Freight Handler

Position Overview

Transport freight across dock area to/from trailers for loading to trailers.

Starting Rate of Pay: $26.84 /hour

Shift Time: 0200 - 1030

• Perform freight handling using appropriate motorized and manual equipment, including forklift, pallet jack, and hand truck
• Verify documentation matches freight description (e.g., type, weight, hazardous materials) using current electronic or manual system
• Secure freight inside trailers using appropriate tools and supplies (pallets, straps, rope)
• Recoup/repair damaged freight when necessary
• Verify and complete required documentation and reports
• Assist customers with freight and freight documentation as needed
• Perform hostling duties if required
• Comply with all applicable laws/regulations and company policies/procedures
• Perform other duties as required

• High school diploma or equivalent, preferred
• Must be at least 18 years of age
• Prior experience in warehousing, freight handling, and/or forklift operations preferred
• If hostler/yard mule duties required, experience preferred
• Basic arithmetic skills with or without a calculator
• Basic written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to lift/carry hand freight of varying weights several times a week, to lift dock plates weighing approximately 100 pounds, and to open trailer doors requiring approximately 75 pounds of lift force, up to several times per day or more
• Ability to bend, twist, squat, push/pull freight throughout shift
• Ability to work independently and/or as part of a team
• Previous dock/warehouse experience preferred

Dock environment; exposure to varied weather conditions, exhaust, fumes, dust, noise.

Hours may vary due to operational need.

Frequent contact with service center personnel; fast‑paced, deadline oriented.

This job description is general in nature and is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, essential functions and qualifications required of employees assigned to the job.

Hourly: $26.84 - $31.97

The compensation listed reflects the pay range or rate of pay reasonably expected for this posted position at the posted location(s). Actual pay is determined by job‑related factors permitted by law and relevant to the position, such as experience, tenure, market level, pay at the location for this job, performance, schedule, and work assignment.

Eligible employees offered health, vision, and dental insurance; personal/sick paid time; 401(k) retirement savings plan; bonus potential; tuition reimbursement; adoption assistance; paid parental leave; paid bereavement; vacation (FT only); paid holidays (FT only).

Fed Ex Freight is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disabled and veterans. Fed Ex Freight will not discharge or otherwise discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because such employee or applicant has inquired about, discussed, or disclosed the compensation of another employee or applicant, unless the disclosure is in response to a formal complaint or charge, in furtherance of an investigation or proceeding, or consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.