Warehouse Associate

Description:

• Associates have to kneel, squat, reach, and bend forward frequently throughout their shifts.
• Their primary tasks include the moving, arranging, lifting and loading of storage boxes, bins and totes. Boxes, bins and totes range in weight from 24lbs to over 100lbs.
• Employees move boxes manually and via hand carts.
• Employees process orders and move boxes of files, books, binders, backup tapes and other materials.
• The work is very physical requiring the manual lifting, carrying, and moving/arranging of boxes while standing, stooping, crawling, kneeling and twisting.
• Employees must be able to lift and carry boxes ranging in weight from 10-100lbs on a regular basis, without assistance.
• Employees must be able to load and safely operate hand trucks and pallet jacks while walking on uneven and concrete surfaces.

Schedule: Monday-Friday 8am-5pm, including 30-minute lunch and two 15-minute breaks.

Additional Skills & Qualifications:

• Walk, stand, kneel, squat, stoop and bend for extended periods of time.
• Work without assistance in order to grip, lift, push, pull, and carry boxes including up and down inclines, stairs, and over changes in walking surface/elevation.
• Read and write English.
• Lift and move boxes, read labels, and process incoming and outgoing orders.
• Use the proprietary computer system to track orders and determine the location of boxes.
• Operate hand held scanner.
• Climb and balance on ladders.
• Lift and carry boxes weighing up to 100 lbs. without assistance for prolonged periods.
• Employee must be able to load, operate and move hand carts, pallet jacks and various other material handling aids.
• Load and shrink wrap pallets at ground level, or on carts.
• Load boxes onto pallets and load pallets onto trucks manually and with material handling aids.

About Aerotek:

We know that a company's success starts with its employees. We also know that an individual's success starts with the right career opportunity. As a Best of Staffing® Client and Talent leader, Aerotek's people-focused approach yields competitive advantage for our clients and rewarding careers for our contract employees. Since 1983, Aerotek has grown to become a leader in recruiting and staffing services. With more than 250 non-franchised offices, Aerotek's 8,000 internal employees serve more than 300,000 contract employees and 18,000 clients every year. Aerotek is an Allegis Group company, the global leader in talent solutions. Learn more at Aerotek.com.

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.