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Cardinal Health is hiring a Warehouse Associate, 2nd Shift in Waukegan, IL. It is a full-time role in Operations & Supply Chain, asking for at least 1 year of experience, first listed on November 1. The advertised pay is $22.11 an hour. Cardinal Health has 99 other openings in the US, 1 of them in Waukegan, IL. Across all employers on USA Jobs 24 there are 2 Operations openings in Waukegan, IL today; the typical one asks for 4 years and advertises about $92,000 a year at the midpoint.
How the pay compares
Cardinal Health advertises $22.11 an hour. That is lower than about 58% of the 134 operations jobs across the US that publish an hourly rate on USA Jobs 24, where the typical midpoint is $22.75 an hour. At 40 hours a week all year, $22.11 an hour comes to about $46,000 before tax. Convert other hourly rates To see roughly what this leaves after federal and Illinois tax, try our take-home pay calculator.
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About hiring at Cardinal Health
Cardinal Health has 100 openings on USA Jobs 24 today across 32 states. Most are in operations (47), healthcare & pharma (26) and engineering & mfg (5). The biggest locations are Lavergne, TN (4), Elk Grove, CA (3) and Fort Worth, TX (3). 6% of them are remote, 16% are open to entry-level candidates and 93% show pay. We collect Cardinal Health's jobs every day straight from its own careers system (Workday), never from job boards or agencies.
The employer's advert
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Shift Details
- 6 PM - 2:30 AM (or until work is completed), 4 PM start on Sundays
- Sunday - Thursday
- Mandatory Overtime
Qualifications
- High School Diploma or GED preferred
- 1 - 2 years related experience preferred
- Previous material handling experience strongly preferred
- Radio frequency (RF) scanner and/or voice to pick experience highly preferred
- Ability to consistently lift 50 Ibs. and be able to bend, reach, stoop, lift and stand for entire shift of 8 hours or more required
- Must be able to work overtime with little to no advance notice
- Willingness to learn to operate material handling equipment and rotate into various areas of the warehouse
- Work at heights up to 25 feet consistently
- Adherence to site safety regulations including wearing required personal protective equipment such as steel toed safety shoes, and material handling equipment safety harness; accountable to Cardinal Health’s EHS as well as QRA policies and procedures.
- Aptitude to work in a fast paced distribution environment while meeting hourly established distribution quotas and performance standards
Responsibilities in this role
- Responsible for cross-training in multiple areas of the warehouse including Inbound, ValueLink and Outbound
- Receive large boxes on warehouse dock, scan product with RF scanner, and input product information into computer
- Break down cases of product and operate heavy equipment to replenish warehouse
- Utilize voice to pick system to pick large case items with material handling equipment or to pick small unit of measure items and place on cart
- Palletize large items to skid and wrap for shipment
- Pack small items in boxes
- Drive material handling equipment as required by job duty. Example equipment in the facility includes: order picker (cherry picker), forklift, reach truck, turret truck, pallet jack, and walkie rider
What Warehouse Operations contributes to Cardinal Health
- Warehouse Operations is responsible for performing/controlling a combination of manual or automated tasks necessary for the receipt, storage, and shipment of product.
- This may include functions of receiving, picking, packing, shipping, staging, transporting, storage, delivery, etc.
- Also responsible for the efficient flow of products from the point of product receipt from vendors to the shipment of products (via prescribed service parameters) to a variety of internal and external customers.
What is expected of you and others at this level
- Applies acquired knowledge and skills to complete standard tasks
- Readily learns and applies new information and methods to work in assigned area
- Maintains appropriate licenses, training and certifications
- Works on routine assignments that require some problem resolution
- Works within clearly defined standard operating procedures and/or scientific methods
- Adheres to all quality guidelines
- Works under moderate degree of supervision
- Work typically involves regular review of output by work lead or supervisor
- Refers complex unusual problems to supervisor
Pay rate: $22.11 per hour (includes shift differential)
Bonus eligible: No
Benefits: Cardinal Health offers a wide variety of benefits and programs to support health and well-being.
- Medical, dental and vision coverage
- Paid time off plan
- Health savings account (HSA)
- 401k savings plan
- Access to wages before pay day with myFlexPay
- Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
- Short- and long-term disability coverage
- Work-Life resources
- Paid parental leave
- Healthy lifestyle programs
Application window anticipated to close: 10/24/2026 *if interested in opportunity, please submit application as soon as possible
Cardinal Health supports an inclusive workplace that values diversity of thought, experience and background. We celebrate the power of our differences to create better solutions for our customers by ensuring employees can be their authentic selves each day. Cardinal Health is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, veteran status, marital status, creed, status with regard to public assistance, genetic status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.
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