Maintenance Technician

About Kerry

Our vision is to be our customers' most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.

About the role

Department: Engineering

Overview: The primary role of the engineering Stores/Buyer is to manage and control the engineering stores inventory and the engineering purchasing workflow.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Controls and processes the engineering purchasing work flow from requisition all the way through to goods receipt for all purchases.
• Receiving technical specifications from engineers
• Sourcing parts and/or identifying suppliers
• Receiving and or approving quotes
• Generating and placing purchase orders
• Follows up on overdue purchase orders for undelivered items.
• Receiving goods and completing Goods receipt notes against orders
• Returning goods to supplier
• Responsible for ensuring all stock is managed and controlled within the engineering stores.
• Management of all engineering stock sku files including holding levels, reorder points, EOQ and where necessary technical data specification sheets.
• Receiving goods into site and stores
• Placing goods into stock
• Ensuring proper storage conditions are applied to spares &/or materials (Environmental conditions, specific resting position, maintenance requirements)
• Issuing of goods
• Return of goods from site
• Warranty of goods
• Additions and/or removal of SKU’s from stock
• Management of all non-stock spares & materials to the point of issue
• Management and control of all free issue consumables
• Manages & controls all rotable/refurbish-able repair parts from removal/review through to repair or disposal including both internal and external repair/servicing, collection and delivery
• Undertakes weekly cycle counting, ensuring each item location is checked at least twice a year, seeks authorisation for stock adjustments, makes stock adjustments and files all paperwork.
• Undertakes training and trains others as identified by management for the proper discharge of duties in adhering to stock control procedures and/or requesting of non-stock spares & Materials.
• Assembles spares kits for planned engineering works orders for the forthcoming week.
• Ensures the stores area is maintained in a clean and tidy condition.
• Works closely with vendors to ensure timely supply, best available cost of goods and quality of goods is sufficient to meet the site requirement/application
• Reports on goods movements’ monthly providing analyses commentary and recommendations to improve contribute to the overall site operation cost efficiency.
• Trending of goods issues identifying abnormal runs
• Carriage cost control
• Stock control issues
• Vendor offerings to lower cost or extend life of components in an application.

Key responsibilities

Minimum Requirements:

• Organizational skills & excellent communication skills are essential.
• Ability to read, write and communicate in English at a level to facilitate the understanding of the terminology of the job.
• Ability to comprehend and follow written and/or verbal procedures or instructions.
• Ability to organize and plan ahead to maximize job efficiency and work safely.
• Sound PC & administrative skills including knowledge with stock management and purchasing systems.
• Good administrative and mathematical skills with willingness to handle paperwork
• Negotiation skills and experience of working with vendors to lower cost or improve value for money.
• Sound PC & administrative skills including knowledge with stock management and purchasing systems.
• Good administrative and mathematical skills with willingness to handle paperwork

Working Conditions:

• Food manufacturing plant
• Warehouse environment

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to work in hot, cold or wet environments.
• Ability to lift 50lbs routinely and the ability to kneel, bend, squat, stoop, reach, grip, push/pull and perform elevated work.
• Ability to work overtime and use a flexible schedule.
• Ability to continuously stand/walk up to 12 hours.
• Ability to climb stairs or ladder.

Employees may be required to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this job description. Kerry reserves the right to revise this Job Description, as it deems necessary.

Kerry is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V

Qualifications and skills

Kerry will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditional upon the successful completion of a background investigation and drug screen. Additional information can be found at: Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal (dol.gov).

In addition, any payments made by Kerry will be from official firm accounts bearing the Kerry name.

Posting Type: DNI