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Administrative Clerk 1

RJW Logistics Group
Plainfield, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 7/9/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 11/5/2026

Job Purpose: Position will report to the Warehouse Supervisor. Works effectively and efficiently in a warehouse environment to receive and schedule shipping and freight operations, including developing a working knowledge of warehouse organization and creating proper and detailed shipping documentation. Works with the warehouse team to ensure customer satisfaction, accept and schedule customer orders to ensure customer satisfaction. This position will provide shipping support as required by personnel working in the Warehouse Department.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Check in all drivers.
  • Print all pertinent paper work for shipping.
  • Coordinate with the dock and the drivers what door they will be loading product in.
  • Insure all paperwork is properly signed by pick up driver.
  • Close loads in the system.
  • Coordinate with Customer Service Teams regarding special paperwork for certain orders such as: international, customers that prefer special BOL's etc. Enter customer orders and scan / index documents as required.
  • Clearly understand goals, policies, and procedures of RJW.
  • Communicate customer problems, leads, and inquiries to the appropriate personnel.
  • Maintain confidentiality of company information.
  • Recommend improvements and implement approved improvements.
  • Update reports as required by operations manager and COO.
  • Other tasks as assigned by supervisor or manager.

Additional Responsibilities:

  • Positive telephone personality.
  • Capable of being trained to be 'Phone Assertive'.
  • Exceptional customer service skills.
  • Organizational and scheduling skills.
  • Ability to multi task.
  • Computer abilities including word processing, spreadsheet, and ability to learn application software used by RJW.

Qualifications:

  • Basic office clerical skills.
  • Must be able to type at least 40 wpm.
  • 1
  • - 2 years of clerical experience.
  • Basic transportation, logistics and shipping experience.

Education and/or Experience Required:

  • High School Diploma or general education diploma (GED) is preferred.

Language Skills Sets:

  • Must be able to effectively communicate, read, write, and speak English.
  • Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, and customers.

Mathematical Skills:

  • Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability:

  • Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form. Ability to determine "root cause" of problem and determine corrective action.

Computer Skills:

  • To perform this job successfully, an individual must have knowledge of Business Operating Systems, Internet software, Word Processing, and Spreadsheet software.
  • Leads, guides, and trains employees performing related work.

Physical Demands:

  • Must be able to occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
  • Must be able to activate phone systems utilizing keyboards and buttons.
  • Must be articulate and comfortable speaking in front of others.
  • Regularly works in an indoor/office environment and required to sit and/or use repetitive hand motion.
  • Frequently required to talk, hear, stand and walk.
  • Must be able to work in excess of continuous 8 hours when required.
  • Must be able to work under stressful situations, have good cognitive skills, maintain work accuracy, and the ability to concentrate on more than one task at a time.
  • Must have the ability to read and discern visual images on a variety of media with 20/20 corrected vision.
  • Must be able to speak and communicate clearly over telephones.
  • Must be in sound physical health as determined by a certified licensed physician with no evidence of the use of controlled substances.

Work Environment:

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, and fumes or airborne particles. The noise level in the work environment will range from quiet to moderately loud.

Employer Rights:

This job description is intended to provide general information about the Shipping Clerk position. The above does not constitute an exhaustive list of the job duties to be performed by an associate holding the position of Shipping Clerk, nor are the lists of the physical requirements and environmental conditions exhaustive. You may be asked by your supervisor or managers to perform other duties. Your performance will be evaluated in part based upon your performance of the job duties listed in this job description, as well as any job duties not specifically listed above that you may be asked from time to time to perform.
As with all positions, the duties and responsibilities are subject to change at any time as needs arise and at the discretion of the RJW Transport, Inc. The Company has the right to revise this job description at any time.

Employment-At-Will:

It is the Company's policy that all associates, other than those covered by a written individual employment or labor agreement with the Company that has been authorized in writing by the Company's Chief Executive Officer or Board of Directors, are not employed for any fixed term and are employed at the will of the Company for an indefinite period. Just as our associate's, reserve the right to resign their employment at any time for any reason the Company reserves its right to terminate an associate any time for any reason either with or without cause.

Neither this Job Description nor any of its individual terms constitutes commitments between the Company and its associates as to the terms, conditions or duration of employment, nor does it modify the prevailing Employment-At-Will relationship.



Req Benefits: We offer a competitive benefits package that includes health, dental, and vision insurance, life and disability, paid holidays, time off, retirement savings plan participation, and additional employee programs. Pay Transparency In order to support the Fair Compensation Strategy by the US Govt., HR Dept., clients are required to adhere to "Pay Transparency Law"; in the impacted states; that have mandated the employers to list the salary ranges in Job advertisements or postings for job opportunities and Job promotions.

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