Job Title:1st Shift- Materials Associate- $20-24/hr-- HIRING ASAP!!!
Job Description
Our client is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century's most innovative companies to the defense industry, our client is changing how military systems are designed, built, and sold. As a Materials Associate, you will join the Supply Chain team at the Costa Mesa and Santa Ana locations. This role requires excellent organization skills, great attention to detail, and strong customer service skills. The position involves processing shipping and receiving, ensuring material movement across sites, maintaining inventory accuracy, and operating machinery such as forklifts and pallet jacks.
7am to 3:30pm
Responsibilities
Process shipping and receiving at the Santa Ana and/or Costa Mesa locations as needed.
Prepare finished stock for shipment by identifying, pulling, packing, crating, labeling, loading, and securing product.
Ensure material movement across sites is accurately transacted for each move.
Ensure orderly production and distribution of products by pulling orders from inventory, delivering production materials and supplies where needed, and staging finished product for final distribution.
Complete cycle counts and conduct all warehouse activities with inventory accuracy as a top priority.
Maintain inventory by identifying, labeling, and keeping materials and supplies in stock, recording location of inventory, and reporting shortages.
Operate forklifts, pallet jacks, and other machinery to move items, or signal machine operators to move materials onto and off trucks and loading docks.
Courier inventory as needed between Santa Ana and Costa Mesa sites.
Expedite the flow of material, parts, and assemblies within or between departments in accordance with production and shipping schedules.
Essential Skills
2+ years as a warehouse associate or equivalent role.
2+ years experience with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems and/or other warehouse management and inventory control tools.
Familiarity with inventory management using Lot, Serial, and Batch tracking at high mix, high production volumes.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office or equivalent office management tools.
Excellent customer service skills.
Ability to prioritize tasks efficiently.
Valid driver's license.
Eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. Top Secret clearance.
Additional Skills & Qualifications
Experience with material handling and cycle counting.
Strong communication skills and ability to lift objects up to 35 lbs.
Ability to maintain standard operating procedures and ensure inventory accuracy.
Why Work Here?
This is a 6-month project with the potential for top performers to be brought on directly as the company continues to grow its internal team to keep up with work orders. You will be supporting the Roadrunner assembly project. The company offers a dynamic work environment with opportunities for growth and development.
Work Environment
You will work in a clean environment within a large, growing company that has recently received funding to build a new facilit
About Aerotek:
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.
