**Job Title: Shipping Assistant** **Job Description** The Shipping Assistant will play a crucial role in resolving shipping issues such as mis-shipments, shortages, damage, deliveries, and freight charges. This position requires handling incoming and outgoing calls related to product shipments, including interactions with carriers, customer service, sales, and operations teams. The role involves evaluating and resolving aging orders that have not shipped, accurately generating shipping documents, freight terms, and commercial invoices, and overseeing the prompt completion of all customer-specific freight shipments and international orders. **Responsibilities** + Resolve shipping issues including mis-shipments, shortages, damage, deliveries, and freight charges. + Handle incoming and outgoing calls regarding shipment of products involving carriers, customer service, sales, and operations. + Evaluate and resolve aging orders that have not shipped. + Accurately generate shipping documents, freight terms, and commercial invoices. + Generate pick tickets and assign carriers to minimize cost. + Investigate freight claims and provide disposition. + Oversee the prompt completion of customer-specific freight shipments and international orders. + Schedule carrier pickups. + Perform other duties as assigned. **Essential Skills** + Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Outlook, and Excel. + Experience with shipping, warehouse inventory, cycle counts, and inventory management. + Ability to use computers well and willingness to be trained on Oracle systems. + Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills. + Ability to lift up to 25 pounds periodically. + Capability to sit for prolonged periods, stand and walk intermittently throughout the day, and engage in shipping activities on the warehouse floor. + Physical ability to bend, push, pull, and kneel. **Additional Skills & Qualifications** + Experience with freight shipments and international orders is a plus. + Must be able to read, write, and comprehend the English language. + Must be self-directed and able to work independently, as well as within a team environment. + Must be able to work hours beyond scheduled shifts during the week and on weekends. + Ability to work in weather extremes and wear all required PPE. + Compliance with all plant safety policies. **Why Work Here?** Join a large company with a great culture that values clean and air-controlled environments and fun traditions like Hawaiian shirt Fridays. Embrace the opportunity for growth and learning within the company. **Work Environment** Work in a clean and air-controlled facility with a mission to drive performance in manufacturing through effective planning activities and continuous improvement. The role requires flexibility in working hours, including weekends, and adherence to safety policies. **Job Type & Location** This is a Contract to Hire position based out of SMITHFIELD, North Carolina. **Pay and Benefits** The pay range for this position is $15.00 - $19.00/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 SMITHFIELD,NC. **Application Deadline** This position is anticipated to close on Aug 13, 2025. **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.