Order Picker

Order Picker

Job Description

The order picker safely moves, loads, and unloads building products using forklifts and other industrial equipment while ensuring orders are accurate, properly secured, and ready for timely delivery. This role reads work orders or follows verbal instructions to determine material requirements, maintains clean and organized storage areas, and performs routine maintenance on power industrial trucks in a busy lumber yard environment.

Responsibilities

• Read work orders and follow verbal instructions to determine work assignments, materials, and equipment needed.
• Operate a motorized forklift and other industrial trucks to move, load, and unload packages, products, and building materials to designated areas.
• Manually transport building products to ensure timely and complete delivery of customer orders.
• Count finished products to verify that product orders are accurate and complete.
• Bundle products according to prescribed procedures for further processing or shipment.
• Install protective devices, bracing, or strapping to prevent shifting or damage to items during transport.
• Load and unload trucks and railcars in the wall department, including working outdoors as needed.
• Pick and stage orders accurately for shipment or delivery.
• Maintain storage areas in a clean, organized, and safe condition.
• Perform routine maintenance on power industrial trucks, including cleaning, recharging batteries, and fueling.
• Provide courteous customer service when interacting face to face with customers, as needed.
• Work safely in a non-climate-controlled, potentially dusty lumber yard environment while consistently handling heavy materials.

Essential Skills

• Minimum 6+ months of experience in a warehouse, production, or construction environment.
• Minimum 6+ months of forklift experience.
• Minimum 6+ months of experience working in a non-climate-controlled environment.
• Minimum 6+ months of experience in a physically demanding role, consistently lifting up to 75 lbs.
• Ability to lift up to 150 lbs occasionally.
• Experience with loading and unloading trucks.
• Ability to operate forklifts and other material handling equipment safely.
• Experience with palletizing and preparing materials for shipment.
• Basic shipping and receiving experience.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, physically intensive environment.
• Ability to follow written and verbal instructions accurately.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• 6+ months of experience working with lumber or other construction materials and tools.
• 6+ months of face-to-face customer service experience.
• Ability to read and understand delivery tickets.
• Experience as an order picker/packer or in warehouse pick/pack operations.
• Experience in warehouse production or similar industrial settings.
• Strong attention to detail when counting and verifying orders.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team in a busy yard environment.

Why Work Here?

You join a hands-on, team-oriented environment where your contributions directly support efficient operations and customer satisfaction. The schedule offers long, consistent shifts during the week with additional hours available on Fridays and potentially Saturdays for those seeking extra income and overtime opportunities. You gain valuable experience in material handling, forklift operation, and lumber yard operations, building skills that are highly transferable across warehouse, construction, and production industries. The role provides steady, active work in an environment where safety, reliability, and strong work ethic are appreciated and recognized.

Work Environment

This position is based in a lumber yard and warehouse environment that is non-climate controlled and can be dusty. You will primarily work in the wall department, spending significant time outdoors loading and unloading trucks and railcars and picking orders. The role is physically demanding, with frequent lifting of up to 75 lbs and occasional lifting up to 150 lbs, as well as regular operation of forklifts and other industrial trucks. The standard schedule is Monday through Thursday from 5:30 AM to 4:00 PM, with additional hours on Fridays and potentially Saturdays depending on workload. The dress code requires jeans, steel-toe footwear, and layered clothing as needed for varying weather conditions.

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Lincoln, NE.

The pay range for this position is $18.00 - $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 Lincoln,NE.

This position is anticipated to close on May 8, 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.