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Inventory Specialist

    Highlights

    We are looking for an Inventory Team Member to play an important role in keeping materials organized, production moving, and customer shipments on schedule. With a clean, bright, and well-organized facility and a strong commitment to employee experience, this is an opportunity to join a team that values its people and takes pride in the work they do.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationElmhurst, IL
    IndustryStaffing/Employment Agencies
    Company Size500 to 999 employees
    Year Founded1969
    Websitehttp://www.sterling-engineering.com

    Description

    Job Description

    Job Description

    Inventory Team Member

    Location: Elmhurst, IL | Contract-to-Hire | Competitive, Flexible Pay Based on Experience


    Build Your Future with a Growing Manufacturing Team!


    Are you an experienced warehouse or inventory professional looking for an opportunity where your contributions truly matter? Our client is a leading manufacturer of highly engineered, custom process cooling systems used in high-performance applications. With a clean, bright, and well-organized facility and a strong commitment to employee experience, this is an opportunity to join a team that values its people and takes pride in the work they do.


    We are looking for an Inventory Team Member to play an important role in keeping materials organized, production moving, and customer shipments on schedule. This is a contract-to-hire opportunity with competitive compensation that is flexible based on your experience and background.


    What You'll Do:

    • Pick and stage parts accurately for production work orders
    • Maintain and organize overstock inventory using FIFO practices
    • Receive, unload, and put incoming materials away in designated warehouse locations
    • Load and unload trucks safely and efficiently
    • Package parts and materials for daily FedEx and UPS shipments
    • Prepare, label, and stage finished equipment for shipment
    • Assist with loading large equipment onto trucks
    • Perform cycle counts and help maintain accurate inventory records
    • Work closely with production and warehouse teams to ensure materials are available when needed


    What We're Looking For:

    • Previous warehouse, inventory, shipping/receiving, or manufacturing experience preferred
    • Forklift experience is a plus — in-house forklift training and certification are available
    • Strong attention to detail and excellent follow-through
    • Effective communication and interpersonal skills
    • Highly organized with the ability to prioritize and multitask
    • Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities
    • Reliable team player who takes pride in maintaining an organized and efficient work environment
    • Ability to safely lift up to 70 lbs.


    Why Consider This Opportunity?

    • Contract-to-hire with the opportunity for long-term employment
    • Competitive, flexible compensation based on your experience
    • Clean, bright, and organized work environment
    • Work with a team that values collaboration and employee experience
    • Opportunity to build your skills in inventory, logistics, and manufacturing operations
    • Join a company producing highly engineered products for high-performance applications


    If you're ready to take the next step in your inventory or warehouse career, we'd love to connect with you!

    About Company

    Sterling Engineering has been a trusted partner for engineering, project management, and staffing solutions for over five decades. We provide exceptional engineering/technical recruitment and engineering project services to clients nationwide:

     

    • Engineering & Technical Recruitment - With our focus on engineering, technical, and IT, Sterling has the in-depth knowledge, industry expertise, and robust employee pipeline it takes to rapidly find talent for even the most difficult to fill positions. Sterling’s extensive recruitment methodology allows us to engage the most talented employees in the marketplace. We offer exciting work and career-building opportunities for our candidates, along with expert support at every step of the process.

     

    • Engineering Project Services – Our experienced, multi-disciplined team of project managers, engineers, and designers, led by licensed Professional Engineers (PE), provide project management, engineering, design, and Commissioning, Qualification, and Validation (CQV) to manufacturing, OEM, and R&D customers. We work on complex, highly technical projects across a number of industry sectors, and our ability to scale and seamlessly integrate at multiple levels of your organization is what differentiates us.

     

    Sterling offers a unique combination of engineering solutions and Best of Staffing level service to help our clients and talent achieve their goals.

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