Warehouse Associate - Now Hiring
AerotekJob Title: Warehouse Associate
Job Description
The Warehouse Associate supports daily operations in a small wholesale distribution warehouse by accurately preparing orders, organizing inventory, and loading delivery trucks. This role ensures products are picked, packed, and staged correctly while maintaining a safe, clean, and efficient work environment. It is a contract-to-hire opportunity for
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individuals seeking long-term employment and growth within a warehouse operation.
Responsibilities
• Pick and prepare wholesale and customer orders for shipment or pickup with a high level of accuracy.
• Load trucks for local deliveries in a safe and efficient manner.
• Perform inventory putaway and maintain organized storage of products throughout the warehouse.
• Assist with inventory accuracy and stock management, including counts and adjustments as needed.
• Operate a sit-down forklift to move, stage, load, unload, and put away inventory.
• Support shipping and receiving activities, including staging incoming and outgoing products.
• Maintain a safe, clean, and organized work environment by following warehouse safety and housekeeping standards.
• Contribute across multiple operational functions within a smaller warehouse environment as business needs require.
Essential Skills
• Proven experience operating a sit-down forklift safely in a warehouse environment.
• Ability to move, stage, load, unload, and put away inventory using a sit-down forklift.
• Experience accurately picking and packing customer and wholesale orders.
• Ability to prepare orders for pickup and delivery according to established procedures.
• Experience with inventory management, including putaway and maintaining inventory organization and accuracy.
• Ability to read and communicate in English to follow instructions, labels, and safety information.
• Ability to work in a warehouse environment and perform physical warehouse duties, including frequent walking, lifting, and moving products.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds on a regular basis.
• Bilingual communication skills is a plus.
• Reliability to work a consistent Monday through Friday first-shift schedule.
Additional Skills & Qualifications
• Prior experience in wholesale, distribution, or general warehouse operations.
• Familiarity with shipping and receiving processes, including truck loading and unloading.
• Comfort working in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to accuracy in order fulfillment and inventory handling.
Why Work Here?
This opportunity offers a stable, contract-to-hire path with the potential for long-term employment in a smaller, collaborative warehouse setting. You will enjoy a consistent first-shift, Monday-through-Friday schedule with limited weekend overtime, supporting work-life balance. The role provides competitive hourly compensation and the chance to contribute across multiple operational functions, building a broad set of skills in a supportive and hands-on environment.
Work Environment
This is an onsite role in a small, fast-paced wholesale distribution warehouse. The position involves regular use of warehouse equipment, including sit-down forklifts, and requires frequent walking, lifting, order picking, inventory movement, and truck loading. The standard schedule is Monday through Friday on first shift, from approximately 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM, with occasional weekend overtime based on business demand. The environment emphasizes safety, organization, and teamwork while working around active material handling equipment and physical warehouse operations.
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Perth Amboy, NJ.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $19.00 - $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 per