H-1B Visa Warehouse Specialist Jobs
Warehouse Specialist roles can qualify for H-1B visa sponsorship when the position requires a bachelor's degree in a directly related field such as supply chain management, logistics, or industrial engineering. Employers in distribution, e-commerce fulfillment, and manufacturing sponsor H-1B workers for these roles, though the specialty occupation requirement means your job duties and degree alignment are critical factors in any petition.
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About M.C. Dean
M.C. Dean is Building Intelligence. We design, build, operate, and maintain cyber-physical solutions for the nation’s most mission-critical facilities, secure environments, complex infrastructure, and global enterprises. With over 7,000 employees, our capabilities span electrical, electronic security, telecommunications, life safety, automation and controls, audiovisual, and IT systems. Headquarters in Tysons, Virginia, M.C. Dean delivers resilient, secure, and innovative power and technology solutions through engineering expertise and smart systems integration.
Why Join Us?
Our people are passionate about engineering innovation that improves lives and drives impactful change. Guided by our core values—agility, expertise, and trust—we foster a collaborative and forward-thinking work environment. At M.C. Dean, we are committed to building the next generation of technical leaders in electrical, engineering, and cybersecurity industries.
Responsibilities
* Manages the day-to-day activities of a defined warehouse team, shift, or operational area to ensure materials are received, stored, controlled, and distributed safely, accurately, and on schedule. Executes established warehouse procedures and priorities, coordinates work across receiving, storage, inventory control, order fulfillment, and shipping, and resolves routine operating issues within assigned authority. Directly supervises warehouse personnel and is responsible for work planning, staffing, coaching, performance, safety, asset protection, and the condition of assigned facilities and equipment. Collaborates with project, production, purchasing, sales, records-control, and transportation partners and escalates higher-impact risks or exceptions to senior warehouse leadership.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities
- Directs daily receiving, put-away, storage, inventory control, picking, packing, staging, shipping, and internal material movement for an assigned team, shift, or operational area.
- Establishes daily work plans, assigns priorities, balances labor and equipment, and monitors completion against schedules, service requirements, and functional performance measures.
- Verifies incoming and outgoing shipments, material condition, quantities, system transactions, and distribution documentation; resolves routine discrepancies and escalates significant exceptions.
- Maintains inventory accuracy through location discipline, transaction controls, cycle counts, discrepancy research, and timely corrective action.
- Supervises, schedules, trains, coaches, and evaluates warehouse employees; supports hiring, performance management, employee development, and disciplinary actions in accordance with company policy.
- Enforces warehouse safety, housekeeping, security, loss-prevention, and material-handling requirements; addresses unsafe conditions and supports incident follow-up.
- Coordinates warehouse activity with project teams, production, purchasing, sales, records control, transportation, and other internal partners to meet material availability and delivery commitments.
- Inspects assigned warehouse space, material-handling equipment, and related assets; initiates maintenance work orders and replacement or repair requests.
- Manages the controlled disposition or salvage of damaged or used material and ensures related records and approvals are complete.
- Identifies practical improvements to layout, workflow, storage utilization, and standard work and implements approved changes within the assigned area.
- This is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of job duties and responsibilities. Other duties, responsibilities, and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
5+ years of experience with a Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management logistics, finance, business administration or relevant discipline.
5+ or more years of experience in logistic/supply chain management.
Managing Processes and management Inventory Cycle Counting, MS Excel Analyzing Information.
Ability to travel locally with own transportation.
ABILITIES
Exposure to computer screens for an extended period of time.
Sitting for extended periods of time.
Reach by extending hands or arms in any direction.
Have finger dexterity in order to manipulate objects with fingers rather than whole hands or arms, for example, using a keyboard.
Listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
* Identify and understand the speech of another person.
We offer an excellent benefits package including:
A competitive salary
Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
Paid time off
Tuition reimbursement
401k Retirement Plan
Military Reserve pay offset
* Paid maternity leave
Pay Range: USD $94,000.00 - USD $117,500.00 /Yr.
INTRODUCTION
About M.C. Dean
M.C. Dean is Building Intelligence. We design, build, operate, and maintain cyber-physical solutions for the nation’s most mission-critical facilities, secure environments, complex infrastructure, and global enterprises. With over 7,000 employees, our capabilities span electrical, electronic security, telecommunications, life safety, automation and controls, audiovisual, and IT systems. Headquarters in Tysons, Virginia, M.C. Dean delivers resilient, secure, and innovative power and technology solutions through engineering expertise and smart systems integration.
Why Join Us?
Our people are passionate about engineering innovation that improves lives and drives impactful change. Guided by our core values—agility, expertise, and trust—we foster a collaborative and forward-thinking work environment. At M.C. Dean, we are committed to building the next generation of technical leaders in electrical, engineering, and cybersecurity industries.
Responsibilities
* Manages the day-to-day activities of a defined warehouse team, shift, or operational area to ensure materials are received, stored, controlled, and distributed safely, accurately, and on schedule. Executes established warehouse procedures and priorities, coordinates work across receiving, storage, inventory control, order fulfillment, and shipping, and resolves routine operating issues within assigned authority. Directly supervises warehouse personnel and is responsible for work planning, staffing, coaching, performance, safety, asset protection, and the condition of assigned facilities and equipment. Collaborates with project, production, purchasing, sales, records-control, and transportation partners and escalates higher-impact risks or exceptions to senior warehouse leadership.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities
- Directs daily receiving, put-away, storage, inventory control, picking, packing, staging, shipping, and internal material movement for an assigned team, shift, or operational area.
