Tool Crib Technician

Position Summary:

The Tool Crib Technician is responsible for maintaining inventory levels of spare parts, consumables, safety equipment, tools, and other operational supplies necessary to support plant maintenance and production activities. This position serves as a key liaison between maintenance, purchasing, vendors, accounting, and operations to ensure timely procurement, accurate inventory control, equipment tracking, and efficient material distribution throughout the facility.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

Inventory & Tool Crib Management

• Maintain inventory levels of spare parts, consumables, safety equipment, and miscellaneous tools to support operations.
• Perform cycle counts and physical inventories while reconciling system records with actual inventory quantities.
• Accept deliveries and ensure prompt distribution of materials to the appropriate departments or personnel.
• Tag equipment and maintain accurate inventory and asset records.
• Maintain Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) records and related documentation.

Procurement & Vendor Coordination

• Coordinate with maintenance leadership to ensure required parts and tools are ordered and stocked appropriately.
• Obtain vendor quotations and follow up on open purchase orders and deliveries.
• Generate orders based on maintenance and supervisor requests.
• Place orders with local vendors and provide updates on open procurement activities.
• Assist Accounting with reconciliation of received goods and related documentation.

Facilities & Operational Support

• Coordinate scheduled maintenance services for company vehicles.
• Notify maintenance and safety personnel of required services and corrective actions.
• Record and maintain documentation related to completed work orders.
• Log incoming packages and coordinate shipment of outgoing packages.
• Support facility projects, including packing, unpacking, equipment relocation, disassembly, and reconfiguration activities.

Reporting & Administrative Support

• Prepare inventory and operational reports for management, including inventory status at remote locations.
• Research information and prepare documentation to support departmental projects and improvement initiatives.
• Maintain accurate records and documentation related to inventory, asset management, and facility operations.
• Perform other duties as assigned

Required Skills

• Strong organizational and inventory management skills.
• Excellent communication and customer service skills.
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and manage competing deadlines.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications and computerized inventory systems.
• Experience operating a two-way radio communication system.
• Ability to maintain accurate records and documentation.
• Commitment to workplace safety and compliance with company policies.
• Forklift operation experience highly preferred.
• Ability to safely operate material handling equipment in a manufacturing environment.

Experience & Education

• High school diploma or General Education Degree (GED) required.
• One to three years of related inventory, warehouse, tool crib, maintenance support, purchasing, or materials management experience preferred.
• Two years of computer experience in a professional work environment or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Forklift certification and/or prior forklift operating experience is highly preferred.
• Experience working in a manufacturing environment is preferred.

Physical Demands

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to sit. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 35 pounds.

Work Environment

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to airborne particles and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Precision Castparts Corp. is an equal opportunity employer commit ted to recruit, hire, train and promote in all job categories without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or other status protected by applicable law.

With more than 120 operations and approximately 20,000 employees worldwide, Precision Castparts Corp. is the market leader in manufacturing large, complex structural investment castings, airfoil castings, forged components, aerostructures and highly engineered, critical fasteners for aerospace applications. In addition, we are the leading producer of airfoil castings for the industrial gas turbine market. We also manufacture extruded seamless pipe, fittings, and forgings for power generation and oil & gas applications; commercial and military airframe aerostructures; and metal alloys and other materials for the casting and forging industries. With such critical applications, we insist on quality and dependability - not just in the materials and products we make, but in the people we recruit.

PCC is relentless in its dedication to being a high-quality, low-cost and on-time producer; delivering the highest value to its customers while continually pursuing strategic, profitable growth.

In 2016, Berkshire Hathaway, led by Chairman and CEO Warren E. Buffett, acquired Precision Castparts Corp.