production counts for accuracy.

  • Ensure partial pallets are properly stacked, stowed, and accurate pallet slips are attached.

  • Participate in month-end physical inventory and assigned cycle counts to ensure physical stock matches system inventory.

• Equipment & Safety Compliance:
  • Operate box-making equipment while adhering strictly to Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) safety procedures.

  • Perform daily safety inspections on forklifts and report any defects or issues to management promptly.

  • Inspect trailers for damage, cleanliness, or odor, completing the required inspection sheets prior to loading.

  • Safely handle and replenish propane gas tanks.

  • Maintain a clean, organized, and sanitary warehouse compliant with Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) standards and all safety guidelines.

salary: $20 - $20.01 per hour
shift: First
work hours: 6 AM - 2:30 PM
education: High School

Responsibilities

The Warehouse Shipping Operations Specialist leads daily warehouse activities, including order fulfillment, inventory handling, equipment operation, and shipping/receiving. This role ensures accuracy, safety, and efficiency while supporting team coordination, customer service, and continuous improvement within a food-safe environment. •Provide daily direction to assigned Material Handlers.Perform shipping office tasks. •Assist supervisors with prioritizing work. •Identify and pursue continuous process improvement. •Rotate inventory by production date code, ship oldest date codes first. •Perform the forklift inspection on a daily basis and report any problems to the supervisor. •Ensure daily production count is accurate.

The essential functions of this role include:

• working in a smoke free environment
• wearing steel toe shoes
• working up to 5 hrs of overtime per week

Skills

• Distribution
• Microsoft Office
• Spanish
• Verbal Communication
• Basic Software Skills
• Influencing
• Order Processing

Qualifications

• Years of experience: 0 years
• Experience level: Experienced

Randstad is a world leader in matching great people with great companies. Our experienced agents will listen carefully to your employment needs and then work diligently to match your skills and qualifications to the right job and company. Whether you're looking for temporary, temporary-to-permanent or permanent opportunities, no one works harder for you than Randstad.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.

At Randstad, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact View email address on randstadusa.com.

Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).

This posting is open for thirty (30) days.

Any consideration of a background check would be an individualized assessment based on the applicant or employee's specific record and the duties and requirements of the specific job.