Just Posted Inbound Dock Coordinator @ UPS in Bakersfield | Hiring

Local Job Overview: Bakersfield

Key Information

• Employer: UPS (Hiring in Bakersfield)
• Urgency: Immediate consideration in Bakersfield.
• Role in Bakersfield: Inbound Dock Coordinator
• Worksite: Bakersfield, CA
• Benefits: Eligible team members receive standard benefits.
• Stable workload with modern tooling and processes.
• Core objectives involve your professional skills in Package Logistics.
• Pay: $18-$21/Hour (approx. $42k/Year)
• This Bakersfield-based role is an excellent opportunity for professionals skilled in relevant skills.
• Our UPS team in Bakersfield, CA is growing.
• Benefit from working in Bakersfield, a key hub for the Package Logistics industry.

About UPS & Our Culture

The dock door is where the UPS network begins. Every trailer that backs into our package center carries thousands of packages that must be accurately verified, documented, and inducted into the sort system before a single one can move toward its destination. Our Inbound Dock Coordinators are the operational gatekeepers of this critical first step — combining hands-on freight verification with systems-level documentation accuracy that keeps our entire supply chain honest. These are structured UPS warehouse jobs that blend physical dock work with data-entry precision, ideal for detail-oriented individuals building serious logistics careers.

What Our Team Says (Employee Reviews)

"Inbound dock coordination requires you to think and move at the same time — you are managing carrier drivers, verifying trailer seals, and updating the inbound system simultaneously. The mental engagement keeps the shift interesting, and the career path from this role into operations management is very clear at UPS. It is by far the most professionally developmental UPS warehouse job I have had at this level." - Current Inbound Dock Coordinator, Baltimore, MD.

Role Overview & Responsibilities

As a UPS Inbound Dock Coordinator, you manage the inbound trailer flow at our package center dock, verifying arriving freight, documenting seal integrity, and maintaining the inbound system records that allow the sort operation to process every trailer accurately.

• Trailer Seal Verification: Inspect arriving trailers for intact seal numbers that match the inbound manifest, documenting any seal discrepancy, apparent tampering, or damaged trailer condition before authorizing the unload team to open the door.
• Inbound System Entry: Record all arriving trailer data — origin hub, seal number, scheduled content count, and arrival time — into UPS's transportation management system immediately upon dock check-in, maintaining real-time inbound queue accuracy.
• Carrier Driver Coordination: Communicate professionally with arriving truck drivers and linehaul contractors, assigning dock doors, managing staged trailer flow in the yard, and escalating any detention or early/late arrival issues to the sort manager.

Benefits & Perks

UPS Inbound Dock Coordinators receive Teamsters union wages with contractual annual progression raises, full medical, dental, and vision coverage, a defined-benefit pension plan, paid personal time, and access to UPS Earn & Learn tuition funding. Weekly direct-deposit paychecks are standard from the first shift.