A position at White Cap isn’t your ordinary job. You’ll work in an exciting and diverse environment, meet interesting people, and have a variety of career opportunities.
The White Cap family is committed to Building Trust on Every Job. We do this by being deeply knowledgeable, fully capable, and always dependable, and our associates are the driving force behind this commitment.
White Cap is hiring immediately for an Operations Leader Trainee!
Do you want a part in helping to Build America? As the leading North American distributor for professional contractors, the White Cap family of brands supplies of our nation’s largest construction projects, including stadiums, roads, bridges, highways, residential housing and more. We are hiring immediately for an Operations Leader Trainee!
As an Operations Leader Trainee in White Cap’s Career Development Program, you will have the opportunity to engage in on-the-job training, job shadowing, leadership development, and partner with your manager to develop the skills and knowledge that will accelerate your career through a 12–18 month training program. Throughout the program, you'll learn everything from the warehouse, where it all begins, to customer service, management, and beyond.
Why a career with White Cap?
- Comprehensive wellness and financial benefits: White Cap offers excellent benefits, including Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k) with company match, tuition reimbursement, and more!
- Relax and recharge: We offer a generous time off package, including paid maternity, parental leave, sick time, and vacation time.
- Stability: Since 2020, White Cap has doubled in size and continues to grow.
- Unlimited career potential: White Cap is a stable and growing company offering unlimited career potential.
- Love where you work: White Cap has been certified as a Great Place to Work.
- Inclusive culture: Work in a place that values and celebrates who you are.
An Operations Leader Trainee at White Cap…
- Experiences rotational assignments in various segments of the branch business with on-the-job training to learn business systems and processes, as well as company culture.
- Receives an inclusive career experience with dedicated resources to ensure a successful long-term career path at White Cap.
- Participates in a tailored learning curriculum with leadership development sessions, operations training, and systems training focused on developing future operations leaders for opportunities that best match your interests, skills and abilities.
- Benefits from a robust support system; each Operations Leader Trainee will be assigned a Regional Advocate, Mentor, and additional process coaches to ensure you receive the best training White Cap has to offer.
- Has exposure to Senior Leadership at White Cap throughout the program.
- Presents a capstone project to White Cap leadership, creating exposure for you across the company.
Preferred Qualifications
Willing to relocate upon completing the program.
Able to start the program between March and June.
Driven to succeed with an energetic, professional, and goal-oriented attitude.
Strong operations focus, including having the ability to partner with customers to develop value-added solutions and experience leading or building a team.
Strong communication skills and experience conversing with team members and customers.
If you’re looking to play a role in building America, consider one of our open opportunities. We can’t wait to meet you.
For Illinois job seekers:
Pay Range
Illinois law requires the posting of the salary range for advertised jobs. This range is determined based on market data and internal pay practices to establish a minimum and maximum value for a job. Individual base pay is determined based on a variety of elements including experience, skills, internal equity and other factors. For additional details on benefits, please review the full job description on White Cap Jobs
Skills Required
- Willingness to relocate upon completing the program
- Availability to start the program between March and June
- Energetic, professional, goal-oriented attitude
- Strong operations focus
- Ability to partner with customers to develop value-added solutions
- Experience leading or building a team
- Strong communication skills
- Experience conversing with team members and customers
White Cap Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about White Cap and has not been reviewed or approved by White Cap.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off offerings include vacation, paid holidays, sick time, a wellness day, and parental leave, with flexibility to take time when needed. Some roles follow Monday–Friday schedules without weekends, supporting work-life balance.
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Retirement Support — Retirement savings are supported by a 401(k) with employer matching contributions. This complements other financial programs like HSAs/FSAs to strengthen overall financial security.
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Flexible Benefits — The package spans medical, dental, vision, company-paid life and disability, HSAs/FSAs, and an EAP, alongside options like legal and identity protection. Tuition and adoption reimbursements add flexibility for different life stages.
White Cap Insights
What We Do
White Cap and its affiliates serve as a one-stop shop, providing concrete accessories and chemicals, tools and equipment, building materials and fasteners, erosion and waterproofing products, and safety products to professional contractors by meeting their distinct and customized supply needs in non-residential, infrastructure, and residential end markets. White Cap operates approximately 500 branches across North America with more than 10,500 employees supporting approximately 200,000 customers. For more information about White Cap, visit about.whitecap.com
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