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Job Title: Order Fulfillment Specialist (NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED) Mon-Fri 7am-3:30pm $18/hr

Job Description

The Order Fulfillment Specialist ensures that customer orders are accurately picked, packaged, and prepared for shipment according to detailed specifications. This role is responsible for verifying order details, performing final quality checks, coordinating shipments, and supporting inventory activities to ensure timely and precise delivery of finished products.

Responsibilities

• Review work orders and pick finished products to match customer specifications and requirements.
• Verify order accuracy, including quantities, sizes, cut types, and finishing details before packaging.
• Package orders using appropriate methods such as shrink wrap, polybagging, labeling, and boxing.
• Prepare shipments for delivery by staging, palletizing, and coordinating with carriers as needed.
• Perform final quality checks on matboards, printed materials, and other finished products to ensure they meet standards.
• Track and organize completed orders to ensure they are shipped on time and to the correct destination.
• Assist with inventory activities for matboard stock, packaging materials, and finished goods.
• Communicate regularly with the production team to prioritize, schedule, and complete orders efficiently.
• Maintain clean, organized, and clearly labeled shipping and staging areas.
• Follow safety procedures and proper material handling practices at all times.

Essential Skills

• Experience with order entry or computer-based data processing.
• Ability to perform accurate data entry for order and inventory information.
• Hands-on experience with order processing in a production, warehouse, or fulfillment environment.
• Basic inventory management skills, including tracking and organizing stock.
• Strong attention to detail when verifying quantities, sizes, and finishing specifications.
• Ability to follow written work orders and standard operating procedures.
• Effective communication skills to coordinate with production and shipping teams.
• Capability to perform physical tasks such as picking, packaging, and palletizing orders.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Familiarity with shipping preparation processes, including staging and coordinating with carriers.
• Comfort working with packaging methods such as shrink wrap, polybagging, labeling, and boxing.
• Experience working with printed materials or matboards is beneficial.
• Organizational skills to manage multiple orders and maintain orderly work areas.
• Reliability and flexibility to support occasional overtime and Saturday work when required.

Why Work Here?

Join a team-focused environment where accuracy, quality, and reliability are valued and recognized. You will work in a structured setting with clear processes, gain experience in order fulfillment and inventory coordination, and have opportunities to build practical skills in shipping and logistics. The schedule provides consistency, with occasional overtime offering additional hours for those who want them, all within a culture that emphasizes safety, organization, and collaboration.

Work Environment

This position operates in a production and shipping environment on a 1st shift schedule, Monday through Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., with some overtime starting as early as 5:00 a.m. and occasional Saturday overtime from 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The role involves working around matboards, printed materials, and finished goods, using packaging equipment and materials such as shrink wrap, polybags, labels, and boxes. Work is performed in organized shipping and staging areas that require careful material handling and adherence to safety procedures. The environment is active and hands-on, with regular interaction with production and shipping personnel.

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Wheeling, IL.

The pay range for this position is $18.00 - $18.00/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)

This is a fully onsite position in Wheeling,IL.

This position is anticipated to close on Aug 11, 2026.

Aerotek® Inc. provides staffing and services solutions in manufacturing, logistics, construction, aviation, facilities and maintenance. We provide the expertise, solutions and people required to rise to the challenges of North American industry. Headquartered in Hanover, Md., Aerotek operates a unified network of over 200 offices across North America, supporting more than 18,000 clients each year. Aerotek is an Allegis Group company, the global leader in workforce and business solutions. To learn more, visit: Aerotek.com | 1-888-AEROTEK.

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.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance:
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Massachusetts Lie Detector:
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI):
We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.

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 meet 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 in solving 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.