Parts Room Lead Attendant

Parts Room Lead

The Parts Room Lead provides hands-on leadership for daily parts room operations. This role coordinates the receiving, storage, ordering, issuing, and tracking of parts, tools, equipment, and supplies and is responsible for maintenance requisitioning for the assigned plant, while helping ensure maintenance, operations, and authorized personnel have timely access to the resources needed for safe, efficient, and reliable plant operations.

The Parts Room Lead sets daily work priorities, supports and trains parts room team members, reinforces inventory and safety procedures, and serves as the primary point of contact for routine parts room questions and issues. This working lead also performs core parts room duties, maintains accurate records and system transactions, monitors inventory controls, coordinates with suppliers and internal partners, and escalates staffing, safety, service, or inventory concerns to the Parts Room Supervisor.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead daily parts room activities by assigning priorities, coordinating coverage, and monitoring completion of receiving, stocking, issuing, cycle-counting, and housekeeping tasks.
• Provide day-to-day guidance, task training, and process support to parts room team members; reinforce established procedures and elevate performance or conduct concerns to the Parts Room Supervisor.
• Serve as the first point of contact for routine parts room questions, urgent requests, and service issues from maintenance, operations, and other authorized personnel.
• Maintain the accuracy and reliability of parts, supplies, tools, and equipment inventories through daily reviews, cycle counts, transaction audits, and timely correction or escalation of discrepancies.
• Monitor inventory levels, usage trends, open orders, and critical-spare needs; initiate orders and reorders within established approval and purchasing procedures.
• Receive and verify deliveries, resolve routine quantity or documentation issues, replenish stock, and ensure parts are labeled, stored, and organized appropriately.
• Create work orders and accurately receive, issue, return, or transfer parts in the Canopy system or other designated inventory systems.
• Manage maintenance requisitioning for the assigned plant, including preparing, submitting, tracking, and following up on requisitions in accordance with established approval and purchasing procedures.
• Issue tools and equipment to authorized personnel, maintain accountability records, and follow up on overdue, missing, or damaged items.
• Maintain accurate daily records for inventory, incoming orders, backorders, returns, tool accountability, and other parts room activity.
• Coordinate with suppliers and internal customers to communicate availability, delivery status, substitutions, shortages, and priority needs.
• Promote a clean, orderly, secure, and safe parts room; reinforce applicable food safety, plant safety, access-control, and personal protective equipment requirements.
• Identify recurring inventory, supplier, workflow, or system issues and recommend practical process improvements to the Parts Room Supervisor.
• Support shift handoffs and communicate priorities, shortages, urgent requests, and unresolved issues to ensure continuity of service.
• Perform all core Parts Room Attendant duties and other job-related work as needed or assigned.

Benefits:
Farmer Focus offers a competitive total rewards package designed to support team members' health, financial well-being, and professional growth. Available offerings may include weekly payroll, paid time off and sick leave, semi-subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision plan options, a 401(k) plan with company match, HSA and FSA, education reimbursement opportunities, employee assistance programs (EAP), and internal learning, development, and career growth programs.

All benefits, programs, and offerings are subject to eligibility requirements, plan terms, and company policies, and may be changed, amended, or discontinued by Farmer Focus at any time.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• At least 1 year of parts, inventory, supply room, warehouse, maintenance support, or related experience.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate daily work, set priorities, train or guide coworkers, and follow through on assignments.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Excel.
• Ability to use inventory databases, including the Canopy system or other related systems.
• Ability to maintain and verify accurate inventory,…