General Laborer

Job Title: Warehouse Worker

Job Description

This role supports day-to-day warehouse operations by handling incoming products, accurately picking and staging orders, and loading trucks at the end of the week. You will spend part of your time operating a sit-down forklift and the rest performing general warehouse and material handling tasks to ensure efficient and accurate order fulfillment.

Responsibilities

• Assist with general warehouse duties to support smooth daily operations.
• Receive incoming products earlier in the week, including unloading trucks and verifying shipments.
• Move received products to appropriate storage locations and update inventory as needed.
• Accurately pick and stage customer orders using RF scanners and other warehouse tools.
• Prepare outbound orders by packing, labeling, and organizing materials for shipment.
• Load trucks on Fridays, ensuring orders are complete, secure, and properly arranged.
• Operate a sit-down forklift approximately 20–30% of the time to move, stack, and organize materials.
• Handle warehouse inventory, including counting, tracking, and maintaining stock accuracy.
• Perform material handling tasks such as lifting, moving, and placing products in designated areas.
• Follow safety procedures and maintain a clean, organized work area.

Essential Skills

• Previous warehouse experience preferred, including exposure to shipping, receiving, picking, and packing.
• Experience operating a sit-down forklift preferred.
• Ability to use RF scanners for order picking and inventory tasks.
• Capability to perform general labor and material handling duties, including lifting and moving products.
• Strong attention to detail to ensure accurate order picking, packing, and inventory handling.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Experience in shipping and receiving processes is a plus.
• Experience with warehouse inventory management is beneficial.
• Comfort working with various warehouse equipment, including forklifts and pallet jacks.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment.

Work Environment

You will work in a non-climate-controlled warehouse environment, which may be subject to seasonal temperature changes. The role follows a regular Monday through Friday schedule from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. You will spend time both on a sit-down forklift and performing physical tasks such as lifting, moving, and organizing materials throughout the facility.

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Maryland Heights, MO.

The pay range for this position is $17.00 - $18.00/hr.

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)

This is a fully onsite position in Maryland Heights,MO.

This position is anticipated to close on Apr 27, 2026.

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.