The posting
Department: Charlotte Water Department
Salary: $25.00 - $32.99 Commensurate with Experience
Welcome to the City of Charlotte
Charlotte is America’s Queen City, opening her arms to a diverse and inclusive community of residents, businesses and visitors alike. Here you will find a safe, family-oriented city where people work together to help everyone thrive. The mission of the City of Charlotte is to deliver quality public services and promote the safety, health, and quality of life for all residents.
Our guiding principles include:
- Attracting and retaining a skilled and diverse workforce
- Valuing teamwork, openness, accountability, productivity, and employee development
- Providing all customers with courteous, responsive, accessible, and seamless quality services
- Taking initiative to identify, analyze, and solve problems
- Collaborating with stakeholders to make informed decisions
SUMMARY
Warehouse operations involve planning, directing, and monitoring all warehouse processes and personnel to ensure the efficient movement, storage, and inventory control of materials, finished goods, tools, and packaging. Responsibilities include overseeing shipping and receiving operations, warehousing, material handling, order fulfillment, inventory control, and maintaining accurate inventory records, and maintaining a safe and organized warehouse environment.
Salary:
The salary for this position is $25.00-$26.38, Commensurate with Experience.
Major Duties and Responsibilities:
- Fulfill orders requested by personnel and other warehouses
- Perform receipt of materials, stock materials, and maintain proper documentation records.
- Purchase receipt entry of goods/services on Workday
- Issue tools, parts, materials, and supplies; ensure crew members complete
- requisition forms accurately.
- Performs data entry of inventory issues and goods received on Cityworks
- Delivers supplies/materials to other locations as needed.
- Works stand-by once every eight weeks to provide parts and supplies to crews.
- Operate a forklift
- Makes minor repairs to tools and equipment/Take and picks up equipment for repair
- Perform daily safety checks and housekeeping of the warehouse.
- Assist with the Mid-year and annual inventory count.
- Cycle counts, audits, and other inventory control functions
- Perform other related job duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
- High school diploma or GED from an accredited school.
- Two (2) years of related work experience, preferably in warehouse and inventory control.
Licenses, Certifications, or Registrations:
- Requires a valid driver’s license.
- Must obtain and maintain a City Driver’s Permit.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Knowledge of computers and software related to the position.
- Skill in operating a forklift and other stockroom equipment.
- Skill in determining best price practices.
- Ability to maintain records
- Ability to read and interpret parts in catalogs according to ordering procedures.
Physical Demands:
The work is medium and requires frequently applying 30 pounds of force and occasionally exerting up to 50 pounds of force to move objects. Additionally, the following physical abilities are required: climbing, manual dexterity, handling, perceiving sounds at normal speaking levels, distinguishing among sounds, kneeling, lifting, reaching, standing, talking, visual acuity in data/equipment, and walking.
Work Environment:
Work is performed in a dynamic environment that requires sensitivity to change and responsiveness to changing goals, priorities, and needs.
Additional Information:
This job description is not intended to be and should not be construed as an inclusive list of all the responsibilities, skills, or working conditions associated with the position. While it is intended to accurately reflect the position's activities and requirements, management reserves the right to modify, add to, or remove duties, and to assign other duties at any time. This job description does not constitute a written or implied contract of employment.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to meet the essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary job functions herein described. Since every duty associated with this position may not be described herein, employees may be required to perform duties not specifically spelled out in the job description, but which may be reasonably considered to be incidental in the performing of their duties just as though they
were written out in this job description.
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
The City’s Background Check Policy requires background checks to be conducted on final internal or external candidate(s) applying for any position with the City of Charlotte. The type of information that will be collected as part of a background check includes, but is not limited to: reference checks, social security verification, education verification, criminal conviction record check, and, if applicable, a credit history check, sex offender registry and motor vehicle records check.
Background checks must be in compliance with all federal and state statutes, such as the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The checks must be consistent with the guidelines set forth by these laws requiring organizations to obtain a candidate’s written authorization before obtaining a criminal background report, motor vehicle records check or credit report; and to properly store and dispose of information derived from such reports.
Final candidates must pass a pre-employment drug-screening test and physical examination. During the selection process, candidates may be asked to take a skills test, and/or participate in other assessments.
The City of Charlotte is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, marital status, age, disability, sexual orientation, political affiliation or on the basis of actual or perceived gender as expressed through dress, appearance, or behavior.
Our culture is to serve the community honorably.
HOW TO APPLY
Apply online.
Federal law requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please tell us if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job.
You are welcome to visit the City of Charlotte Human Resources Department lobby, where self-service application kiosks are available. They are located in our office at 700 East 4th Street, Suite 200, Charlotte, NC 28202. We are open Monday through Friday, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (EST), excluding official City holidays.
For questions about your application or the hiring process, please email [email protected]
The City of Charlotte is committed to making our services and programs accessible to all. Upon request, auxiliary aids, written materials in alternate formats, language access, and other reasonable accommodations or modifications will be provided. To make a request, please fill out the Innovation & Technology ADA request form or call 704.336.4120.
BENEEFITS
The City of Charlotte provides a comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees.
Click here to learn more about the City of Charlotte’s benefits.
The City of Charlotte is a drug and alcohol-free workplace.
