Crater

Job Title: Crater / Material Management Associate

Job Description

The Material Management Associate plays a key role in overseeing the storage, control, and distribution of materials and supplies that support production and operations. This role also prepares, packages, and coordinates the shipment of goods accurately and on time, ensuring materials move efficiently through the warehouse and to customers.

Responsibilities

• Receive, inspect, and store all incoming ground, freight, and vendor-delivered shipments, ensuring accuracy and completeness.
• Assign warehouse locations for incoming materials, verifying part numbers, quantities, and serviceability before storage.
• Select and deliver materials for production work orders and accurately complete work order pick sheets.
• Assist with periodic and annual inventories by counting and recording materials and updating records as needed.
• Convey materials to and from storage or work sites using hand trucks, forklifts, or other material handling equipment.
• Prepare items for shipment, including packaging and securing materials, and complete pick sheets and shipment quality control checklists where applicable.
• Process outgoing orders by ensuring items are correctly selected, inspected, packaged, weighed, and shipped in accordance with customer shipping instructions.
• Verify that all required shipment documents, manuals, and material safety data sheets are accurate and included, and ensure freighter labels and other required labels are properly applied to shipments.
• Build crates to ship pump packages, including measuring, cutting, assembling, and securing materials to protect products in transit.
• Perform shipping and receiving activities, including checking in deliveries, documenting shipments, and organizing outgoing freight.
• Maintain inventory of items in a smaller warehouse environment, coordinating stock levels and communicating needs as required.
• Work closely with warehouse, customer service, and production teams to support smooth daily operations and timely order fulfillment.
• Use hand tools, power tools, and measuring tools safely and effectively to assemble crates and prepare materials.
• Regularly manually lift up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift, with assistance, up to 150 pounds in a safe manner.
• Follow safety procedures and maintain a clean, organized work area in an open-air industrial warehouse environment.

Essential Skills

• Experience with crate building, including measuring, cutting, and assembling materials for shipping pump packages or similar products.
• Proficiency using hand tools and power tools for assembly and packaging tasks.
• Ability to operate a sit-down forklift approximately 20% of the time in a warehouse environment.
• Skill in material handling, including loading, unloading, and moving materials using appropriate equipment.
• Experience with shipping and receiving processes, including checking in deliveries and preparing outbound shipments.
• Ability to use measuring tools, such as tape measures, accurately for crate building and material preparation.
• Capability to perform general labor tasks, including heavy lifting and physical work in an industrial setting.
• Attention to detail when verifying part numbers, quantities, and serviceability of materials.
• Ability to complete work order pick sheets, shipment quality control checklists, and other documentation accurately.
• Comfort working in an open-air industrial warehouse environment with varying conditions.
• Ability to regularly lift up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift, with assistance, up to 150 pounds.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Experience working in a smaller warehouse environment and collaborating closely with a partner or small team.
• Experience in inventory control, including counting, recording, and organizing materials during periodic and annual inventories.
• Familiarity with preparing shipment documentation, including manuals and material safety data sheets.
• Ability to coordinate with warehouse, customer service, and production teams to support efficient operations.
• Strong organizational skills to assign storage locations and maintain an orderly warehouse layout.
• Comfort using various material handling equipment such as hand trucks and other warehouse tools.

Why Work Here?

You will join a close-knit team that offers a family-like atmosphere and values long-term growth. Many of the most tenured employees began in this role and advanced into positions such as mechanics and assemblers, providing clear opportunities for career development. The organization offers strong benefits and a supportive culture that recognizes hard work, reliability, and a commitment to quality.

Work Environment

This role is based in a smaller, open-air industrial warehouse environment where you will work closely with a partner or small team. You will regularly handle materials, operate a sit-down forklift part of the time, and use hand tools, power tools, and measuring tools to build crates and prepare shipments. The work involves frequent standing, walking, and lifting up to 50 pounds, with occasional assisted lifting up to 150 pounds. The environment includes typical warehouse conditions, such as varying temperatures and exposure to industrial noise and equipment, and requires adherence to safety practices and appropriate work attire suitable for an industrial setting.

This is a Contract position based out of Yorktown, VA.

The pay range for this position is $16.00 - $18.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: Medical, dental & vision Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital 401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) Short and long-term disability Health Spending Account (HSA) Transportation benefits Employee Assistance Program Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

This is a Contract position based out of Yorktown, VA.

This position is anticipated to close on Nov 10, 2026.

This is a fully onsite position in Yorktown,VA.

About Aerotek

Aerotek® Inc. provides staffing and services solutions in manufacturing, logistics, construction, aviation, facilities and maintenance. We provide the expertise, solutions and people required to rise to the challenges of North American industry. Headquartered in Hanover, Md., Aerotek operates a unified network of over 200 offices across North America, supporting more than 18,000 clients each year. Aerotek is an Allegis Group company, the global leader in workforce and business solutions. To learn more, visit: Aerotek.com | 1-888-AEROTEK.

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.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance:
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Massachusetts Lie Detector:
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI):
We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.