Warehouse Worker

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title: Warehouse Worker-$21/hr

Job Description

The Warehouse Worker plays a key role in maintaining freight and label quality while ensuring efficient freight flow throughout a high-volume distribution environment. This position involves inspecting and verifying label information, loading and unloading freight using manual and powered equipment, accurately processing damaged and exception freight, and maintaining detailed records and reports through a Warehouse Management System. The role requires strong attention to detail, safe operation of warehouse machinery, and effective communication with team members and other stakeholders across multiple shift options.

Responsibilities

• Inspect and verify freight label information, including vendor stock numbers and descriptions, to ensure accuracy and compliance with documentation.
• Compare labels to freight contents or reports, such as label control documents, and place labels in the appropriate area on freight.
• Maintain freight quality by assigning freight to the correct lane, store, or batch according to established procedures.
• Process damaged freight in accordance with company policies and procedures, ensuring proper documentation and routing.
• Load and unload freight from conveyors, trailers, pallets, and carts, following safe lifting and handling practices.
• Stack and arrange freight on pallets, carts, or trailers to optimize space, stability, and safety.
• Move freight manually and with extendables and powered equipment, including single and double pallet jacks, lifts, and pacers.
• Identify, count, separate, combine, and scan freight using Warehouse Management System terminals, scales, and scanners to maintain accurate inventory and tracking.
• Maintain records, logs, and documentation for freight distribution, including exception freight such as strays and damages, by verifying bills of lading, manifests, and purchase orders.
• Prepare, review, and analyze operational reports, such as exceptions reports and overage reports, to support efficient freight management.
• Operate scanners and batch trailer systems to track cases and prepare freight for loading onto trailers.
• Communicate clearly with individuals and groups, including customers, suppliers, and associates, verbally and in writing to coordinate freight activities and resolve issues.
• Perform general labor and industrial cleaning tasks to maintain a clean, safe, and organized warehouse environment.
• Follow all safety guidelines when working with machinery, powered equipment, and substances that require special handling.
• Work assigned shifts, which may include overnight, weekend, and extended hours, to support continuous warehouse operations.

Essential Skills

• Ability to perform general labor and industrial cleaning tasks in a warehouse environment.
• Experience with loading and unloading freight and palletizing merchandise safely and efficiently.
• Proficiency in operating powered warehouse equipment, including single and double pallet jacks, lifts, pacers, and electric pallet jacks.
• Hands-on experience with material handling, including moving, stacking, and arranging freight on pallets, carts, or trailers.
• Ability to use Warehouse Management Systems, terminals, scales, and scanners for freight identification, counting, separating, combining, and scanning.
• Strong attention to detail for inspecting labels, verifying freight label information, and comparing labels to freight contents or reports.
• Capability to process damaged freight and exception freight according to established policies and procedures.
• Effective communication skills for interacting with customers, suppliers, and associates verbally and in writing.
• Ability to read and visually verify information, often in small print, and visually inspect equipment and merchandise.
• Physical ability to stand for extended periods of time and move up and down ladders and stairs safely.
• Capacity to grasp, turn, and manipulate objects of varying size and weight, requiring fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination.
• Ability to reach overhead and below the knees, including bending, twisting, pulling, and stooping, as part of daily tasks.
• Awareness and observation skills to monitor the behavior of others in the work area to support a safe and productive environment.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Experience with packing, picking, production, and packaging in a warehouse or distribution setting.
• Experience in logistics, freight forwarding, and logistics management is beneficial.
• Familiarity with processing, loading, unloading, and palletizing freight in a high-volume operation.
• Ability to work with batch trailer systems and exception reporting to support freight flow.
• Comfort working at heights and moving over sloping, uneven, or slippery surfaces.
• Ability to work overnight, weekend, and varying shifts as required by operational needs.
• Experience working with substances that require special handling, following safety and handling procedures.
• Capability to move through narrow, enclosed, or elevated areas within the facility.
• Strong reliability and willingness to work any of the available shifts: TuesdayFriday 5:00 a.m.3:00 p.m., TuesdayFriday 3:00 p.m.1:00 a.m., SaturdayMonday 5:00 a.m.5:30 p.m., or SaturdayMonday 5:30 p.m.5:00 a.m.

Why Work Here?

You join a growing, automation-focused warehouse operation that offers above-market compensation and clear opportunities for career advancement. Once hired directly, you can benefit from tuition reimbursement, supporting your ongoing education and professional development. The culture emphasizes safety, teamwork, and continuous improvement, providing a stable environment where your contributions are recognized and where you can build a long-term career in modern warehousing and logistics.

Work Environment

The role is based in a dynamic warehouse environment that operates across multiple shifts, including overnight and weekends, to support continuous freight flow. You work indoors for extended periods of time in areas that may involve exposure to varying temperatures, extreme heat or cold, and wet, damp, or drafty conditions. The position requires frequent movement over sloping, uneven, or slippery surfaces and may involve working at heights and in narrow, enclosed, or elevated areas. You regularly use powered equipment such as pallet jacks, lifts, pacers, conveyors, scanners, and Warehouse Management System terminals. Some tasks involve substances that require special handling, with safety procedures in place. The dress code typically requires practical, safety-oriented attire suitable for industrial work, including appropriate footwear and any required personal protective equipment.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Ottawa, KS.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $21.00 - $21.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

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)

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Ottawa, KS.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Nov 11, 2026.

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Ottawa,KS.

About Aerotek

Aerotek® Inc. provides staffing and services solutions in manufacturing, logistics, construction, aviation, facilities and maintenance. We provide the expertise, solutions and people required to rise to the challenges of North American industry. Headquartered in Hanover, Md., Aerotek operates a unified network of over 200 offices across North America, supporting more than 18,000 clients each year. Aerotek is an Allegis Group company, the global leader in workforce and business solutions. To learn more, visit: Aerotek.com | 1-888-AEROTEK.

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.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance:
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Massachusetts Lie Detector:
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI):
We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.