Storekeeper II

Job Description – Storekeeper II (2600035H)

The Lemuel Shattuck Hospital (LSH), under the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH), is seeking a Storekeeper II to join our Storeroom and Materials Management team. This role involves receiving, inspecting, storing and delivering supplies and equipment, along with maintaining inventory control to support hospital operations.

• Unpack, count, sort and examine incoming goods to verify quality, quantity and condition of goods for conformance to specifications listed on the purchase order.
• Store supplies and equipment in appropriate storage areas according to size, shape and type.
• Load and unload trucks, pallets, hand trucks etc. to maintain uniform storage of supplies, equipment and materials.
• Deliver supplies, equipment, furniture etc. to departments and/or storage areas throughout the facility.
• Relocate equipment throughout the facility that has been designated as a fixed asset.
• Take physical inventory of medical and office supplies to determine actual amounts on hand.
• Maintain a safe and clean storeroom working area.
• Maintain both manual and computerized records of items received, issued and shipped, including description of articles, type and other identifying information.
• Operate equipment necessary to load and unload goods, supplies and equipment.
• Put up orders (issue supplies) for floors from requisition slips.
• Contact vendors and discuss deliveries, shipments and amounts of any discrepancies.
• Communicate with various departments as needed with date‑to‑date operations.
• Perform other work‑related duties as assigned by supervisor.

• Experience in a warehouse or storeroom environment of a minimum of one‑year full time.
• Standard store keeping tracking methods (manual and computerized) for the receipt, storage, issuance and delivery of various stock items including perishable items.
• Computerized data entry experience is required to maintain control of the above transactions.
• Experience with standard procedures, methods and materials used in packaging materials for shipment.
• Proper storage methods such as palletizing, binding, etc.
• Types and uses of material handling equipment used in warehousing environments.
• Standard recordkeeping techniques, skills and procedures utilizing a computerized data entry inventory control system to record the above transactions.
• Principles and methods of inventory control of supplies and equipment.
• Safety practices and procedures followed in store keeping or warehousing environment.
• Various methods used in transporting goods, materials and equipment.
• Terminology, coding symbols and standard abbreviations used in store keeping.
• Methods and procedures utilized for the security and protection of state property.

• Knowledge of laws, rules, regulations, policies and procedures of the storeroom.
• Understands Commonwealth procedures governing purchasing, inventory control and requisitioning of supplies and equipment.
• Competent in the types and uses of manual and computerized agency forms.

First consideration will be given to those applicants that apply within the first 14 days.

Applicants must have at least one year of full‑time (or equivalent part‑time) experience in store keeping work in a storeroom, stockroom or warehouse, with major duties including receiving, storing and issuing supplies and equipment.

When you embark on a career with the Commonwealth, you are offered an outstanding suite of employee benefits that add to the overall value of your compensation package.

Title 101 CMR 23.00 (“Regulation”) requires certain agency staff to have received the COVID‑19 vaccination and Influenza vaccination, or have taken required mitigation measures, to prevent viral infection and transmission in State Hospitals and State Congregate Care Facilities. Successful candidates will be required to acknowledge and attest to their vaccination status for both COVID‑19 and Influenza.

An Equal Opportunity / Affinity Action Employer. Females, minorities, veterans, and persons with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.

The Commonwealth is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law.

Official

Title:

Storekeeper II

Primary

Location:

[Location not specified]

Job:
Administrative Services

Agency:
Department of Public Health

Schedule:

Full‑time

Shift: Day

Job Posting date:
Apr 30, 2026

Number of Openings: 1

Salary: 48,321. Yearly

Bargaining Unit: 02-AFSCME – Service/Institutional