Warehouse Technician Position in Newport News | Hiring

Position in Newport News, VA

Position: Warehouse Technician (Flexible/Contract, Newport News) Hiring Organization: UPS Based in: Newport News, VA (our main Newport News branch)

Salary: $23-$27/Hour (approx. $52k/Year) Benefits: Benefits may be available based on employment type. Set your own schedule.

Position Scope

This role centers on your professional skills within the Package Logistics And Fulfillment space in Newport News.

• This Newport News-based role is an excellent opportunity for professionals skilled in relevant skills.
• Our UPS team in Newport News, VA is growing.
• Benefit from working in Newport News, a key hub for the Package Logistics And Fulfillment industry.

About UPS & Our Culture

The UPS fulfillment center is one of the most technologically sophisticated warehousing environments in the world — and the associates who understand that technology deeply are among the most valued people in our operations. Our Warehouse Technician positions are designed for detail-oriented associates who want to work at the intersection of physical operations and warehouse management systems, supporting the digital accuracy that makes the physical sort operation possible. If you are searching for warehouse technician jobs near me that offer a more systems-focused role than traditional sort floor work — with better career visibility into supply chain analytics and operations engineering — UPS is where that career begins.

What Our Team Says (Employee Reviews)

"The Warehouse Technician role at UPS is the best-kept secret in the building. I work with the warehouse management system every shift — auditing scan data, troubleshooting read errors, and supporting the sort supervisor with real-time throughput reporting. The technical skills I have built here are genuinely marketable across the logistics industry, the Teamsters wage is strong, and I have already been approached about a quality control analyst position. This is the warehouse technician job that actually builds a career." - Current Warehouse Technician, Miami, FL.

Role Overview & Responsibilities

As a UPS Warehouse Technician, you support the digital and physical accuracy of our fulfillment center operation — auditing scan system performance, resolving barcode read failures, and providing real-time data support to the sort management team that keeps throughput metrics accurate and customer tracking reliable across every shift.

• Scan System Auditing: Monitor scan tunnel read rates across active conveyor lines during peak sort windows, identifying persistent no-read zones or barcode damage patterns and escalating systemic scanner failures to maintenance before they produce chain-of-custody gaps in the tracking system.
• Barcode Exception Processing: Manually scan and reroute packages that bypassed automated tunnel reads, capturing every missed barcode within the sort window and entering exception data into the warehouse management system to restore tracking accuracy for each affected shipment.
• Throughput Data Reporting: Pull real-time sort productivity reports from the warehouse management dashboard at supervisor-requested intervals, formatting data into clear shift summaries that give the operations team the visibility needed to make immediate staffing and pacing decisions.

Benefits & Perks

UPS Warehouse Technicians earn a technical-role pay premium above standard Teamsters handler wages, reflecting the systems knowledge and analytical responsibility of the position. Full medical, dental, and vision benefits, pension accrual, paid personal days, and UPS Earn & Learn tuition assistance are all included. This role creates a direct career pathway into UPS data analytics, operations engineering, and supply chain management tracks.