**Job Title: Material Handling Associate** **Job Description** The Material Handling Associate will be responsible for packaging products by skid, crate, or box to be shipped and processing standard shipping paperwork. This role also includes maintaining a clean and safe working environment, supporting assembly with repackaging, kitting, and staging of materials, and safely disposing of various packaging materials. Additionally, the associate will work with SAP to update storage bin information, perform routine inspections of material handling equipment, and operate forklifts for material movement. **Responsibilities** + Package products by skid, crate, or box for shipping and process standard shipping paperwork. + Maintain a clean and safe working environment by properly disposing and storing materials. + Support assembly with repackaging, kitting, and staging of materials. + Safely remove and dispose of wood, plastic, metal, and other packaging materials according to standard procedures. + Update storage bin information and identify and locate materials using SAP. + Complete routine inspections of material handling equipment. + Operate turret truck forklifts to pick orders and sit-down forklifts to move picked orders from racks to shipping. + Unload and load trucks using forklifts, visually inspect parts, and move them to receiving parts staging. + Transfer scrap materials to the unloading area and dispose of them in the dumpster. **Essential Skills** + Material handling + Shipping & receiving + Warehouse distribution + Packaging + Inventory control + Order picking + Unloading + Production + Forklift operation (sit-down and turret truck) + Previous experience with warehouse inventory and shipping systems **Additional Skills & Qualifications** + Previous sit-down or stand-up forklift experience + Comfortable with heights + Experience operating a turret truck forklift + Previous shipping/receiving experience + Familiarity with bill of ladings and inventory management + Comfortable with the smell of paint and oil **Why Work Here?** Our company boasts an average employee tenure of 10-15 years, indicating a stable and supportive work environment. We offer paid breaks, ensuring employees are compensated for their full hours worked. The company culture is team-oriented, emphasizing the importance of effort and flexibility, and providing direct feedback to help employees succeed. **Work Environment** Our facility is modern, clean, and adheres to 5s principles (sort, set-in-order, shine, standardize, sustain). It is well-lit, climate-controlled, and well-organized with ample space. Safety is a top priority, with all employees required to wear safety glasses and steel toe shoes. The facility has an excellent safety record, having gone years without a lost-time injury. Employees will receive a company shirt and are advised to wear jeans or pants they don't mind getting dirty. **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 - $20.90/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 Mar 10, 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.