**Job Title: 1st Shift Crown Forklift Operator paying $19.50/hr** **Job Description** As a Material Handler, you will spend 60-80% of your day operating a reach truck to store and retrieve products in the receiving area. You will use paper pick sheets to determine the quantity of each product to pull. Some orders will require weighing and packing paper. Additionally, you will prepare shipments for trucks and load trucks. This role includes pick/pack duties alongside forklift operation. **Responsibilities** + Operate a reach truck for 60-80% of the day to store and retrieve products. + Use paper pick sheets to determine the quantity of each product to pull. + Weigh and pack custom orders as needed. + Prepare shipments for trucks and load trucks. + Perform pick/pack duties in addition to forklift operation. **Essential Skills** + 1-2 years of experience operating a stand-up reach truck. + Ability to lift 50lbs as needed. + Attention to detail for operating technical forklifts like reach trucks. **Additional Skills & Qualifications** + Stand-up crown reach forklift experience. + Experience with cherry pickers. + Experience with UPS and FedEx. + Experience operating walk/ride pallet jacks. + Experience loading and unloading trucks. **Why Work Here?** Our warehouse is a temperature-controlled, organized environment where managers continuously strive to make things easier for employees. With 55 full-time employees and growing, you'll be part of a team dedicated to efficient operations and continuous improvement. Our large 120,000 sq ft facility offers ample space for growth and development. **Work Environment** The work environment includes 3rd shift hours from 8:30pm-5am, Monday-Saturday. The warehouse is solely a cross-dock, housing and distributing products without manufacturing. With 12 shipping doors and a large staging area, the facility is designed for efficient loading and unloading. The warehouse is temperature-controlled and organized, with racks stacked 7 shelves high. **If you're interested in this position, please contact Melissa at (847) 580-2812. Don't miss out on this great opportunity!** **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.