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Job Title: Warehouse Worker

Job Description

As a Warehouse Worker, you will be maintaining the cleanliness, tidiness, and safety of the work environment. Your responsibilities will include loading and unloading delivery vehicles, accepting delivery of inventory, counting and confirming inventory, and inspecting inventory for damage and faults. In case of errors, it's essential to effectively communicate with the relevant parties. Additionally, you will be expected to mark and label stock and operate warehouse equipment such as pallet jacks. The role requires physical strength, as you will be expected to lift weights between 50 and 100 pounds.

Responsibilities

• Maintain cleanliness, tidiness, and safety of the work environment

• Load and unload delivery vehicles

• Accept delivery of inventory

• Count and confirm inventory

• Inspect inventory for damage and faults

• Effectively communicate with relevant parties in case of errors

• Mark and label stock

• Operate warehouse equipment such as pallet jacks

Essential Skills

• Experience in a warehouse/manufacturing environment for at least 6 months

• Operational knowledge of pallet jack

• High attention to detail

• Good communication skills

• Reliability and good attendance

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Comfortable lifting 50lbs

• Ability to speak English, whether it is a secondary language

• Attributes of success: asking questions, being attentive when managers are training

• Nice to have skills: tape measure, construction, hands-on manufacturing experience

Why Work Here?

Benefit package including medical, vision, dental. Frequent cookouts, employee appreciation events quarterly. Employee home makeovers for those that qualify. Contractors, when hired on, receive benefits of an internal employee that has been working there for 18 weeks so they are up to speed. All employees are given opportunities for growth and development.

Work Environment

This is a Contract-to-Hire position with an 18-week duration based in West Des Moines, Iowa. It is a fully on-site position, working in a small team of 10-15 individuals. The shift runs from 6am to 4:30pm, Monday through Friday, with a current schedule of 32-40 hours a week. During the busy season, the working hours can extend to 50 hours a week with the possibility of working 2 Saturdays a month. The dress code includes steel-toed shoes or boots, shorts or jeans, and a work-appropriate shirt or tank top. Please be aware that the warehouse is not temperature controlled and can get hot.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of West Des Moines, Iowa.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $18.50 - $18.50

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.