Air Logistics Warehouse Specialist

Kuehne+Nagel; Bensenville (IL); On-site; USD 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Kuehne+Nagel in the United States is seeking a Freight Logistics and Operations associate to support material handling and inventory flow, ensuring timely deliveries and compliance.

You will operate MH equipment, verify inbound materials, pick/pack orders, and help maintain a safe, organized warehouse. This role offers competitive hourly pay and benefits.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of experience operating material handling equipment.
• 1+ years of experience in warehouse or manufacturing environment.
• Certification required for handling hazardous materials.
• Ability to load/unload materials onto or from vehicles utilizing a forklift, reach truck, hand pallet jacks for other smaller material handling equipment.
• Strong organizational skills to manage products and maintain an efficient workflow.
• Problem-solving skills: to handle logistical challenges and ensure timely delivery.

Responsibilities

• Use material handling equipment to unload incoming materials from trailers.
• Verify and receive materials into inventory.
• Marks and inventories packages for storage or transit which may include palletizing and shrink-wrapping.
• May be required to stack pallets and repeatedly lift up to 50 pounds.
• Use MH equipment to move and store materials within the warehouse.
• Use MH equipment to pick, verify and pack orders according to standard practice.
• Use MH equipment or other designated means to load goods into trailers or other designated transport vehicles for distribution.
• Works from pick sheet to pull product or supplies.
• Check orders against pull sheets.
• Maintain warehouse clean and free of debris at all times.
• Adhere to local, State, and Federal regulations inclusive, but not limited, to OSHA, DOT, EPA and other government agencies.
• Overtime as needed.

Skills

MH equipment operation

Warehouse experience

Organizational skills

Problem solving

Education

Hazardous material handling certification

Job description

It’s more than a job

When you work in Freight Logistics and Operations at Kuehne+Nagel, you play a key role in optimising processes and ensuring that inventory and shipments move efficiently. But that is not all. Your work also helps ensure that vital medicines reach patients on time and supports other essential deliveries, from wind turbines to semiconductors. At Kuehne+Nagel, our contribution counts in more ways than we imagine.

When you work in Freight Logistics and Operations at Kuehne+Nagel, you play a key role in optimising processes and ensuring that inventory and shipments move efficiently. But that is not all. Your work also helps ensure that vital medicines reach patients on time and supports other essential deliveries, from wind turbines to semiconductors. At Kuehne+Nagel, our contribution counts in more ways than we imagine.

How you create impact

• Use material handling (MH) equipment to unload incoming materials from trailers.

• Verify and receive materials into inventory.

• Marks and inventories packages for storage or transit which may include palletizing and shrink-wrapping.

• May be required to stack pallets and repeatedly lift up to 50 pounds.

• Use MH equipment to move and store materials within the warehouse.

• Use MH equipment to pick, verify and pack orders according to standard practice.

• Use MH equipment or other designated means to load goods into trailers or other designated transport vehicles for distribution.

• Works from pick sheet to pull product or supplies.

• Check orders against pull sheets.

• Maintain warehouse clean and free of debris at all times.

• Adhere to local, State, and Federal regulations inclusive, but not limited, to OSHA, DOT, EPA and other government agencies.

• Overtime as needed.

What we would like you to bring

• 1+ years of experience operating material handling equipment.

• 1+ years of experience prior experience in warehouse or manufacturing environment.

• Relevant certification required for handling any hazardous material(s).

• Ability to load/unload materials onto or from vehicles utilizing a forklift, reach truck, hand pallet jacks for other smaller material handling equipment.

• Strong organizational skills to manage products and maintain an efficient workflow.

• Problem-solving skills: to handle logistical challenges and ensure timely delivery.

What’s in it for you

At Kuehne+Nagel we strive daily to inspire, empower, and deliver not only to our customers, but also to our colleagues. We offer a dynamic global work environment with opportunities for excellent training programs and career mobility. The hourly wage range for this position is between $19 and $23. Base salary is part of a competitive total rewards package that includes health and welfare benefits, a 401k retirement savings plan, tuition reimbursement, and incentive compensation for eligible roles. Individual pay may vary from the target range and is determined by a number of factors including experience, skills, job location, internal pay equity, and other relevant business considerations. Kuehne+Nagel reviews pay ranges regularly to ensure competitive and fair pay based on industry market data. #LI-SB1

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Who we are

Logistics shapes everyday life - from the goods we consume to the healthcare we rely on. At Kuehne+Nagel, your work goes beyond logistics; it enables both ordinary and special moments in the lives of people around the world.

As a global leader with a strong heritage and a vision to move the world forward, we offer a safe, stable environment where your career can make a real difference. Whether we help deliver life-saving medicines, develop sustainable transportation solutions or support our local communities, your career will contribute to more than you can imagine.

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Kuehne + Nagel is an equal employment/affirmative action employer. If you require an accommodation for any part of the online application process due to a disability, please contact the Employee Services HR Help Desk at 1-800-267-1326 during the hours of 8:00am - 5:00pm EST; Monday through Friday or via e-mail at: [e-mail] with the nature of your request. We will answer your inquiry within 24 hours.