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INTRODUCTION
C.H. Robinson is looking for a Shipping Area Manager - Nights to join our warehouse team. In this role you will be responsible for maintaining optimum productivity levels and cost of services provided to C.H. Robinson branch customers. This position will supervise all day-to-day functions of warehouse operations execution associated with outbound shipping, quality control, production, maintenance, and sanitation.
The core hours of this role are Monday – Friday from 4:30pm to 12:30am, but may be adjusted as needed based on volumes.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The duties and responsibilities of this position consists of, but are not limited to, the following:
- Educate Distribution Center staff on Distribution Center Model vision, guiding principles, and strategy
- Develop and maintain knowledge of fresh supply inventory, production processes, quality control, costs, and techniques for maximizing productivity
- Maintain appropriate metrics evaluating operational and economic performance in the areas of receiving, shipping, inventory, production, and all service level offerings
- Ensure all customer service metrics are consistently met or exceeded
- Ensure receiving, shipping, inventory and production crews deliver product within specified quality, condition, and food safety protocols
- Operate in an efficient/cost conscious manner so that all budgeted objectives are achieved
- Review all equipment preventative maintenance schedules and work orders
- Ensure safety and sanitation schedules that ensure the facilities compliance with HAACP, OSHA and Primus Inspection Standards are completed
- Reinforce a culture of safety throughout the facility by following safety policies and procedures
- Communicate clearly and concisely with all audiences; keep others informed and listens carefully to input and feedback
- Work with Distribution Center leadership staff to execute standard operating procedures designed to ensure all facility services are accurately documented and consistently executed
- Ensure safe and efficient use and maintenance of facility equipment
- Reinforce safety and sanitation schedules that ensure the facilities compliance with corporate, OSHA and Food Safety standards
- Monitor supplies, packaging, and raw materials needed to operate business on daily basis
- Identify areas for improvement and make recommendations, including using metrics to identify areas for improvement
- Root cause problem solving to drive process improvement
Team Leadership:
- Ensure distribution center crews operate in an efficient, productive, accurate and professional
- Maintain proper staffing levels, staff schedules, oversee hourly staff training; Plan needs based on projected projects and volume; Deliver timely performance feedback and corrective suggestions/actions to both staff and customer account teams
- Maintain a constant presence in the work area to support and lead warehouse staff; Provide a safe work environment for all areas of operations; develop and maintain a positive and collaborative work environment
- Ensure integrity and discretion when handling sensitive and confidential information
- Participate in the recruitment, selection, promotion, and alignment of qualified and diverse talent
- Support the annual merit and equity programs for assigned team to align compensation with performance results
- Outline employee role accountabilities and expectations; manages performance to drive the right behaviors and improve results and provides useful real-time coaching, development activities and stretch assignments; supports employees with problem resolution
- Develop people to meet both their career goals and the organization's goals
- Encourage employee feedback through formal and informal channels. Work with next level manager to acknowledge and take action on feedback to drive a trusting culture of open two-way communication, inclusivity, collaboration and continuous improvement
QUALIFICATIONS
Required:
- Must be at least 18 years old
- Minimum 2 years of experience in a warehouse, distribution center, and/or manufacturing operations environment
- Knowledge of efficient and safe warehousing practices
- Basic computer skills
- Manual dexterity required for operating machinery
- Ability to occasionally lift up to 50lbs
- Ability to work all day in a temperature-controlled environment (as low as 35 degrees)
Preferred:
- High School Diploma or GED
- Previous supervisory experience
- Ability to interact effectively with all levels of the organization
- Proven ability to effectively communicate information and/or instructions
- Delivers detail oriented, accurate and organized results under pressure
- Demonstrates the desire to operate in an entrepreneurial, multi-task environment
- Values a diverse and inclusive work environment
We will review applications for this role on an ongoing basis and encourage all interested candidates to apply at their earliest convenience.
Compensation Range
$52,500.00 - $83,100.00
The base pay range displayed on the job posting reflects the minimum and maximum base pay for this specific location. Your individual base pay within this range is determined by job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base pay only and do not include additional variable compensation.
Questioning if you meet the mark? Studies have shown that some individuals may be less likely to apply unless they match the job description exactly. Here at C.H. Robinson, we’re building an inclusive workplace where all employees feel they belong. If this position excites you, we welcome you to apply whether you check all the preferred qualifications or just a few. You may just be our next great fit!
Equal Opportunity
C.H. Robinson is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to a workplace and performance culture that reflects the strengths of our worldwide marketplace. We value unique experiences and diverse backgrounds of our people within our company, our business relationships, and our communities. We’re committed to providing an inclusive environment, free from harassment and discrimination, where all employees feel welcomed, valued and respected.
