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Shipping Associate

ABM Industries
  • Cambridge, MA
  • $27.49 Per Hour
10 days ago

Job Description

Overview

Pay: $27.49/hr

The pay listed is the hourly range or the hourly rate for this position. A specific offer will vary based on applicant’s experience, skills, abilities, geographic location, and alignment with market data. 

Benefit Information: ABM offers a comprehensive benefits package. For information about ABM’s benefits, visit ABM Employee Benefits | Front Line Team Members 

Responsibilities

Deliver mail, packages, copy products and stationery to assigned group/location per daily schedule. 

Ensure that all packages received/delivered are shipped and/or delivered same day, or alternatively consignee with be advised of next day delivery. 

Check daily and replenish, if necessary, all mail and postage supplies.

 Audit delivered items with delivery invoices. Approve or reject deliveries based on inspections. 

Ensure all shipped packages are adequately protected against damage. 

Process shipment request with vendor, advising package owner of arrangements. 

Apply appropriate postage amounts and required identification to outgoing mail and packages. 

May perform other duties to include but not limited to answer telephones in a professional manner, direct calls, and take messages. 

Drive automobile to transport materials for office personnel between locations. 

Read and understand materials, such as IATA/49CFR regulations and packaging instructions for shipping out dangerous goods. 

Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

High School diploma or GED equivalent required and a minimum of 1 - 2 years of related work experience in warehouse, shipping and receiving. Ability to comprehend and interpret instructions, short correspondence, and memos and ask clarifying questions to ensure understanding. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. 

Able to obtain IATA/49 CFR Dangerous Goods Certification within 30 Days of Hire – Company Paid

Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from clients, co-workers, and/or supervisor. Ability to effectively present information to an internal department and/or large groups of employees. 

Comfortable meeting and engaging with new people. 

Warm and engaging demeanor. Ability to assess circumstances, empathize and offer help. 

Requires basic knowledge of financial terms and principles. Ability to calculate simple figures such as percentages. 

Ability to understand and carry out general instructions in standard situations. Ability to solve problems in standard situations. Requires basic analytical skills. 

Intermediate skills with Microsoft Office Suite, handheld mobile technologies, and applications. 

Ability to use computer system to record materials received and shipped. 

Physical ability to assist with warehouse operations. Able to lift 50 lbs. 

Valid driver’s license of type/class required to align with applicable regulations. 

Verifiable good driving record. 

Numbers & Facts

LocationCambridge, MA
IndustryBusiness Services - Other
Company Size10,000 employees or more
Year Founded1909
Websitehttp://www.abm.com/

About Company

ABM offers a wide variety of service-related positions, including electricians, HVAC technicians, security officers, parking attendants, and cleaning jobs. ABM cares about your success.

We provide training so that you learn new job skills and take pride in the quality service you're giving to clients. You'll look like the trained professional you are when you wear a ABM uniform.For your health and safety, we use non-toxic cleaning products and up-to-date equipment.

Our internal training program focuses on teaching you the skills and processes that have helped many of our employees starting out as a janitor, cashier, security officer or building engineer grow into various management roles throughout the company. These jobs aren't your everyday at ABM; they are careers.

Thousands of commercial, industrial, government and retail clients look to ABM for consistent quality service that meets their specialized facility service needs including commercial cleaning and maintenance, facility engineering, energy efficiency, parking and security services.

With fiscal 2011 revenues of approximately $4.2 billion and nearly 100,000 employees, our 300+ offices across the U.S. and various international locales enable us to provide custom facility solutions to sites of all sizes — from neighborhood banks and schools to the largest and most complex facilities, such as corporate office parks and major airports.

With more than 300+ offices located throughout the country, we are always accepting applications for janitorial maintenance, landscaping gardeners, security guards, parking attendants, shuttle drivers and building engineers.

ABM IS AN EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER (MINORITY/FEMALE/VETERAN/DISABILITY)

Skills

  • Billingunmatched
  • Code of Federal Regulationsunmatched
  • Computer Systemsunmatched
  • Driver's Licenseunmatched
  • High School Diplomaunmatched
  • Lift/Move 50 Poundsunmatched
  • Material Movingunmatched
  • Order Deliveryunmatched
  • Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
  • Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
  • Regulationsunmatched
  • Reporting Skillsunmatched
  • Shipping/Receivingunmatched
  • Telephone Skillsunmatched
  • Warehousingunmatched
  • Writing Skillsunmatched

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