About this role
The Central Distribution Center is located in the Glen Ellyn Office and provides material services to offices located in the following areas: Aurora, Ottawa, DeKalb, Schaumburg, Elgin, Rockford, Freeport, Dixon, Crystal Lake, Ingleside, Glenwood, Crestwood, Kankakee, Glen Ellyn, Bellwood, Des Plaines, Joliet, Bloomington, Yorkville, Hudson, Pontiac, Troy Grove, Ancona, Sycamore, Morris, Shorewood, and Naperville.
Material/Handling Helpers are required to pick and pack material inventory on a daily basis, as well as make routine deliveries to various locations within the Nicor Gas Territory. In addition, Material/Handling Helpers receive new material, and process returns along with other various warehouse duties. This position requires the candidate perform their assigned duties each day while bending, stretching, kneeling, and crawling to reach inventory in various locations.
Material Handling Helpers must read maps in rural and non-rural areas.
Requirements:
- A valid driver’s license with an excellent driving record
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Ability to lift and transport up to 50 lbs. (meter, pipe fitting valves, prefabs, etc.)
- Read and record data
- Work outdoors in all weather conditions
- Operate a standard transmission vehicle
- Operate a fork-lift, reach truck and manual or electric pallet jacks
- Ability to accurately record data
- Ability to work day/night shifts
- Ability to read maps (in rural/non-rural areas)
Preferred:
- CDL Class “B” License with Hazardous Material Certification
Hours:
Throughout training normal hours are Monday through Friday 7:30 a.m. -4:00 p.m. or 6:00 a.m. -.2:30 p.m. Depending on department workload, evening and Saturday overtime can be scheduled with little or no notice.
Paid Training:
Training is classified as “On The Job” training and will take place in our Glen Ellyn, IL facility.
Promotional Opportunities:
We are a union shop, regardless of previous experience or performance; all promotions are seniority based. Employees can bid on available positions and the employee with the most seniority is offered the position. A successful Helper is reliable, prompt, dependable, independent, responsible, persistent, energetic, goal oriented, accurate and able to work with minimal supervision.
About Southern Company Gas
Southern Company Gas is a wholly owned subsidiary of Atlanta-based Southern Company (NYSE:SO), America’s premier energy company. Southern Company Gas serves approximately 4.2 million natural gas utility customers through its regulated distribution companies in four states and approximately 600,000 retail customers through its companies that market natural gas. Other nonutility businesses include investments in interstate pipelines and ownership and operation of natural gas storage facilities. For more information, visit southerncompanygas.com.
Southern Company invests in the well-being of its employees and their families through a comprehensive total rewards strategy that includes competitive base salary, annual incentive awards for eligible employees and health, welfare and retirement benefits designed to support physical, financial, and emotional/social well-being. This position may also be eligible for additional compensation, such as an incentive program, with the amount of any bonus/awards subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable incentive plan(s). A summary of the benefits offered for this position can be found here https://seo.nlx.org/southernco/pdf/SOCO-Benefits.pdf. Additional and specific details about total compensation and benefits will also be provided during the hiring process.
Nicor Gas
Other facts
About Southern Company
Together with our subsidiaries, we deliver clean, safe, reliable and affordable energy to our 9 million customers. Our focus is doing so with service excellence.
That means we are leaders who take action to meet our customers’ and communities’ needs while advancing our commitment to net zero emissions by 2050. We create community value through energy, social, economic, and environmental progress.
We do this through electric operating companies in three states and natural gas distribution companies in four. Our family of companies draw on diverse energy sources to create the best mix for our service areas, including electricity, natural gas, solar power, carbon-free nuclear, and other sustainable sources.
We leverage our leading distributed energy infrastructure company and other innovative technology to better serve every customer. Our competitive, national generation company serves wholesale customers, and our family includes a fiber optics network, and telecommunications services.
What you'll do
- Material Handling Helpers are responsible for picking and packing material inventory daily and making routine deliveries within the Nicor Gas Territory. They also receive new materials, process returns, and perform various warehouse duties.
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