Air Cargo Scanning & Inventory Control Associate
Immediate start available. Join our team at Ontario International Airport and help keep cargo moving with accuracy and care.
A day in the life
You begin your shift by syncing a handheld scanner, reviewing the inbound flight schedule, and moving to the receiving dock. As pallets arrive, you verify item barcodes, label freight for the correct route, and place each package in its proper zone. Throughout the shift, you coordinate with teammates to hit scanning and packing targets, flag damaged items to leadership, and keep the workspace orderly and safe. By day’s end, your precise documentation ensures each piece is ready for on-time shipment and delivery.
What you’ll do
- Manually load and unload freight with care and efficiency
- Use handheld barcode scanners to record incoming and outgoing shipments
- Confirm product data by scanning barcodes and validating accuracy
- Apply labels to ensure correct routing and shipment
- Keep error rates low through meticulous scanning practices
- Stage freight in the correct warehouse locations
- Collaborate with the team to meet daily throughput goals
- Follow established safety procedures and SOPs in a high-activity setting
- Report discrepancies, exceptions, and damaged items to leadership
- Handle and store cargo according to safety and regulatory standards
- Ensure proper documentation is applied to the correct freight
- Participate in training on freight handling, safety, and compliance
- Maintain clean, organized work areas
- Bring energy, respect, and a safety-first mindset to every shift
- Perform other duties as assigned
Pay
$18.25
Qualifications
- Age 18 or older
- Warehouse or inventory experience is helpful
- Read, write, speak, and understand English, including work documents
- Comfort with iPads/Tablets, computers, and mobile devices to access and interpret information
- Professional communication with colleagues and clients in person and electronically
- Eligibility to acquire required credentials and clearances (FAA, TSA, Port Authority, U.S. Customs, U.S. Postal—as applicable)
- Flexible to work various shifts that rotate every 3–4 months, including nights, weekends, and holidays
Physical demands and work environment
- Lift up to 70 pounds
- Stand and walk for extended periods in indoor and outdoor settings
- Reach with arms and grasp with hands; push and pull loads
- Occasionally crawl or crouch in confined spaces
- Bend, stretch, squat, and kneel as tasks require
- Climb and perform work at elevated heights
- Work around moderate to at times high noise levels
- Experience temperature changes and outdoor elements
- Hear and respond to spoken instructions and audible alarms
- Perform repetitive motions of arms, wrists, hands, and fingers
Location
Ontario International Airport
Compliance statements
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential requirement satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the work environment, knowledge, skill, and/or ability. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential requirements.
- Eligible to work in the United States
- Pass a background check and drug screen