Material Support Technician

Job Description

Job Description

SierTeK proudly serves our clients by providing expertise in the Program Management, Information Technology, and Administrative Support domains. Founded in 2007 as a minority and service-disabled veteran-owned company, we serve as prime- and subcontractor for a multitude of Federal Department of Defense contracts. By focusing on continual improvement, our services remain at the forefront of our industry and we pride ourselves on delivering our services with the highest degree of integrity.

SierTek Ltd. is seeking a Material Support Technician to support an opportunity at Hill AFB in Utah.

PLEASE APPLY DIRECTLY ON OUR WEBSITE AT SIERTEK.COM/CAREERS

Essential Job Functions:

• Coordinate material support functions with appropriate production support personnel.
• Research, analyze and perform corrective and preventive actions related to parts supportability and availability using government-provided data.
• Research, identify the availability, and initiate purchase requests for customer component parts, materials, and supplies as required by the production shops and IAW AFMCI 21-130, OO-ALC Instruction 23-103, and other applicable government regulations.
• Authorize, order, receive, issue, and perform customer front-end Job Order Number (JON) edits on all requirements submitted by supported maintenance shops, and maintain appropriate on-hand stock levels to support production.
• Ensure the JON is properly charged for the material and the material transaction receipts are filed.
• Provide support within the required depot Management Information Systems (MIS) in the following areas:
  1. The contractor shall monitor applicable systems to review, analyze, and resolve unplanned material orders and perform other material support operations.
• Provide maintenance material operations to include being proficient with and utilizing the Enterprise Environmental Safety and Occupational Health (EESOH) MIS to authorize, order, receive, issue, inventory and account for hazardous material (HM).
• Build management reports on HM using applicable systems. The reports shall identify re-order materials, shelf life, inventory, and backorder status.
• Ensure that hazardous material is properly stored, inspected, and disposed of IAW applicable guidance. The contractor shall comply with area specific controls and procedures by local environmental management organizations.
• Ensure all HM is ordered, inventoried, labeled, tracked, transported, inspected for defects/shelf-life issues, issued and disposed under procedures established by the Hazardous Material Distribution Support Center (HMDSC).
• Transport and store HM on base in its original container, with a legible yellow (EESOH) sticker issued by the HAZMART affixed to the container.
• Basic Hazardous Material Management Process (HMMP) training shall be completed prior to Contractor personnel transporting, disposing of, issuing, or using any potentially hazardous materials on the installation.
• Take action to ensure stock shelf-life is inspected daily, inventoried daily and replenished as needed. Closely monitor and evaluate material usage and customer demand patterns. Review and analyze reported usage to accurately determine requirements. Initiate the action required to replenish stock or distribute material within the supply system to support critical material requirements. Establish and maintain approved detail records / authorizations of spares, floating stock and local manufacture assets. Direct the accomplishment of inventories and accounts for material on loan. Maintain and control courtesy storage of maintenance owned items that are excess to current requirements, but for which a projected future requirement has been established.
• Store HM in the process and manner for which it is intended by the manufacturer and as authorized by the HAZMART. The contractor shall follow manufacturer's guidelines and professional recommendations for control of humidity, temperature, cleanliness, and materials handling. This includes the handling, tracking, and storage of hazardous materials, to include flammable and combustible liquids as identified in AFI 32-7086 and NFPA 30. The contractor shall maintain housekeeping and storage methods and procedures of material and work residue to ensure items do not migrate out of the immediate work area to become potential foreign object damage (FOD) or fire hazard, and shall inventory all HM lockers daily for expired, damaged, and leaking materials.
• Collect, and transfer spent, used, and expired HM to a collection container. The collection container must be labeled with the contents, date, company name, responsible point of contact, and phone number. The contractor shall discard these HM containers into a designated HM waste site.
• Assist Government personnel in investigations and preparation of survey reports when Government property is lost, damaged, or destroyed. Process inventory adjustments and corrections as needed. Trace acquisition sources and methods to resolve procedural problems associated with timely deliveries and lead times, thereby contributing to economical and timely distribution of items to meet customer needs. Perform review of supply records to resolve discrepancies relating to the movement of serviceable material. Initiate appropriate corrective actions, as required. Provides resolution to non-routine supply shipments to meet emergency operation or new installation requirements and approve issue or loan of needed items. Direct distribution of assets and initiate redistribution of assets to maintain optimum and balanced support.
• Conduct research of technical requirements, catalog databases to locate most cost-effective available substitutes and new products.
• Determine stock levels needed for recurring and specialized items based on usage, inventory, project demands, seasonal demands, changing customer needs, and project depletion.
• Monitor the Material Processing System (MPS) to review, analyze, and resolve unplanned material orders.
• Order, receive, store, issue, and transport of the following: Consolidated Sustainment Activity Group (CSAG) owned material, parts requiring special handling, HM, classified material, serialized and non-serialized items, or contractor-furnished material. The contractor shall conduct inventory on stored material, including hazardous items for various CSAG Shops at HAFB.
• Provide maintenance material operations to include being proficient with and utilizing the EESOH MIS to authorize, order, receive, issue and account for HM. The contractor shall build management reports on HM using IBM COGNOS BI and FPM. The reports shall identify re-order materials, shelf life, inventory, and backorder status.
• Conduct research of catalog databases and information to locate most cost-effective available substitutes and new products.
• Determine stock levels needed for recurring and specialized items based on usage, inventory, project demands, seasonal demands, changing customer needs and project depletion.
• Required knowledge to properly use NIMMS/ABOM, DO35K and other material ordering systems to order and track common items used on military weapon systems.
• Provide comprehensive and effective material support to designated maintenance shops in the form of item research, order placement and material handling through the Shop Service Center (SSC).
• Perform customer order, front-end JON edits on all requirements submitted by supported maintenance shops, maintains appropriate on-hand stock levels to support production.
• Take action to ensure SSC stocks are replenished when required, manages SSC/shop stocks including bench stocks and floating stocks/spares.
• Research and analyze Bench Stock Level (BSL)s used to support different weapon systems.
• Record the item and quantity issued in a written or electronic log.
• Determine usage factors and the end items for which these parts are used and recommend BSL stock numbers to be added, reduced, or deleted.
• Conduct 'root cause' analysis of material cost increases and identify, research and analyze abnormal material, labor or financial cost trends.
• Research and resolve material and financial error reports in accordance with Government Standards of Work.
• Deliver/pickup material at depot supply locations or other outlying areas.
• Inspect and operate general/special purpose vehicles, and forklifts and document inspections/discrepancies on AF Form 1800 before use. Duties for this task order include manual lifting of up to 50 pounds.
• Provide material management support for repair, overhaul, manufacture, and/or modification of equipment and/or parts requiring special handling.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma
• Relevant prior experience.
• Must currently have or be able to obtain a Secret Clearance.

SierTeK is an equal opportunity employer. Employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, gender identity and sexual orientation.

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