Crating Specialist - Safe, Team-First Warehouse

ITW; Norwood (MA); On-site; USD 32,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

ITW in Norwood, MA is seeking a safety-focused Warehouse Associate Packer/Crater to join our operations team. You will design, build, and package custom crates and crates for high-value equipment, ensuring safe transit domestically and internationally.

You will collaborate with engineering, shipping, receiving, and production to optimize crating solutions while upholding safety standards. The role emphasizes attention to detail, teamwork, and the ability to interpret drawings and use shop tools

Qualifications

• Experience in carpentry, framing, or working with lumber preferred but no required.
• Comfortable using hand tools, power tools, and shop equipment.
• Forklift experience (or willingness to learn).

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and assemble crates, skids, boxes, and platforms for machinery and equipment.
• Determine best crating methods for standard and non-standard items to ensure safe transit.
• Prepare and install bracing and protective materials for secure transport by various modes.
• Package shipments with accuracy and care; label for traceability.

Skills

Carpentry experience

Hand & power tools

Forklift experience

Job description

ITW in Norwood, MA is seeking a safety-focused Warehouse Associate Packer/Crater to join our operations team. You will design, build, and package custom crates and crates for high-value equipment, ensuring safe transit domestically and internationally.

You will collaborate with engineering, shipping, receiving, and production to optimize crating solutions while upholding safety standards. The role emphasizes attention to detail, teamwork, and the ability to interpret drawings and use shop tools