Shipping Associate

Job Description

Job Description

Shipping Associate

Kelly® is hiring a Shipping Associate for a direct-hire opportunity at a brand-new manufacturing facility in Salt Lake City, Utah. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with domestic and international shipping experience who is organized, dependable, and comfortable managing multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

In this role, you’ll manage outbound shipments from start to finish, including product inspection, packing, documentation, inventory coordination, carrier scheduling, and delivery follow-up. You’ll play an important part in helping the new operation establish accurate, efficient, and reliable shipping processes.

Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Employment Type: Direct Hire
Schedule: Monday–Friday, starting at 8:00 AM
Pay: $21.00–$23.00 per hour, based on experience
Work Environment: Fully onsite

What You’ll Be Doing

• Manage all aspects of outbound domestic and international shipments.

• Inspect products and orders before shipment to verify accuracy, quantity, condition, and documentation.

• Select appropriate packaging materials and securely pack products for transportation.

• Prepare accurate shipping labels, packing slips, carrier documents, and international shipping paperwork.

• Process shipments through FedEx, UPS, DHL, and other carrier systems.

• Coordinate carrier pickups, transportation services, and delivery schedules.

• Track shipments and communicate delays, delivery concerns, or documentation issues.

• Maintain adequate inventories of boxes, labels, packing materials, and other shipping supplies.

• Monitor packaging-material usage and replenish supplies before shortages affect operations.

• Support the packaging and transportation of materials for trade shows, demonstrations, and company events.

• Coordinate with inventory, production, customer service, and other internal teams to ensure orders ship accurately and on time.

• Maintain organized shipping records and accurately enter shipment information into company systems.

• Keep shipping, packing, and storage areas clean, organized, and compliant with safety procedures.

• Assist with receiving and inventory-related responsibilities when operational needs require it.

• Perform other shipping and logistics duties as assigned.

This Position May Be a Great Fit If You

• Have a high school diploma or GED.

• Have at least one year of experience using FedEx, UPS, DHL, or similar carrier systems.

• Have previous shipping experience, preferably within a manufacturing, electronics, distribution, or technical environment.

• Have experience preparing commercial shipments for international destinations.

• Understand the importance of accurate shipping paperwork and customs-related documentation.

• Are proficient with Microsoft Office, including Excel and Word.

• Are comfortable using Google Workspace applications.

• Can manage competing priorities and meet multiple shipping deadlines.

• Have strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Bring excellent attention to detail, accuracy, reliability, flexibility, and teamwork.

• Are willing to learn new systems and take on evolving responsibilities as the operation grows.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting both domestic and international shipments.

• Experience preparing commercial invoices, packing lists, and other export documentation.

• Previous shipping experience in a manufacturing environment.

• Familiarity with inventory-control, ERP, WMS, or order-processing systems.

• Experience coordinating freight carriers and monitoring shipment status.

• Knowledge of shipping-area safety procedures and proper packaging practices.

• Experience handling sensitive, high-value, or electronic products.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds.

• Ability to bend and reach when placing materials on lower or upper shelves.

• Ability to kneel or squat to access lower storage locations.

• Ability to stand, walk, pack, and move materials throughout the workday.

• Ability to work in an onsite office, warehouse, and shipping environment.

Additional Requirements

Due to work performed under U.S. federal contracts, candidates must qualify as a U.S. Person, meaning a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident.

Employment is contingent upon successfully completing a background check and drug screening.

This is a great opportunity to join a new Salt Lake City facility from the beginning, help build its shipping processes, and grow with an expanding operation.

Apply today to take the next step in your shipping and logistics career with Kelly®!

As part of our promise to talent, Kelly supports those who work with us through a variety of benefits, perks, and work-related resources. Kelly offers eligible employees voluntary benefit plans including medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, term life, whole life, accident insurance, critical illness, a legal plan, and short-term disability. As a Kelly employee, you will have access to a retirement savings plan, service bonus and holiday pay plans (earn up to eight paid holidays per benefit year), and a transit spending account. In addition, employees are entitled to earn paid sick leave under the applicable state or local plan. Click here for more information on benefits and perks that may be available to you as a member of the Kelly Talent Community.

Get a complete career fit with Kelly®.

You’re looking to keep your career moving onward and upward, and we’re here to help you do just that. Our staffing experts connect you with top companies for opportunities where you can learn, grow, and thrive. Jobs that fit your skills and experience, and most importantly, fit right on your path of where you want to go in your career.

About Kelly

Work changes everything. And at Kelly, we’re obsessed with where it can take you. To us, it’s about more than simply accepting your next job opportunity. It’s the fuel that powers every next step of your life. It’s the ripple effect that changes and improves everything for your family, your community, and the world. Which is why, here at Kelly, we are dedicated to providing you with limitless opportunities to enrich your life-just ask the 300,000 people we employ each year.

Kelly is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants regardless of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or any other legally protected status, and we take affirmative action to recruit, employ, and advance qualified individuals with disabilities and protected veterans in the workforce. Requests for accommodation related to our application process can be directed to the Kelly Human Resource Knowledge Center. Kelly complies with the requirements of California’s state and local Fair Chance laws. A conviction does not automatically bar individuals from employment. Kelly participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.

Kelly may use AI-powered tools during the recruitment and hiring process. For full details, including how Kelly uses AI, your rights, and how to request a reasonable accommodation, visit the Recruitment Artificial Intelligence Notice.