About this role
🚜 Material Handler / Kitting Specialist
Drive the Operation. Power the Production. Build Your Future.
Are you an experienced forklift operator who enjoys staying organized, working with inventory, and playing a critical role in keeping manufacturing operations moving? Join a team where your skills directly support the production of customized electrical equipment used by customers across the industry. This isn't a high-pressure warehouse chasing impossible quotas. It's a clean, modern manufacturing environment where quality, accuracy, and teamwork come first.
🔥 What You'll Be Doing
🚜 Material Handling & Forklift Operations
- Safely operate a sit-down forklift to move large electrical control panels, raw materials, and finished products.
- Handle valuable and fragile materials with precision and attention to detail.
- Load, unload, transport, and stage inventory throughout the facility.
- Utilize pallet jacks, forklifts, and other material handling equipment safely and efficiently.
- Ensure products are stored properly and ready for production or customer delivery.
📦 Inventory & Shipping Support
- Receive incoming materials and verify part numbers and quantities against shipping documents and purchase orders.
- Use RF scanners and inventory software to maintain accurate inventory records.
- Assist with shipping, receiving, cycle counts, and inventory audits.
- Support warehouse organization and material flow across departments.
🛠 Kitting & Production Support
- Read Bills of Material (BOMs) and pull components for customer-specific projects.
- Accurately sort, stage, and kit materials for production teams.
- Deliver completed kits to fabrication, wiring, welding, and assembly departments.
- Ensure the right materials reach the right people at the right time.
What We're Looking For
2+ years of Material Handler or Forklift experience in a manufacturing environment Experience with:
- Sit-down forklifts
- Shipping & Receiving
- Inventory Control
- RF Scanners
- Kitting Operations
- Material Movement
Ability to:
- Lift up to 50 lbs
- Work safely and efficiently
- Maintain organized inventory
- Use computers for inventory tracking
- Meet deadlines while maintaining quality
🌟 Why You'll Love Working Here
Outstanding Benefits Package
💙 Medical Insurance🦷 Dental Insurance👓 Vision Insurance🛡 Life Insurance📈 Supplemental Insurance Options🏦 Local 134 IBEW Pension Plan🚀 Long-Term Career Growth Opportunities
🤝 A Culture Built for Success
We're looking for team members who value: Integrity & Ethics Teamwork & Collaboration Customer Focus Quality Workmanship Continuous Improvement Accountability Communication Problem Solving
🏭 Clean, Modern Work Environment
Forget dark, outdated warehouses. You'll work in a newer, well-maintained manufacturing facility with approximately 60 employees, comfortable temperatures, and a highly organized operation. From fabrication and welding to wiring and final assembly, you'll see products built from start to finish while supporting every stage of the manufacturing process. This is a workplace where:
- Safety comes first
- Organization matters
- Teamwork is valued
- Quality is expected
- Employees are invested in for the long term
🎯 Ideal Backgrounds
- Material Handler
- Forklift Operator
- Shipping & Receiving Clerk
- Inventory Specialist
- Warehouse Associate
- Logistics Coordinator
- Kitting Specialist
- Manufacturing Warehouse Associate
- Production Support Technician
- Supply Chain Associate
Join a company where your forklift skills, inventory expertise, and attention to detail help power world-class manufacturing every day. 🚜📦
Job Type & LocationThis is a Contract to Hire position based out of Carol Stream, IL.
Pay and BenefitsThe 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)
Application DeadlineThis position is anticipated to close on Oct 30, 2026.
Workplace TypeThis is a fully onsite position in Carol Stream,IL.
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.