Shipping and Receiving Associate (Afternoon)

Job location: Onsite, Bradford

Employment type: Full Time, Permanent

Hours: 40 hours per week

Hourly Rate : $19.25 to start

A little about us

Hi, we’re Aurora Cannabis, and we’re so excited to meet you! We’re a global cannabis company driven by our passion to help people improve their lives. We have a diverse team who bring their best every day so Aurora can be the cannabis provider of choice for patients and consumers. We love our work, and we especially love our high quality, innovative brands that make up the Aurora family – from Aurora, Aurora Drift, San Rafael ’71 and Whistler. Our people combined with our collective passion for the industry is what makes Aurora a special place to work and defines what we call our “A-Team”. We are a high-performing team of cannabis experts, innovators, and champions, that work, learn and win together. We think BIG, act BOLD and execute with PURPOSE in all that we do, and will stop at nothing to cultivate the ultimate cannabis experience for our community. 

Job summary

The Shipping/Receiving Associate plays a crucial role in managing the movement of goods within a facility. This position involves handling incoming and outgoing shipments, verifying inventory, and ensuring accurate documentation for shipping and receiving processes.

Major Responsibilities / Duties:

Shipping Responsibilities

• Prepare outgoing shipments, including picking, packing, labeling, and organizing items for dispatch.
• Verify shipping details, match items for packing lists, and ensure proper documentation for carriers

Receiving Responsibilities

• Receive incoming shipments, unload deliveries, and verify received items against purchase orders.
• Inspect incoming goods for damage, accuracy, and quality, and report discrepancies as needed.

Inventory Management:

• Assist in maintaining accurate inventory records by updating systems or logs for incoming and outgoing shipments.
• Organize and store received items in designated storage areas, ensuring proper labeling and organization.

Order Fulfillment Support:

• Assist in fulfilling orders by locating and retrieving items from inventory as per picking lists.
• Collaborate with other departments to ensure timely order fulfillment and accurate shipment preparation.
• Assist in fulfilling international orders.

Compliance and Safety:

• Adhere to safety protocols and warehouse procedures to maintain a safe working environment.
• Ensure compliance with shipping regulations, hazardous material handling, safety guidelines.

Accountabilities:

• Accurate handling of shipping and receiving processes, ensuring proper documentation and inventory accuracy. 
• Accountability for maintaining organized shipping/receiving areas and supporting efficient order fulfillment.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Basic Knowledge of shipping and receiving procedures, inventory control, and warehouse operations
• Familiarity with using shipping software, inventory management systems, and MS Office applications.
• Attention to detail, ability to follow instructions, and strong organizational skills. 
• Good communication skills to interact with team members and follow shipping/receiving instructions

Education & Experience :

• High school diploma or equivalent. Additional training in logistics or related field is advantage.
• 1-2 years of experience in shipping, receiving, or warehouse operations is preferred.
• Ability to operate material handling equipment, such as forklifts or pallet jacks. Ability to obtain MHE certification is a requirement. 
• Understanding safety procedures, basic math skills, and the ability to lift and move heavy items as required. 

Working Conditions :

• Physical effort is required, lifting, pushing, and pulling up to 30 lbs
• Working with Cannabis
• Ability to work weekends, holidays and after hours as required. 
• Repetitive use of hands, wrists, and forearms 
• Full PPE in production area includes booties, coveralls, gloves, hairnet, glasses and surgical mask. 
• Comfortable performing duties outside in all weather conditions.
• Able to prioritize tasks efficiently in fast-paced workplaces

This role is in one of Aurora’s Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) certified plants and works directly with products. Towards the end of the recruitment process, we require that you undergo a medical screening exam with our third-party vendor.

Next Steps

Apply today by submitting your resume through our website. You can expect your application to be reviewed by our Talent Acquisition Team and not an AI software/system. We will contact you if we see a fit via email.

Think you’re the ideal candidate but you don’t meet all the requirements? Apply anyways. We would love to review your application to see if you’re the right fit or find you an alternative opportunity. Not the role for you? Share this posting with your network while subscribing to our Talent Community to learn more about upcoming opportunities (if you are an Aurora employee, take advantage of the employee referral program by sharing this posting with someone in your network! If they are the successful candidate, you may be eligible for a bonus!).

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging and Accessibility

At Aurora, we are proud to foster and celebrate a diverse community of professionals! We take pride in nurturing an inclusive culture that empowers our people to be their authentic selves, celebrate their differences and love where they work.

Our diverse community combined with our inclusive culture, is what sets us apart in the industry and equips our A-Team with superpowers – and this is why, we encourage all candidates to apply for job opportunities regardless of race, national origin, colour, religion, age, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital and family status, disability, or any other identifying characteristic.

We value the unique skills and experience each person brings to Aurora and are committed to creating and maintaining an accessible environment. We are committed to the requirements of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act so if you require accommodation during the hiring process, please let our Human Resources team know by contacting us at hr.services@auroramj.com