Materiel Supervisor

Overview

Performs supervisory, administrative, and technical duties in the Warehouse, Logistics, Inventory Control, and Materiel Management Operations while ensuring compliance and adherence to all safety rules, regulations, and goals.

• Oversees storerooms and monitors stock orders in support of inventory management
• Plans, organizes, and monitors the daily Logistics activities, including issuing materiel, credits/returns, cores, restocking receipts, and truck dispatch at assigned warehouses and storerooms
• Develops budgets, schedules, and staffing requirements
• Resolves problems related to warehousing, store keeping, and inventory control operations
• Uses computerized recordkeeping systems to monitor and maintain material inventories
• Organizes the distribution and inspection of materials and supplies
• Ensures assignments and work comply with union contracts
• Conducts first-level disciplinary hearings and grievances
• Reviews supply/equipment requests and no-stock report
• Directs the filling and delivery of orders
• Processes required forms and reports
• Works with Materiel Planning and Procurement to analyze and adjust materiel and equipment requirements
• Develops procedures related to handling and distribution of stock items
• Conducts safety inspections and meetings
• Ensures proper and safe storage of fuels, lubricants, and other hazardous materials
• Coordinates special storeroom projects
• Oversees the cycle counting and random sampling activities at warehouses and storerooms
• Meets with key stakeholders at the warehouses and storerooms to address materiel needs
• Ensures preventive maintenance is performed on mechanical and electrical units
• Ensures that proper fire protection and climate control are in proper order for indoor storage
• Ensures security is maintained at warehouses and storerooms
• Supervises and trains subordinates at Logistics warehouses and storerooms
• Accounts for subordinates and personal compliance with all of Metro's safety rules, polices, and procedures

May be required to perform other related job duties

A combination of education and/or experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the essential functions of the position. Additional experience, as outlined below, may be substituted for required education on a year-for-year basis. A typical combination includes:

• None required

• Three years of relevant lead experience in a warehouse/storeroom environment; experience in material handling in a transportation, military, fleet, utilities, or mining warehouse/storeroom environment preferred; experience utilizing materiel management software in an automated warehouse or inventory control environment preferred

• Frequent exposure to chemical, physical, mechanical, electrical, and weather hazards
• Work various shifts and weekends as required
• Shift work
• Must comply with all California Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Cal/OSHA) regulations and utilize approved safety equipment and personal protective gear including, but not limited to, respirators, eye and hearing protective devices (HPD), if and when required
• Valid California Class C Driver License

• Theories, principles, and best practices of warehousing, distribution, inventory of materiel, handling and storage of hazardous or construction material, and applicable environmental regulations
• Applicable local, state, and federal laws, rules, and regulations governing environmental concerns, hazardous waste handling, and storage in a public agency
• Preventive maintenance of stored electrical and mechanical equipment and track material
• Wall to wall cycle counts, random sampling, and reconciliation of inventories
• Automated and manual materiel handling systems
• Principles of supervision
• Applicable bus software applications

• Planning, organizing, and monitoring the work of subordinates; analyzing situations, identifying problems, and recommending solutions
• Exercising judgment in making decisions
• Communicating effectively both orally and in writing
• Interacting professionally with various levels of Metro employees and outside representatives
• Operating computers and general office equipment

• Investigate incidents for root cause and recommend corrective action
• Work effectively in a union environment
• Develop strategies to achieve goals
• Understand, interpret, and apply laws, rules, regulations, policies, procedures, contracts, budgets, and labor/management agreements
• Prepare comprehensive reports and correspondence
• Supervise, train, and motivate subordinates
• Administer discipline, as necessary
• Travel to offsite locations
• Read, write, speak, and understand English

• This job specification is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of duties, responsibilities, or requirements
• The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by the employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job
• Metro provides reasonable…