Materials Handler III - Durango

Description of Job

About the Unit:
The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) has an opening for a Materials Handler III with our Region 5 stockroom team in Durango. This team provides all needed supplies to maintenance employees in a fast and efficient manner, including supplies for vehicle repair, safety, road maintenance, traffic, snow removal, building supplies, and other maintenance materials.

About the Position:
As a Materials Handler III, you will provide support to the maintenance staff by maintaining stockroom, ordering supplies, providing supplies to maintenance employees, following procurement rules and regulations and working with vendors to make sure orders are fulfilled correctly. The position orders, inspects, counts, stores, and issues materials to the maintenance staff.

Your duties and responsibilitieswill include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Research best price for materials based on procurement rules and price agreements;
• Create Purchase Orders for the restock of supplies and process reservations;
• Work with maintenance customers when filling orders;
• Process incoming requests for supplies, the shipping of supplies to the field, and receipt of supplies from the vendor;
• Perform in depth inventory once a year;
• Recommend new products; and coordinate with other regions when understocked or overstocked;
• Communicate with vendors to set up ordering and delivery schedules;
• Use computer program for Materials Resource Planning which helps to maintain the proper number of supplies;
• Enter goods receipts into SAP;
• Perform periodic and yearly inventory reconciliation to ensure accuracy of inventory control measures;
• Create purchase requisitions and purchase orders when placing orders;
• Develop strategies for stock handling, storage and location, cycle counting and issuing of goods;
• Recommend procedures and guidelines which apply to material handling and control within the warehouse;
• Operate forklift and front end loader;
• Perform and assist in the daily planning and scheduling of activities in assigned work area;
• Attend all required trainings;
• Abide by all safety regulations, policies and procedures and wear all required personal protective equipment;
• Other duties as assigned.
• Primarily work hours 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday-Friday (Winter schedule) and Monday-Thursday 10 hour shifts with Fridays off (starting in May).
• Occasional overnight travel for training and meetings.
• Regular travel required during work hours to pick up propane for the forklift and to deliver supplies to other CDOT buildings.
• Required to operate CDOT vehicles.
• Required to lift up to 70 lbs. (e.g. tires, various automotive/equipment parts, paper, refuse bags, etc.)
• Required to work with chemicals and cleaners.
• Required to use ladder up to 15' in height.

Minimum Qualifications

Experience Only:

• At least three years of full-time professional warehouse management experience which included receiving, storing, issuing a wide variety of supplies and equipment. This must have included inventory management.

OR

Education and Experience:

• A combination of relevant education and experience equal to at least 3 years.
• Education from an accredited college or university with coursework in materials management or another field of study related to the duties of this position will be considered.
• Full-time professional warehouse management experience which included receiving, storing, issuing a wide variety of supplies and equipment, including inventory management will be considered.

Please Note:The required experience must be substantiated within the work experience section of your application. “See Resume” statements on the application or resumes in lieu of a complete application may not be accepted. Additional information submitted after the closing date of this announcement will not be considered in the review of your application. In addition, part-time work will be prorated.

College Transcripts:If you are using education to qualify, a legible copy of your official or unofficial college transcript(s) or an official foreign credential evaluation report must be submitted with…