Warehouse Associate
Location: North Chicago, IL - 60064
Job Type: 12 months Contract + possible extension
Schedule: (M-F/ 10am-6:30pm) (Mon.- Wed. - 5am-2:30pm/ Thursday - 5am-12:30pm/ Friday 5am-11:30am) (Mon.-Wed. - 8am-5:30pm/ Thursday - 10am-5:30pm/ Friday - 11am-5:30pm)
Responsibilities
- Performing warehouse job duties such as counting, sorting, and recording of large, heavy-weight stock.
- Exposure to working in a quality and controlled material environment.
- Performs warehouse operations on the receiving dock, picks orders, packs orders and/or helps with dock processing.
Key Skills
- Demonstrate attention to detail; Demonstrate reliability and initiative; Safety focused.
- Ability to work in hot and cold environments.
- Consistently reaching, bending, walking, standing, for long periods of time.
- Ability to lift 50lbs constantly. Loud environment.
- Fast paced environment.
- Steel toe shoes are required in the warehouse.
- Important note; New hires are required to complete ***'s forklift training before they would be allowed to use the equipment. This could take up to 6 plus months. All candidates should be aware of this policy.
Experience
- Strong work history 2+ years in previous roles.
- Forklift Certification/Experience a plus - Cherry pickers - Order pickers - Pacer/Dock stocker - Turret Trucks (working in heights) – Standup forklift
Preferred Experience
- Distribution experience a plus; 3PL experience a plus
Education
- High School Diploma or equivalent.
Location: 100% Onsite – K2 site: 3158 Martin Luther King Jr. Dr., North Chicago, IL 60064 (Please be sure candidates are aware of the location and distance)