Inventory Specialist - Safety & Facilities

This opportunity is located within our Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company business, a global leader of mission-critical hardware and systems solutions including precision energetics systems and innovative explosive solutions.

Job Description

Responsible for direct and indirect parts and materials inventory, including planning, procurement, inventory, and payment. Provide support to safety, maintenance, and production. Work effectively as part of a team and display a positive attitude.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Safety

• Conduct routine regulatory-required equipment inspections (i.e., ladders, hoists, slings, powered industrial trucks, extinguishers, emergency lights, fire doors, laboratory hoods, etc.).
• Assist with Safety Audit scheduling and tracking.
• Assist with Safety Committee activities.
• Assist with management of Contractor Safety Program.
• Administrator of Hazardous Waste Management Fax Back System
• Other safety duties as assigned.

Inventory Control

• Maintain physical and electronic copy of maintenance and safety-related parts inventory to assure stocking levels are sufficient to meet maintenance and production demands.
• Maintain product stock for timely procurement and acquisition of parts needed for maintenance activities.
• Conduct or supervise audits of facility inventory on a scheduled basis.
• Develop and implement innovative methods to dispose of dead or obsolete inventory items.
• Solicit quotes, place orders, prepare invoices for payment, and ensure proper coding in accordance with company policies.
• Coordinate parts and material acquisitions for planned work.
• Other inventory control duties as assigned.

Facility Maintenance

• Coordinate the Preventive Maintenance program through current work order system COGZ as it evolves to cloud-based system IFS Enter, manipulate, analyze, and extract data using a computer program IFS.
• Balance preventive maintenance work schedules while providing timely customer service on reactive work orders within the facility.
• Track all phases of the maintenance work order process.
• Assist with preparing schedules, maintaining shop floor process, P.O. generation and receipts, inventory counting, and other related support activities.
• Plan, organize and schedule workflow including corrective, preventive, and predictive maintenance work, project support and normal operations tasks to meet priority demands, and long and short-term projects.
• Assist in establishing time standards for work performed, as needed.
• Progresses the Work Orders through the proper status according to the workflows and practices.
• Responsible for the scheduling and coordinating corrective maintenance, and necessary resources for manufacturing process equipment.
• Partners with Operations Department Planners to ensure all schedules and activities can be met. Work effectively and efficiently with cross-functional teams, including those from Purchasing, Planning and the Warehouse.
• Determines the scope of the work requests including clarification of the originator's intent and assigning appropriate priority to facilitate effective deployment of resources.
• Follow-up, problem-solve, trouble-shoot processes, communicating scheduling information and status of maintenance work issues with maintenance staff and other departments management.
• Determine work plans based upon site-wide, priority, available work force, and other criteria, review plans and schedules with associated management.
• Monitor, track, review, and analyze open work orders and work order aging for assigned maintenance groups.
• Provide work order performance data to maintenance team regularly.
• Create weekly schedules of PM work orders in advance according to maintenance availability. Provide tentative monthly and yearly schedule on request as needed.
• Coordinate with vendor contractors for scheduling corrective and preventive work. Document vendor reports to the respective work orders.
• Develop and maintain standard workflow processes.

Education and Experience:

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Intermediate Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook experience.
• Ability to communicate regularly professionally and effectively with customers both internally (all administrative offices) contractors and vendors.
• Proven ability to work effectively in a team environment with little direct supervision.
• Problem solving and analytical ability, superior organizational skills, accuracy and attention to detail, strong project management and multi-tasking skills.
• Effective listening, verbal, and written communication skills

Other Information/Physical Requirements (if needed)

• Standing: 1-2 hours
• Sitting: Frequently: 5-6 hours
• Walking: Occasionally
• Bending: Occasionally
• Twisting of Wrist: Frequently
• Twisting of Spine: Occasionally
• Lifting: <50 lbs. Occasionally, >50 lbs. Occasionally
• Pushing/Pulling: >150 lbs. Rarely
• Working with computer/monitor: 5-6 hours

Safety Responsibilities:

• Work in a safe and responsible manner always, following all safety policies, procedures, and rules.
• Report unsafe observations or conditions to a supervisor or manager.
• Immediately report an injury or accident to a supervisor or manager.
• Meet all company requirements for training.

Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, national origin, or veteran status.