EOE Disabled Veteran
Benefits
Your Health, Wealth and Self
Your total wellbeing is the foundation of our business, and our benefits support your financial, family and personal goals. We provide the top-tier benefits that matter to you most, including:
- Three medical plans which include
- Prescription drug coverage
- Enhanced Fertility benefits
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Health Savings Account (including employer contribution)
- Dental and Vision
- Basic and Supplemental Life Insurance
- Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
- Paid observed holidays
- 2 paid floating holidays for U.S. hourly employees
- Flexible Time Off (FTO) offered to U.S. salaried employees — no accruals and no caps. Paid Time Off (PTO) offered to all other employees in the U.S. and Canada
- Paid parental leave
- Paid time off to volunteer in your community
- Charitable Giving Match Program
- 401(k) with 6% company matching
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Plus a broad range of career development, networking, and team-building opportunities
Learn more about our benefit offerings on our BENEFITS & WELLBEING page.
INTRODUCTION
C.H. Robinson is looking for a Shipping Area Manager - Nights to join our warehouse team. In this role you will be responsible for maintaining optimum productivity levels and cost of services provided to C.H. Robinson branch customers. This position will supervise all day-to-day functions of warehouse operations execution associated with outbound shipping, quality control, production, maintenance, and sanitation.
The core hours of this role are Monday – Friday from 4:30pm to 12:30am, but may be adjusted as needed based on volumes.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The duties and responsibilities of this position consists of, but are not limited to, the following:
- Educate Distribution Center staff on Distribution Center Model vision, guiding principles, and strategy
- Develop and maintain knowledge of fresh supply inventory, production processes, quality control, costs, and techniques for maximizing productivity
- Maintain appropriate metrics evaluating operational and economic performance in the areas of receiving, shipping, inventory, production, and all service level offerings
- Ensure all customer service metrics are consistently met or exceeded
- Ensure receiving, shipping, inventory and production crews deliver product within specified quality, condition, and food safety protocols
- Operate in an efficient/cost conscious manner so that all budgeted objectives are achieved
- Review all equipment preventative maintenance schedules and work orders
- Ensure safety and sanitation schedules that ensure the facilities compliance with HAACP, OSHA and Primus Inspection Standards are completed
- Reinforce a culture of safety throughout the facility by following safety policies and procedures
- Communicate clearly and concisely with all audiences; keep others informed and listens carefully to input and feedback
- Work with Distribution Center leadership staff to execute standard operating procedures designed to ensure all facility services are accurately documented and consistently executed
- Ensure safe and efficient use and maintenance of facility equipment
- Reinforce safety and sanitation schedules that ensure the facilities compliance with corporate, OSHA and Food Safety standards
- Monitor supplies, packaging, and raw materials needed to operate business on daily basis
- Identify areas for improvement and make recommendations, including using metrics to identify areas for improvement
- Root cause problem solving to drive process improvement
Team Leadership:
- Ensure distribution center crews operate in an efficient, productive, accurate and professional
- Maintain proper staffing levels, staff schedules, oversee hourly staff training; Plan needs based on projected projects and volume; Deliver timely performance feedback and corrective suggestions/actions to both staff and customer account teams
- Maintain a constant presence in the work area to support and lead warehouse staff; Provide a safe work environment for all areas of operations; develop and maintain a positive and collaborative work environment
- Ensure integrity and discretion when handling sensitive and confidential information
- Participate in the recruitment, selection, promotion, and alignment of qualified and diverse talent
- Support the annual merit and equity programs for assigned team to align compensation with performance results
- Outline employee role accountabilities and expectations; manages performance to drive the right behaviors and improve results and provides useful real-time coaching, development activities and stretch assignments; supports employees with problem resolution
- Develop people to meet both their career goals and the organization's goals
- Encourage employee feedback through formal and informal channels. Work with next level manager to acknowledge and take action on feedback to drive a trusting culture of open two-way communication, inclusivity, collaboration and continuous improvement
QUALIFICATIONS
Required:
- Must be at least 18 years old
- Minimum 2 years of experience in a warehouse, distribution center, and/or manufacturing operations environment
- Knowledge of efficient and safe warehousing practices
- Basic computer skills
- Manual dexterity required for operating machinery
- Ability to occasionally lift up to 50lbs
- Ability to work all day in a temperature-controlled environment (as low as 35 degrees)
Preferred:
- High School Diploma or GED
- Previous supervisory experience
- Ability to interact effectively with all levels of the organization
- Proven ability to effectively communicate information and/or instructions
- Delivers detail oriented, accurate and organized results under pressure
- Demonstrates the desire to operate in an entrepreneurial, multi-task environment
- Values a diverse and inclusive work environment
We will review applications for this role on an ongoing basis and encourage all interested candidates to apply at their earliest convenience.
Compensation Range
$52,500.00 - $83,100.00
The base pay range displayed on the job posting reflects the minimum and maximum base pay for this specific location. Your individual base pay within this range is determined by job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base pay only and do not include additional variable compensation.
Questioning if you meet the mark? Studies have shown that some individuals may be less likely to apply unless they match the job description exactly. Here at C.H. Robinson, we’re building an inclusive workplace where all employees feel they belong. If this position excites you, we welcome you to apply whether you check all the preferred qualifications or just a few. You may just be our next great fit!
