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Job Title: Warehouse Associate

Job Description

Join our dynamic team as a Warehouse Associate where you will play an essential role in the efficient handling, processing, and shipping of products. You will be responsible for maintaining a clean and safe working environment while supporting various assembly and packaging tasks.

Responsibilities

+ Process products by skid, crate, or box for shipment and handle routine shipping paperwork.

+ Maintain a clean and safe work environment through proper disposition and storage of materials.

+ Support assembly operations with repackaging, kitting, and staging of materials.

+ Safely remove and dispose of packaging materials such as wood, plastic, and metal according to standard procedures.

+ Utilize SAP for updating storage bin information and locating materials.

+ Conduct routine inspections of material handling equipment.

+ Operate turret truck forklifts, including tasks involving heights.

+ Handle sit-down forklift operations to move picked orders to shipping.

+ Unload and load trucks using forklifts daily.

+ Conduct visual inspections of parts and move them to the receiving parts staging area.

Essential Skills

+ Experience in material handling, shipping, and receiving.

+ Proficiency in warehouse distribution, packaging, inventory control, and order picking.

+ Experience with shipping systems, forklift operation, and RF scanners.

+ Knowledge of inventory management, bill of lading, and UPS Worldship.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

+ Previous experience operating turret truck forklifts.

+ Familiarity with bill of ladings and additional shipping/receiving documentation.

+ Comfortable working in environments with scents such as paint and oil.

Why Work Here?

Experience job stability with an average employee tenure of 10-15 years. Enjoy paid breaks, enhancing your effective hourly rate. Thrive in a supportive and team-oriented culture that values effort and flexibility. Benefit from working in a facility recognized for its superior safety record and commitment to employee well-being.

Work Environment

Our facility is modern, clean, and driven by 5S principles. It is well-lit, climate-controlled, and organized, with clearly defined departments for new production, wind service, industrial repairs, and logistics. While working here, you will wear a provided company shirt and should wear durable jeans or pants. Safety is a top priority, with mandatory safety glasses and steel-toe shoes. The culture is team-oriented, fostering a supportive environment from your first day of training.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Elgin, Illinois.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $19.00 - $19.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job

classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be

subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits

available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision

• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital

• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available

• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)

• Short and long-term disability

• Health Spending Account (HSA)

• Transportation benefits

• Employee Assistance Program

• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Elgin,IL.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Nov 1, 2025.

About Aerotek:

We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.

Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.