Shipping & Receiving Technician

Job Description

Are you passionate about human space exploration, understanding the origins of the universe, and working with a passionate and diverse team to make a difference? If you are, we need you!

We need your talent, teamwork, and energy to help us achieve great things that inspire people all over the globe. We need you to bring creative ideas and diverse backgrounds to help us envision, shape, and deliver systems that will enable the exploration of space while benefiting people here on Earth. We are excited about what we do, and we need you on our team as we take on exciting challenges for NASA’s pursuits in deep space exploration.

As NASA’s largest engineering solutions provider working together with NASA at centers across the United States.

We have an exciting opportunity for an Entry-Level Shipping & Receiving Technician I to join the team!

This is a JETS II CBA position with Amentum.

The Shipping & Receiving Technician I will:

• Inspect all incoming material for condition, identification, quantity, and compliance with purchase orders. Notify supervisor of any discrepancies.
• Record or log items that are received or shipped in the proper database and/or hardcopy process.
• Identify incoming flight oriented material and notify Quality Assurance.
• Package items to prevent damage when shipping or transporting.
• Affix identifying tag(s) to equipment as directed and incompliance with property and receiving procedures/requirements.
• Maintain the work area in a neat, orderly, and safe manner.
• Work will be under direct supervision with the exception of simple tasking.
• Transport materials, documents, and mail as requested or directed.
• Maintain storage areas located in shipping and receiving area.
• Store received items in flammable storage cabinets or refrigerators, as required.
• Operate material handling equipment.
• May need to lead or escort subcontractors when needed.
• Perform related duties as required.

• Ability to follow written and verbal instructions.
• Familiarity with shipping and receiving processes.
• Valid driver’s license and ability to pass defensive driving course.
• Requires High School diploma or equivalent.

• Handling of NASA flight hardware.
• Previous shipping and receiving experience or other related logistics service.
• Knowledge of quality inspection processes.
• Forklift operation.

• Excellent personal and professional career growth
• 9/80 work schedule (every other Friday off), when applicable
• Onsite cafeteria (breakfast & lunch)
• Much, much more!

For more information on our partnership with NASA at Johnson Space Center (JSC), please visit

• Proof of U.S. Citizenship or US Permanent Residency may be a requirement for this position.
• Must be able to complete a U.S. government background investigation.
• Management has the prerogative to select at any level for which the position is advertised.

Physical Requirements:

Requires occasional:

• Climbing and maintaining balance on ladders, scaffolds, structures, etc. above or below ground level.
• Bending, kneeling crouching, squatting and/or crawling from one to 30 minutes at a time.
• Hearing with or without correction.

Requires frequent:

• Standing.
• Coordinating eyes, hands and fingers to operate tools and equipment.

Requires constant:

• Lifting up to 50 pounds from ground level (frequent), at waist level (frequent) and overhead (occasional).
• Carrying up to 50 pounds for 3 yards.
• Reaching for, handling and manipulating objects and materials in all directions.
• Seeing with or without correction.

Requires the ability to:

• Follow set procedures and standards.
• Apply basic mathematical skills.
• Plan and work selecting proper tools.
• Compare and understand differences in the size, shape, and form or lines, figures, and objects.
• Follow written and oral directions, plans and blueprints.
• Ability to recognize and report safety hazards.

Typically a warehouse environment with exposure to uneven ground levels and various noise levels caused by power tools, machinery, equipment, etc. May be exposed to extreme hot or cold weather, excessive humidity, rain, etc.

Operate pallet jacks (powered and unpowered), hand trolleys, carts,…