Air Logistics Warehouse Associate - Shipping & Receiving

It's more than a job

As a member of the Freight Forwarding team Kuehne+Nagel, you will play a key role in transporting goods, optimising processes, and fulfilling our customers' promises. And by transporting medicines, toys and important machine parts, you are not only delivering goods, you are making small and big moments possible for people all around the world. At Kuehne+Nagel, our contribution counts in more ways than we imagine.

(Official Position: Air Logistics Warehouse Specialist)

Join Kuehne+Nagel's QuickSTAT team in Schiller Park, IL, where you'll help ensure time-critical consignments move safely and efficiently through our warehouse. This onsite opportunity offers a starting pay of $23.00 per hour and the chance to work in a fast-paced, quality-driven logistics environment.

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How you create impact

As a Warehouse Associate, you will help ensure time-critical consignments and inventory move through the QuickSTAT warehouse safely, accurately, and efficiently. You will complete Goods In and Goods Out processes, prepare specialized temperature-controlled packaging solutions, and maintain the detailed documentation and quality standards required in a compliance-driven environment. In this role, you will:

• Process incoming consignments and inventory through the Goods In process, including documentation review, product inspection, piece counts, weights, dimensions, damage checks, and system updates
• Complete Goods Out processing for outbound shipments, ensuring documentation, shipment details, packaging, and required re-icing are accurate
• Select and prepare temperature-controlled packaging solutions, including PCM, liquid nitrogen, and dry ice, based on shipment requirements
• Select and prepare temperature loggers and GPS tracking devices from onsite inventory
• Perform and document quality checks on reusable temperature-controlled packaging
• Clean, restock, organize, and update reusable packaging inventory within the warehouse system
• Load and unload vehicles manually and with onsite forklift equipment
• Prepare consolidated consignments for transfer to other QuickSTAT facilities
• Enter key shipment milestones and maintain accurate inventory and shipping records
• Monitor the departmental mailbox for packaging bookings, shipment updates, and internal operational requests
• Respond to telephone and email inquiries from internal and external departments accurately and efficiently
• Identify and clearly communicate shipment discrepancies, inventory issues, and potential operational delays
• Maintain warehouse hygiene, organization, safety, and compliance standards
• Provide clear shift reports and handovers to ensure continuity between warehouse teams

What we would like you to bring

You are dependable, detail-oriented, and comfortable working in a hands-on warehouse environment where accurate documentation and careful handling are essential. You can manage assigned responsibilities independently after training while communicating effectively and contributing to a collaborative team. To be successful in this role, you should bring:

• Previous experience in warehouse operations, shipping and receiving, inventory control, freight, transportation, or logistics
• Familiarity with Goods In and Goods Out, inbound receiving, outbound shipping, or similar warehouse processes
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to complete manual and electronic documentation accurately
• Experience working in a safety-focused, quality-controlled, or compliance-driven environment
• Ability to manage time effectively, prioritize assigned work, and meet strict deadlines
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including comfort managing operational email communication
• Ability to work independently after training while supporting the broader warehouse team
• Reliable attendance, punctuality, and a consistent approach to completing assigned work
• Experience handling temperature-controlled, time-critical, life sciences, or specialized freight is preferred
• Familiarity with cold chain packaging solutions, GDP requirements, or courier and freight operations is a plus
• Computer proficiency, including Microsoft Office and warehouse or inventory systems
• Ability to work in a physically active, non-climate-controlled warehouse environment and safely lift up to 49 pounds, with team-lift or equipment support available for heavier items

What's in it for you

At Kuehne+Nagel we strive daily to inspire, empower, and deliver not only to our customers, but also to our colleagues. We offer a dynamic global work environment with opportunities for excellent training programs and career mobility. Base salary is part of a competitive total rewards package that includes health and welfare benefits, a 401k retirement savings plan, tuition reimbursement, and incentive compensation for eligible roles. Individual pay may vary from the target range and is determined by a number of factors including experience, skills, job location, internal pay equity, and other relevant business considerations. Kuehne+Nagel reviews pay ranges regularly to ensure competitive and fair pay based on industry market data. #LI- TD1

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Who we are

Logistics shapes everyday life - from the goods we consume to the healthcare we rely on. At Kuehne+Nagel, your work goes beyond logistics; it enables both ordinary and special moments in the lives of people around the world.

As a global leader with a strong heritage and a vision to move the world forward, we offer a safe, stable environment where your career can make a real difference. Whether we help deliver life-saving medicines, develop sustainable transportation solutions or support our local communities, your career will contribute to more than you can imagine.

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