Warehouse Attendant

POSITION: Purchasing Clerk

DEPARTMENT: Central Maintenance

Reporting to the Purchasing Manager, the Purchasing Clerk is an important member of the Maintenance Team, the successful applicant will be an energetic team player who will assist with the Maintenance and Purchasing departments in tracking, organizing, ordering and maintaining the maintenance equipment, parts and tools. The incumbent will also provide coverage for the Purchasing Manager during their absence.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Purchasing Manager and Maintenance Planner to ensure the mill has ample and available supplies
• Keep parts room and work area clean, organized and safe
• Administration of inventory purchase orders, requisitions, and transfers
• Manage inventory counts as required
• Issue weigh bills
• Send requisitions for pricing
• Coordinate shipping of materials
• Daily filing of maintenance and purchasing documentation
• Additional administrative duties that support the maintenance team

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• 2-5 years of experience in an industrial setting, maintenance environment preferred
• Strong computer skills in Microsoft Word and Excel and the ability to learn new programs
• Previous parts person/buyer experience would be an asset
• Exceptionally organized and courteous
• Ability to work both independently and in multiple team environments
• Valid driver’s license

Language Skills

Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures or governmental regulations.  Ability to write reports, business correspondence and procedure manuals.  Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers and the general public.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.  Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

None required

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, talk or hear, and taste or smell.  The employee is occasionally required to sit.  The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, risk of electrical shock, explosives, and vibration.  The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places and toxic or caustic chemicals.  The noise level in the work environment is usually very loud.