UPS is hiring individuals to work as part-time Package Handlers. UPS Part-Time Package Handlers play a crucial role in the success of UPS in a warehouse environment, whether they're sorting packages, loading trucks or unloading trucks. No matter your role, you'll work closely with your team to ensure all the work behind the scenes is done safely and successfully. As a result, you're ensuring our customers receive their packages on time, directly impacting the bottom line on a global scale. As a bonus, the variety of shifts available (mostly Monday through Friday, Tuesday through Saturday or Sunday through Thursday, among others depending on location) will allow you to enjoy a healthy work-life balance and get your degree in your free time.
Looking for an opportunity for growth? Fun fact: many of our senior managers started out as Part-Time Package Handlers while in college.
Ready to take the leap? You'll learn all the ins and outs of UPS and the position at a comprehensive orientation and warehouse tour.
This is a physical, fast-paced position that involves continual lifting, lowering and sliding packages that typically weigh 25 - 35 lbs. and may weigh up to 70 lbs. Part-time employees usually work 3 ½ - 4 hours each day and workdays can vary (Monday – Friday) or (Tuesday – Saturday) depending on the building needs. Package Handlers typically do not work on holidays.
A successful candidate will be:
Founded on a $100 loan in 1907, 2 teenage boys opened up a messenger service in a 6 by 17 foot office located just below the sidewalk on Second Avenue and Main Street in Seattle, WA. Messengers ran errands, carried notes, hand baggage, and delivered trays of food for customers. They also delivered packages, traveling by streetcars and bicycles for longer trips, and later using motorcycles.