Equal Opportunity
C.H. Robinson is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to a workplace and performance culture that reflects the strengths of our worldwide marketplace. We value unique experiences and diverse backgrounds of our people within our company, our business relationships, and our communities. We’re committed to providing an inclusive environment, free from harassment and discrimination, where all employees feel welcomed, valued and respected.
EOE Disabled Veteran
Benefits
Your Health, Wealth and Self
Your total wellbeing is the foundation of our business, and our benefits support your financial, family and personal goals. We provide the top-tier benefits that matter to you most, including:
- Three medical plans which include
- Prescription drug coverage
- Enhanced Fertility benefits
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Health Savings Account (including employer contribution)
- Dental and Vision
- Basic and Supplemental Life Insurance
- Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
- Paid observed holidays
- 2 paid floating holidays for U.S. hourly employees
- Flexible Time Off (FTO) offered to U.S. salaried employees — no accruals and no caps. Paid Time Off (PTO) offered to all other employees in the U.S. and Canada
- Paid parental leave
- Paid time off to volunteer in your community
- Charitable Giving Match Program
- 401(k) with 6% company matching
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Plus a broad range of career development, networking, and team-building opportunities
Learn more about our benefit offerings on our BENEFITS & WELLBEING page.
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Who's Hiring
- Amazon18
- Nefco Corporation11
- FedEx Office10
- S&S Activewear9
- MSI8
Top Industries Hiring
- Retail
- Manufacturing
- Consulting & Professional Services
- Technology & Software
- Chemicals & Materials
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in shipping agent jobs.
- Experience with import and export documentation including bills of lading and commercial invoices
- Proficiency in freight management or transportation management system software
- Knowledge of U.S. Customs and Border Protection regulations and filing procedures
- Strong communication skills for coordinating with carriers, brokers, and clients
- Ability to track shipments and resolve delays or discrepancies under time pressure
- Associate or bachelor's degree in logistics, supply chain, or a related field preferred
Tips for Your Shipping Agent Job Search
Tailor your resume to cargo modes
Hiring managers in this field scan for the specific modes you've worked with. Break your experience out by ocean, air, or ground freight rather than listing generic logistics duties, and name the carrier portals and documentation systems you've used in each context.
Highlight your documentation accuracy record
Errors in bills of lading, commercial invoices, or customs entries cost real money. Mention how many shipments you managed without documentation holds or penalty fines, and name the customs regimes you've filed under, such as ISF, AES, or ACE.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists shipping agent openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Target freight forwarders by trade lane
Many forwarders are built around specific corridors, such as trans-Pacific or Europe-to-US. If your experience sits on a particular trade lane, search for employers known for that corridor and frame your cover letter around volume, commodity type, and incoterm fluency for that route.
Prepare for scenario-based interview questions
Interviewers frequently describe a shipment that's been detained at port or hit a carrier rollover and ask how you'd handle it. Walk through your decision sequence out loud, name the parties you'd contact first, and explain how you'd document the resolution for the client.
Negotiate around shift differentials and on-call scope
Shipping operations run around the clock, and many agent roles carry informal expectations about weekend or after-hours availability. Before accepting an offer, clarify whether on-call coverage is compensated separately or baked into the base, and get the answer in writing.
Shipping Agent Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most shipping agents?
The most active employers for shipping agents right now are Amazon, Nefco Corporation, and FedEx Office, and the most openings are in California, Texas, and Florida, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Activity shifts with peak shipping seasons, so checking current listings regularly gives you the clearest picture of where demand is highest.
How many shipping agent jobs are remote?
About 3% of shipping agent openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, with most remote-eligible roles concentrated in customer-facing coordination, rate quoting, and documentation review rather than port-side or warehouse operations, which typically require on-site presence.
How do you become a shipping agent?
Start by building familiarity with freight documentation, incoterms, and carrier booking processes, either through coursework in logistics or supply chain management or an entry-level operations role at a freight forwarder or customs broker. Getting comfortable with a transportation management system and learning how to file ISF or AES entries puts you in a strong position for your first shipping agent role.
Can you get hired as a shipping agent with little experience?
Yes, many freight forwarders and logistics companies hire candidates with limited direct experience if they demonstrate familiarity with cargo documentation basics, strong attention to detail, and the ability to work under deadline pressure. Starting as a logistics coordinator or operations assistant and cross-training on import or export filings is a common path into a full shipping agent title.
What does the shipping agent interview process look like?
Most shipping agent interviews include an initial phone screen focused on logistics background and software familiarity, followed by a panel or in-person interview with operations or compliance staff. Expect scenario questions about shipment delays, documentation errors, or difficult carriers. Some employers give a short practical exercise involving a bill of lading or rate comparison to assess hands-on accuracy.
Where can I find and apply to shipping agent jobs?
You can find and apply to shipping agent jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Find roles that match your experience and trade lane background, then apply directly to each listing from the page.
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