Shipping Specialist

Gleason Corporation

Gleason Corporation

Loves Park, IL, USA

Posted on Apr 25, 2026

Shipping Specialist

This is not your ordinary shipping and receiving role!

Working in Shipping at Gleson Cutting Tools you are responsible for managing outgoing shipments, ensuring that goods are properly packed, labeled, and documented. This role involves coordinating with various departments, maintaining inventory accuracy, and ensuring that shipping processes run smoothly and efficiently.
Fulfilling the duties and responsibilities
requires communication skills, attention to detail, and a willingness to learn. Must be able to quickly learn and utilize company computer systems and technology.

We are looking for applicants who are dependable, focused on providing the highest-level
service to the customer, and take pride in their work.

WHY JOIN OUR TEAM?

We provide a career that offers work / life balance. Our progressive compensation program is based on skill and merit. We believe in continuing education and provide opportunities for training through internal and external programs.

Our comprehensive benefit package includes immediate eligibility for:
  • Paid holidays, vacation, and sick
  • Safety shoe and prescription safety glasses reimbursement
  • Wellness reimbursement and membership to our on-site health club
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Medical, dental, vision, and voluntary/Company paid life insurance (eligible 1st of month after hire)
  • 401k
  • Tuition reimbursement (eligible one year after hire and with Management approval)
Gleason Cutting Tools Corporation is a leader in the development and manufacture of production systems for all types of gears. Because of our excellent standards in quality and technology, we provide gears used in school buses that safely transport children each day. We encourage wind energy through the use of gears in wind turbines. Farmers use our products in their equipment. Gleason has been making innovations in the gear industry for over 150 years to discover new ways to keep the world in motion and our products reach all the way to space.

We are a modern, clean, and air-conditioned facility that incorporates state-of-the-art equipment and manufacturing philosophies. Gleason business principles include effective communication and teamwork and are the foundation of our culture which drive the continual improvement of business processes aimed at ever-higher customer satisfaction. We strive to conduct business throughout the world in a manner that protects the environment and is compatible with the eco-economic needs of the communities in which we operate. We are committed to improving our environmental sustainability through responsible actions with the goal of driving our environmental impact toward zero.

Responsibilities:
  • Pack orders for shipment
  • Verify delivery paperwork
  • Utilize SAP and other company systems
  • Follow detailed instructions
  • Use safe practices at all times

Training and Work schedule: Monday through Friday 6:00 AM - 2:30 PM

All applicants offered employment will complete substance and physical capacity testing.

Gleason is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard to age, disability, genetic information and / or predisposing genetic characteristics, marital status, national origin, race/color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, victim of domestic violence status, arrest or conviction record, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws.

DUE TO HIGH DEMAND AND INTEREST IN THIS ROLE, PLEASE NO PHONES CALLS.