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Compensation: $25/hr Department: Maintenance / Parts Room Reports To: Parts Room Supervisor FLSA Status: Non-Exempt Location: On Plant / Assigned Location(s) Work Arrangement: On-Site Shift / Schedule: Full-time Travel Requirements: Less than 10% Employment Type: Full-time
Role Overview / Purpose and Scope
The Parts Room Lead provides hands-on leadership for daily parts room operations. This role coordinates the receiving, storage, ordering, issuing, and tracking of parts, tools, equipment, and supplies and is responsible for maintenance requisitioning for the assigned plant, while helping ensure maintenance, operations, and authorized personnel have timely access to the resources needed for safe, efficient, and reliable plant operations.
The Parts Room Lead sets daily work priorities, supports and trains parts room team members, reinforces inventory and safety procedures, and serves as the primary point of contact for routine parts room questions and issues. This working lead also performs core parts room duties, maintains accurate records and system transactions, monitors inventory controls, coordinates with suppliers and internal partners, and escalates staffing, safety, service, or inventory concerns to the Parts Room Supervisor.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead daily parts room activities by assigning priorities, coordinating coverage, and monitoring completion of receiving, stocking, issuing, cycle-counting, and housekeeping tasks.
- Provide day-to-day guidance, task training, and process support to parts room team members; reinforce established procedures and elevate performance or conduct concerns to the Parts Room Supervisor.
- Serve as the first point of contact for routine parts room questions, urgent requests, and service issues from maintenance, operations, and other authorized personnel.
- Maintain the accuracy and reliability of parts, supplies, tools, and equipment inventories through daily reviews, cycle counts, transaction audits, and timely correction or escalation of discrepancies.
- Monitor inventory levels, usage trends, open orders, and critical-spare needs; initiate orders and reorders within established approval and purchasing procedures.
- Receive and verify deliveries, resolve routine quantity or documentation issues, replenish stock, and ensure parts are labeled, stored, and organized appropriately.
- Create work orders and accurately receive, issue, return, or transfer parts in the Canopy system or other designated inventory systems.
- Manage maintenance requisitioning for the assigned plant, including preparing, submitting, tracking, and following up on requisitions in accordance with established approval and purchasing procedures.
- Issue tools and equipment to authorized personnel, maintain accountability records, and follow up on overdue, missing, or damaged items.
- Maintain accurate daily records for inventory, incoming orders, backorders, returns, tool accountability, and other parts room activity.
- Coordinate with suppliers and internal customers to communicate availability, delivery status, substitutions, shortages, and priority needs.
- Promote a clean, orderly, secure, and safe parts room; reinforce applicable food safety, plant safety, access-control, and personal protective equipment requirements.
- Identify recurring inventory, supplier, workflow, or system issues and recommend practical process improvements to the Parts Room Supervisor.
- Support shift handoffs and communicate priorities, shortages, urgent requests, and unresolved issues to ensure continuity of service.
- Perform all core Parts Room Attendant duties and other job-related work as needed or assigned.
Benefits: Farmer Focus offers a competitive total rewards package designed to support team members’ health, financial well-being, and professional growth. Available offerings may include weekly payroll, paid time off and sick leave, semi-subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision plan options, a 401(k) plan with company match, HSA and FSA, education reimbursement opportunities, employee assistance programs (EAP), and internal learning, development, and career growth programs.
All benefits, programs, and offerings are subject to eligibility requirements, plan terms, and company policies, and may be changed, amended, or discontinued by Farmer Focus at any time.
Qualifications
- High school diploma or equivalent required.
- At least 1 year of parts, inventory, supply room, warehouse, maintenance support, or related experience.
- Demonstrated ability to coordinate daily work, set priorities, train or guide coworkers, and follow through on assignments.
- Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Excel.
- Ability to use inventory databases, including the Canopy system or other related systems.
- Ability to maintain and verify accurate inventory, order, parts, tool, and equipment records.
- Effective oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills, including the ability to work with suppliers and internal customers at all levels.
- Strong attention to detail, organization, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities, respond to urgent needs, and work independently with limited supervision.
- Ability to reinforce established procedures respectfully and escalate concerns appropriately.
- Ability to perform the essential functions of the role with or without reasonable accommodation.
Preferred Qualifications
- 2 or more years of parts, inventory, supply room, warehouse, maintenance support, or related experience.
- Previous lead, trainer, coordinator, or acting-lead experience.
- Experience ordering, receiving, issuing, tracking, and cycle-counting parts and supplies.
- Experience working in a manufacturing, production, food processing, poultry processing, or maintenance environment.
- Experience using a computerized maintenance management system or inventory database.
New team members must be able to pass a drug, alcohol and background screening post-offer and prior to the start of their employment. The Immigration Reform and Control Act requires that verification of employment eligibility be documented for all new employees by the end of their third day of work.
Work Environment, Physical Demands, and Travel
Work is conducted primarily in a parts/supply room, maintenance, manufacturing, and production environment. This role may require access to plant areas, maintenance areas, parts storage areas, and production-adjacent areas. This position requires constant standing. The team member may also be required to bend, twist, kneel, climb, push, pull, and reach on an occasional to frequent basis. The role requires frequent lifting up to 25 pounds and occasional lifting up to 50 pounds. The team member must be able to tolerate varying heat, wet, and chill conditions within the plant when accessing production or maintenance areas. Hearing and eye protective equipment are required in the production area. Hair and beard nets are required in the production area. Additional personal protective equipment may be required based on task, location, and safety requirements.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
This position does not have an application deadline. Farmer Focus will recruit until the role is filled.
Recruiter and Agency Disclaimer
Unsolicited resumes or candidate profiles submitted by staffing agencies, recruiters, or search firms to any Farmer Focus employee without a current written agreement and an active, role-specific request from the Recruiting team will be considered the property of Farmer Focus. Farmer Focus will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume or candidate profile.
All external recruiters and agency partners supporting Farmer Focus searches must comply with applicable federal, state, and local employment laws, including compensation transparency requirements and restrictions on seeking salary history where applicable.
About Farmer Focus
Farmer Focus exists to promote and protect generational family farms by shifting farm-level decision-making and chicken ownership back to farmers and empowering them to farm the way they know is best. We are committed to producing 100% organic and humanely raised chicken that is better for people, the planet, and animals. Our culture is grounded in servant leadership and guided by our CARES values: Community, Accountability, Respect, Excellence, and Stewardship. Our top priorities are people, safety, and quality. At Farmer Focus, our vision is to disrupt the status quo by creating bold opportunities for people who demand more and deserve better.
EOE, including disability/vets