- Establishes daily work plans, assigns priorities, balances labor and equipment, and monitors completion against schedules, service requirements, and functional performance measures.
- Verifies incoming and outgoing shipments, material condition, quantities, system transactions, and distribution documentation; resolves routine discrepancies and escalates significant exceptions.
- Maintains inventory accuracy through location discipline, transaction controls, cycle counts, discrepancy research, and timely corrective action.
- Supervises, schedules, trains, coaches, and evaluates warehouse employees; supports hiring, performance management, employee development, and disciplinary actions in accordance with company policy.
- Enforces warehouse safety, housekeeping, security, loss-prevention, and material-handling requirements; addresses unsafe conditions and supports incident follow-up.
- Coordinates warehouse activity with project teams, production, purchasing, sales, records control, transportation, and other internal partners to meet material availability and delivery commitments.
- Inspects assigned warehouse space, material-handling equipment, and related assets; initiates maintenance work orders and replacement or repair requests.
- Manages the controlled disposition or salvage of damaged or used material and ensures related records and approvals are complete.
- Identifies practical improvements to layout, workflow, storage utilization, and standard work and implements approved changes within the assigned area.
- This is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of job duties and responsibilities. Other duties, responsibilities, and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
5+ years of experience with a Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management logistics, finance, business administration or relevant discipline.
5+ or more years of experience in logistic/supply chain management.
Managing Processes and management Inventory Cycle Counting, MS Excel Analyzing Information.
Ability to travel locally with own transportation.
ABILITIES
Exposure to computer screens for an extended period of time.
Sitting for extended periods of time.
Reach by extending hands or arms in any direction.
Have finger dexterity in order to manipulate objects with fingers rather than whole hands or arms, for example, using a keyboard.
Listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
* Identify and understand the speech of another person.
We offer an excellent benefits package including:
A competitive salary
Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
Paid time off
Tuition reimbursement
401k Retirement Plan
Military Reserve pay offset
* Paid maternity leave
Pay Range: USD $94,000.00 - USD $117,500.00 /Yr.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as a Warehouse Specialist
Verify your role meets specialty occupation
Pull the O*NET profile for Warehouse Specialist and confirm your actual duties match a degree-requiring occupation. USCIS scrutinizes warehouse titles closely, so document how your specific responsibilities require a bachelor's in supply chain, logistics, or industrial engineering.
Target employers enrolled in E-Verify
E-Verify enrollment signals an employer already handles federal employment authorization paperwork. In warehouse and distribution, large third-party logistics providers and e-commerce fulfillment operators are likelier H-1B sponsors than small regional warehouses.
Search verified sponsors on Migrate Mate
Use Migrate Mate to filter Warehouse Specialist openings by employers with confirmed H-1B LCA filing history in logistics and supply chain. This cuts out roles where sponsorship is listed as possible but the employer has no filing track record.
Check the prevailing wage before negotiating
Look up the wage level for your specific warehouse role using the OFLC Wage Search before you receive an offer. The LCA the employer files must certify your salary meets the DOL prevailing wage for your location, so knowing the floor protects your offer.
Request cap-exempt employer eligibility early
If you're outside the H-1B cap window, ask prospective employers whether they qualify as cap-exempt institutions. Some large distribution centers contracted to universities or nonprofit research operations can file H-1B petitions year-round without lottery registration.
Document degree-to-duties alignment for your petition
Work with your employer's immigration contact to build a duties letter that maps your logistics or supply chain degree directly to each warehouse function you perform. USCIS issues RFEs on warehouse specialist petitions more frequently than for conventional office roles.
H-1B Visa Warehouse Specialist: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Warehouse Specialist role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
It depends on how the position is structured and documented. USCIS requires the role to normally demand a bachelor's degree in a specific field. A Warehouse Specialist whose duties involve supply chain systems, inventory optimization, or logistics engineering, and whose employer can show the position requires a directly related degree, can qualify. Generic picking-and-packing roles typically don't meet the threshold.
Which degree fields support an H-1B petition for a Warehouse Specialist?
Supply chain management, logistics, industrial engineering, and operations management are the most defensible fields. Business administration degrees can work if the employer's position description emphasizes analytical or managerial functions. A mismatch between your degree field and the warehouse duties described in the LCA is one of the most common triggers for an RFE from USCIS on these petitions.
How do I find Warehouse Specialist employers who actually sponsor H-1B visas?
Migrate Mate lets you browse Warehouse Specialist openings filtered by employers with verified H-1B LCA filing history in logistics and supply chain. This is more reliable than filtering by 'visa sponsorship available' labels, which are often inaccurate. Large third-party logistics operators, e-commerce fulfillment networks, and manufacturers with dedicated logistics functions are the most active sponsors in this category.
What happens to my H-1B status if I'm laid off from a Warehouse Specialist role?
You have a 60-day grace period from your last day of employment to find a new H-1B employer, change to another valid status, or depart the U.S. During that window you can't work, but you can actively interview. If a new employer files an H-1B transfer petition before the grace period ends, USCIS generally allows you to start the new role upon filing, not just approval.
Can my Warehouse Specialist employer use premium processing for my H-1B petition?
Yes. Premium processing is available for H-1B petitions and guarantees a USCIS decision within 15 business days of receipt. For time-sensitive start dates or cap-gap situations, many logistics employers use it to reduce uncertainty. The employer typically pays the premium processing fee, though there's no legal requirement preventing an employer from passing the cost to the worker.