Inventory and Warehouse Technician

The City of Raleigh Police Department is seeking an experienced Inventory and Warehouse Technician. This is non-sworn administrative role consisting of clerical and manual work. The individual in this role will be responsible for receiving, storing and issuing of equipment, material, parts, supplies, merchandise, or tools. The Inventory and Warehouse Technician is responsible for compiling stock records in stockroom, warehouse or storage area.

You are a dependable and detail-oriented team member who takes pride in maintaining accurate inventory and keeping materials organized and readily available. You are comfortable working with inventory records and databases, accurately documenting transactions, and following established procedures. You work well independently and as part of a team, are comfortable performing physically demanding tasks such as unloading and moving materials, and understand the importance of maintaining a safe, clean, and organized work environment.

You are committed to providing reliable customer service and supporting the needs of internal departments.

The City of Raleigh Police Department seeks to make Raleigh one of the safest cities in the United States. To do that, we continually advance strategies that prevent crime and seek out ways to engage with the community to build trust. We explore appropriate policy direction with the Mayor and City Council. In addition, we seek solutions to the complex community problems that contribute to crime and disorder.

Ensuring we all work together to reduce crime in our community is a joint effort.

The intent of this job description is to provide a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed by employees in this job. Employees may be requested to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.

• Counts, sorts, or weighs incoming articles to verify receipt of items on requisition or invoices
• Examines stock to verify conformance to specifications
• Unload trucks and stores articles in bins, on floor, or on shelves according to identifying information such as style, size, or type of material
• Fills orders or issues supplies from stock
• Prepares periodic, special, or perpetual inventory of stock
• Makes adjustments or repairs to articles carried in stock
• Determines methods of storage, identification, and stock location while considering temperature, humidity, height and weight limits, turnover, floor loading capacities, and required space
• Moves or transports material or supplies to other departments
• Maintains inventory, other stock records and equipment
• Assists customers by looking up parts for different equipment and retrieving parts or placing orders if needed
• Records part issues on windows database
• Disposes of uniforms that are no longer serviceable
• Performs other related duties as required

High School diploma or G.E.D. equivalency;
Less than 1 year experience in general warehouse/inventory control, or related work; OR Any equivalent combination of training and/or experience that provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities may be substituted

Valid NC Class C Driver's License or the ability to obtain within 60 days of hire

• Inventory and warehouse procedures/functions
• Purchasing regulations
• Applicable City policies and procedures
• Applicable federal, state, and local laws, codes, regulations
• Filing and record-keeping principles
• Occupational hazards and applicable safety principles and practice
• Standard practices, methods and materials of assigned work
• Uses and properties of supplies and equipment
• Specialized equipment relevant to area of assignment
• Modern office practices and procedures…