Inventory Specialist

Job Title

Pay Range $38.34hr - $49.75hr

Requirement/Must Have

• Requires a University Hire with 1+ years of experience or 5+ years of relevant work experience.

Responsibilities

• Implements the Material Management Plan and coordinates the specification, identification, and quantification of materials with Engineering and Construction during the front-end execution activities in the project office.
• Follows a strict set of guidelines to optimize the materials planning work processes for key material commodities.
• Ensures consistent material identification methodology and clearly defined responsibilities between project functions and the commodity work processes that allow for an efficient and economical Purchase and Supply process.
• Identifies any 'special' or potentially lengthy approval requirements that could impact the timely issuance of the key engineering deliverables that drive the materials work process.
• Identifies, in coordination with Engineering, critical design drawings and data required from suppliers that may affect the timely issuance of other design deliverables or are needed by Construction well ahead of material delivery.
• Assists Engineering in implementing the project’s component numbering approaches, as required by sound materials management practices and the project Automation Plan, including tagged materials, bulk materials, and spares.
• Verifies that material requisitions clearly identify required pay items and reflect a level of detail in which materials will be shipped and identified for storage and control prior to distribution to Construction for installation.
• Assists in identifying out-of-sequence engineering deliverables or lengthy approval requirements that could impact the timely issuance of the key engineering deliverables that drive the materials work process.
• Maintains direct working relationship with Project Controls, Discipline Engineers, Supply Chain, Automation Support and/or Construction Coordinator to ensure that construction personnel are provided with materials to support the completion of the construction work.
• Monitors Engineering and Supply Chain deliverable schedules and ensures they will meet the construction schedule.

Skills

• Extensive knowledge of vendor materials, tools, consumables and safety material commonly utilized during construction.
• Experience in receiving documentation paperwork requirements.
• Strong automation skills, ability to learn new applications quickly including DSCS.
• Working knowledge of material storage and handling of equipment.
• Knowledge and understanding of field purchasing functions.
• Experience in rental agreements and administration.
• Experience in work packaging materials for construction planning.
• Proficient in organizing tasks for completion by an agreed deadline.
• Good oral and written communication.