Shipping Associate Job Type: Full-Time Permanent
**Work Location:**Wallenstein, ON (On-Site)
Compensation:$23.00 - $30.00/hour
Hours of Work: 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM

AtEarthscape, we create beautiful, innovative custom playground sculptures and structures that inspire children and adults to creatively play. By partnering with some of the most prestigious Landscape Architecture firms in North America, we bring brilliant playground concepts to life. Our award-winning design-build firm is located just outside of Elmira, Ontario in Waterloo Region.

Together, our ambitious team designs, engineers, builds and installs state-of-the-art timber playgrounds that become iconic and well-loved destination spaces. The work environment we've created is positive, productive, fun and rewarding. To see our one-of-a-kind projects, visit www.earthscapeplay.com. (http://www.earthscapeplay.com.)

What You'll Own:

Shipping Operations & Safety

• Manage on-site loading processes, ensuring materials are secure and loads are visually inspected to meet all safety and shipping requirements
• Perform monthly safety inspections of the shops and yard while strictly adhering to all safety protocols, including working at heights, PPE usage and clear communication with operators, ensuring a safe work environment for everyone
• Identify and resolve loading or supply chain issues calmly to minimize disruptions and maintain on-time dispatch
• Coordinate yard management needs by allocating space for future projects, updating yard map, ensuring that laneways remain clean and clear as well as owning the grading and plowing
• Collaborating with dispatch to load and unload projects from subcontractors and moving projects into allocated yard areas
• Plan and stage shipments to reduce idle time, unnecessary handling, and waste; suggest practical improvements to optimize our shipping processes and yard space.

Documentation & Quality Assurance

• Ensure all shipping documents (packing slips, logs, etc.) are complete, accurate, legible, and updated in our systems promptly after dispatch.
• Complete all shipping QC sheets prior to departure and take clear, compliant photos of finished loads to document condition and quality
• Verify that all items on packing slips are physically accounted for and resolve any documentation gaps or unclear information before the shipment leaves the yard

System Literacy & Collaboration

• Act as a central point of contact for internal teams, drivers, and brokers; proactively share updates on timelines, delays, or shipping details to ensure smooth downstream operations.
• Regularly review system entries for accuracy and escalate recurring issues to the appropriate team to prevent future errors.

Ideal candidates are:

• Experienced in construction environments. You have a solid background in construction and working at heights, and understand the nuances of the job site
• Proficient with heavy machinery. You are skilled in operating telehandlers and have experience directing cranes
• Knowledgeable in rigging. You have experience with rigging practices
• Clear communicators. You maintain professional relationships with carriers and coworkers alike
• Able to understand how your data entry affects the bigger picture and take pride in keeping systems up to date.
• Safety conscious. You understand why procedures exist and consistently follow them to protect yourself and the team.
• Problem Solvers. You don't just spot issues—you analyze them and find the most efficient path forward.
• Resilient and adaptable. You are comfortable working outdoors and remain productive in all weather conditions
• A collaborative team player. You excel at maintaining clear, professional communication with internal teams, drivers, and external stakeholders

What's in it for you?

This job will offer you the opportunity to work on some of North America's most innovative playground projects. The pace, challenges and problem-solving opportunities will mean you are never bored. You will have the chance to develop and refine a wide variety of skills in our rapidly growing business. Your colleagues are dynamic, and highly skilled. They have an impressive range of backgrounds, skills and expertise.

We believe in great compensation for great employees, and we reward our staff with a combination of:

• Profit sharing and performance bonuses
• Employee share ownership opportunities (ESOP) after 1 year of service
• Six-week sabbatical after 14,000 hours worked
• Tuition reimbursement
• Extended health and dental benefits
• Flex time with options to work remotely to support work-life balance
• Company events
• Casual dress code

**Accommodation:**We are committed to treating all people in a way that respects their dignity and independence. Should you require any accommodation during the recruitment process or otherwise, please notify us of this when you apply, and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs.

Pre-employment checks: As part of our selection process, successful candidates may be required to consent to background checks relevant to the role, prior to receiving a job offer. These could include: work references, education and credential confirmation, employment verification, identity check, criminal offense and driver's license record.

At Earthscape Play, we are committed to building an environment where everyone feels included, valued, and heard. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging are an important part of our everyday work, and it is our belief that they enable us to reach our goal of bringing incredible play spaces to life. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, racialized people, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities and/or people with intersectional identities