Supply Technician - Aviation

Yulista Solutions•Birmingham, AL

About The Position

The Aircraft Supply Technician provides Air Force aviation supply and logistics support for aircraft maintenance operations. The role ensures timely procurement, accountability, inventory management, receipt, storage, and distribution of mission-essential aircraft parts, equipment, and materials. It supports maintenance organizations through supply-chain and material-management practices while complying with applicable Air Force Instructions, Department of Defense regulations, technical orders, safety requirements, and logistics procedures. The technician uses Air Force supply and logistics systems, including SBSS, ES-S, ILS-S, GCSS-Air Force, and other STAMIS applications. The position also performs FEDMALL procurement and coordinates offline and local purchases with DLA, GSA, contracting offices, transportation personnel, and commercial vendors to resolve shortages and support aircraft maintenance and mission readiness. There are no direct supervisory responsibilities, although the technician may coordinate stakeholders and provide operational or functional guidance on supply procedures and systems.

Requirements

Experience coordinating offline or local purchases and resolving urgent or mission-critical supply requirements.
Experience working with DLA, GSA, contracting offices, transportation organizations, and commercial vendors.
Experience performing inventory management, warehouse operations, property accountability, and supply reconciliation.
Experience handling aircraft parts, support equipment, hazardous materials, serialized assets, and controlled or high-value property in accordance with applicable requirements.
Ability to operate warehouse and material-handling equipment, including forklifts, as required.
Working knowledge of Air Force, DoD, and applicable supply, safety, environmental, hazardous-material, and technical-order requirements.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.

Nice To Haves

Extensive knowledge of Air Force aviation supply and logistics operations supporting aircraft maintenance is strongly preferred.
Proficiency with Air Force STAMIS applications, including SBSS, ES-S, ILS-S, and GCSS-Air Force.
Thorough knowledge of FEDMALL procurement, DLA procurement procedures, offline/local purchasing, and government purchase-request processes.
Knowledge of inventory management, property accountability, warehouse operations, material control, asset visibility, and supply-chain management.
Ability to research and resolve supply discrepancies, rejected transactions, system exceptions, and inventory variances.
Ability to analyze historical demand, usage data, stock levels, and supply transactions to identify trends and recommend inventory adjustments.
Knowledge of bench stock, shop stock, repair-cycle asset management, retrograde operations, and excess-property procedures.
Knowledge of shipping and receiving procedures, transportation documentation, packaging requirements, and hazardous-material handling.
Ability to coordinate effectively with aircraft maintenance personnel, DLA, GSA, contracting offices, Transportation Management, and commercial vendors.
Ability to maintain accurate records and documentation for inspections, audits, and accountability reviews.
Knowledge of Air Force safety, environmental, hazardous-material, technical-order, and quality-assurance requirements.
Proficiency with standard administrative and reporting functions.
Ability to prioritize competing requirements, resolve time-sensitive supply issues, and support mission-critical operational requirements.

Responsibilities

Maintain accurate supply accountability, inventory and property records, stock levels, and audit documentation.
Process requisitions, receipts, issues, turn-ins, due-ins, due-outs, and other supply transactions using applicable Air Force supply systems.
Manage bench stock, shop stock, repair-cycle assets, and other materials supporting aircraft maintenance.
Execute FEDMALL procurement actions and coordinate offline and local purchases for urgent, mission-critical requirements.
Coordinate with DLA, GSA, contracting offices, maintenance organizations, transportation personnel, and vendors to expedite requirements and resolve shortages.
Review and reconcile shipping documents, purchase requests, contracts, packing lists, bills of lading, and related records.
Receive, inspect, identify, store, package, and distribute aircraft parts, support equipment, hazardous materials, and other supplies.
Maintain warehouse organization, stock locator systems, shelf-life programs, controlled storage areas, and material-handling procedures.
Conduct cyclic and annual inventories, location surveys, property inspections, and discrepancy research and resolution.
Maintain accountability for controlled inventory, high-value assets, serialized equipment, and classified or sensitive property.
Process document-control actions, rejected documents, system exceptions, and transaction discrepancies; research and correct errors.
Coordinate retrograde shipments, reparable assets, excess-property disposition, and equipment turn-ins.
Research supply history and transactions to identify trends, shortages, usage patterns, and supply-chain issues; recommend stock-level adjustments.
Support deployment and mobility requirements by preparing cargo, equipment, documentation, and supplies for shipment.
Operate forklifts, warehouse equipment, and government vehicles as required.
Ensure compliance with Air Force safety, environmental, hazardous-material, quality-assurance, and technical-order requirements.
Prepare logistics reports, reconciliations, inventory documentation, and records for inspections, audits, and management reviews.
Perform additional aviation supply, logistics, warehouse, procurement, and material-management duties as assigned.
Coordinate with stakeholders and provide operational or functional guidance on supply procedures, inventory accountability, procurement, material handling, and logistics systems as required.