Shipping Specialist
Aerotek
Posted Monday, April 6, 2026
Posting ID: JP-005939586
Job Description
The Shipping Specialist plays a crucial role in ensuring the efficient handling and management of stockroom inventory, shipping materials, and supplies. This position involves maintaining organized records, fulfilling material requests, and managing incoming and outgoing shipments with precision.
Responsibilities
- Maintain stockroom inventory database and records.
- Keep stockroom clean, organized, and clearly identify parts as instructed.
- Fulfill material issue requests promptly and accurately, delivering requested materials to designated locations.
- Maintain inventory of shipping materials and supplies.
- Receive shipments and verify information against bills of lading, invoices, orders, or other records.
- Inspect incoming shipments, reject damaged items, record shortages, and correspond with shippers to rectify issues.
- Route items to appropriate receivers or designated stockroom locations.
- Assemble shipping containers or boxes and pack items carefully as instructed.
- Measure, weigh, and count items for outgoing shipments.
- Prepare packing lists and shipping labels, ensuring correct documentation accompanies shipments.
- Determine appropriate shipping methods based on system hardware and project requirements.
- Strong technical proficiency
- Experience with SAP and ERP systems
- Attention to detail
- Materials management
- Quality inspection
- Regulatory compliance
- Experience with material handling equipment
- Inventory management
- Knowledge of manufacturability, stocking, packing, picking, sorting, shipping, receiving, and warehouse operations
- Experience in project management, acceptance testing, supplier management, and manufacturing
This opportunity allows you to manage production on a prime contract for the FAA, with a 20-year program and 10 years of upcoming production surge support. Join a team that offers long-term stability and growth potential.
Work Environment
The role is based in an engineering and production environment located in Columbia, MD, with some remote work possible. Work hours are Monday to Friday during normal business hours.
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Columbia, MD.
Pay and BenefitsThe pay range for this position is $25.00 - $25.00/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)
This is a hybrid position in Columbia,MD.
Application DeadlineThis position is anticipated to close on Apr 20, 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.
Contact Information
Recruiter: Bakalyar, Joshua
Email: jbakalyar@aerotek.com
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