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Storekeeper II - University Housing Dining Services

Responsible for a large and complex storeroom operation for University Housing Dining Services. Order essential items such as food, dry goods, and cleaning supplies, check in and put away truck deliveries, and are responsible for proper rotation of product. Duties include managing a storeroom that receives, stores, and issues a variety of general items. Checks stock against shipping authorizations for agreement as to quantities, descriptions, sizes, conditions, and conformance to purchase orders.

Stores stock according to established methods. Selects, determines, and applies store keeping guides, procedures, and methods without specific interpretations from supervisors. Makes recommendations concerning alignment of services to operating needs. Refers situations involving major deviations from established methods to a supervisor and makes recommendations suggesting course of action to be taken. Loads and unloads various stock when required. Makes special purchases under authorized regulations.

Demonstrates resourcefulness in adapting store keeping methods to handling of items, locating reference sources, and providing solutions to problems presented. Exercises judgment in estimating amounts of supplies needed for replenishment and prepares necessary reports. Handles and stores special stock items requiring special treatment that deviates from established. Cyclic, special, and other inventories of bin and bulk stock. Store keeping methods that require knowledge of stock characterized by susceptibility to spontaneous combustion, toxicity, fragility, rapid deterioration, contamination, or ease of physical damage.

Issues stock as requested on requisition by checking items against stock levels on hand, suggesting substitutes, noting quantities issued on requisitions, and obtaining appropriate signatures on requisitions. Reads and interprets data processing forms used for stock and inventory record maintenance and reorders when required. Independently performs difficult tasks in connections with checking and tallying special and/or technical items of supply.

Counts, grades, or weighs articles. Performs other related duties as assigned.

Physical demands and working conditions include frequent lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling of loads of produce, supplies, and materials, which may require the use of heavy machinery and/or equipment. The work involves physical endurance and manual dexterity, with occasional bending, stooping, reaching, climbing, and activities requiring balance and coordination. The work is primarily performed in a storeroom environment with frequent exposure to extreme cold and heat, humidity, and temperature changes, including low temperature areas ranging from approximately
-30°F to 65°F. There is potential risk when working with dangerous machinery, wet floors, and other workplace hazards. The position may also involve occasional exposure to wet conditions, inclement weather, tight spaces, and outdoor work environments.

Minimum qualifications include a high school diploma or equivalent. One (1) year (12 months) of work experience comparable to that performed at the Storekeeper I level of this series or in other positions of comparable responsibility.