Attendant- Parts Room at OSI Industries LLC in West Chicago, Illinois

Job Description:

Under the direction of the Maintenance Manager, this person will assist with the controls of the maintenance parts inventory and PM documentation for the Facility.

Job Responsibilities

• Communicates with management, coworkers, and vendors in orders, exchanging, receiving, or issuing the parts, supplies, or tools. Addresses questions from mechanics and vendors regarding the suitability of parts.

• Organizes the maintenance parts inventory and ensures parts are properly identified and stored.

• Stores stock items in bins or shelves. This may require reaching for parts on elevated shelves.

• Operates a forklift or dolly as needed to properly move or store parts.

• Supervises the day-to-day activity of the maintenance buyer and the process of purchasing of maintenance parts for the plant.

• Controls and maintains adequate inventories of maintenance parts and supplies as directed by the maintenance manager.

• Monitors and controls the disbursement of parts to mechanics.

• Reorders maintenance parts and supplies as needed based on the minimum/maximum settings in the computerized maintenance management system or direction by the maintenance manager or maintenance supervisor.

• Performs regular cycle counts to ensure that records of on hand quantities in the maintenance management system are accurate.

• Under direction, adds or deletes parts from inventory and reorganizes the parts room as plant equipment changes.

• Generates reports on stockroom activities to include parts disbursements, stock outages and inventory costs.

• Maintains overall organization and cleanliness of the parts room.

• Generates work schedules and preventive maintenance documentation using the computerized maintenance management system as directed and insures completed work is properly documented in the maintenance management system

• Maintain records relating to all maintenance activities using the computerized maintenance management system.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Experience & Skills

• Mechanical aptitude with an ability to learn how to identify maintenance parts and supplies.

• Organizational skills in order to be able to catalog and properly store maintenance parts and supplies.

• High School diploma and adequate computer skills to be able to learn how to use the computerized maintenance management system.

• Computer Literate Proficient with Microsoft Office Suites, experience with Excel is a plus.

• SAP experience is a plus.