Overview:
CORT Tradeshow and Events is hiring immediately for full-time Warehouse Associates in Woodridge, IL!
The Warehouse Associate works collaboratively as a part of our operations team; ensuring that our product meets quality standards and arrives where it needs to.
Pay: $18 / hour depending on experience
Schedule: This CORT Events location covers 12 states. Our Warehouse Associates will have the opportunity to travel regionally and will help with the set-up of events throughout the area. Travel expectations for this position are 30-40% with hotel and meal per diem covered during the out-of-town deliveries.
What We Offer:
- Hourly pay rate; weekly pay; paid training; 40 hours/week with occasional overtime opportunities
- Promote from within culture
- Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision) available on the first of the month after your hire date
- 401(k) retirement plan with company match
- Paid vacation, sick days, and holidays
- Company-paid disability and life insurance
- Tuition reimbursement
- Employee discounts and perks
Responsibilities:
- Complete monthly inventory control count of product in warehouse
- Stage furniture for loading
- Load and unload furniture
- Remove and return furniture from warehouse racks using stand-up forklift
- Clean and repair furniture as needed
Qualifications:
- 18 years of age or older
- Reliable Transportation
- High school diploma or GED; or one to three months related experience and/or training
- Previous warehouse experience
- Physically able and willing to move furniture; ability to lift 50+ pounds on a regular basis and 100 pounds with a partner
- Able to operate equipment such as pallet jacks, forklifts, and stand-up reach trucks (previous experience is a plus)
- Must pass background checks and drug screening (does not include THC) as a condition of employment. CORT also participates in the E-Verify program.
About CORT:
CORT, a part of Warren Buffetts Berkshire Hathaway, is the nation's leading provider of transition services, including furniture rental for home and office, event furnishings, destination services, apartment locating, touring and other services. With more than 100 offices, showrooms and clearance centers across the United States, operations in the United Kingdom and partners in more than 80 countries around the world, no other furniture rental company can match CORT's breadth of services.
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CORT Conducts background checks as a condition of employment and participates in the E-Verify program.
EEO/AA Employer/Vets/Disability
Pursuant to the Fair Chance Hiring Ordinance for participating locations, CORT will consider all qualified applicants to include those who may have criminal history records. Check your city government website for specific fair chance hiring information
Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis; there is no set deadline to apply to this position. When it is determined that new applications will no longer be accepted, due to the positions being filled or a high volume of applicants has been received, this job advertisement will be removed.