Tools and Parts Attendant

Akima, LLC•Coolbaugh Township, PA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Truestone, an Akima company, is looking for a Tool and Parts Attendant to work in Tobyhanna, PA. This role involves the operation and maintenance of multiple tool rooms and point of use (POU) vending machines, with responsibility for receipt, storage, issue of stock, replenishment, re-warehousing, disposal, and inventory. The attendant will assist in inventories, salvage, issue, and turn-in of expendable and non-expendable property and supplies, utilizing the Automated Tool Inventory Control and Tracking System (ATICTS). The position requires maintaining an appropriate supply level of tools and equipment for repair and maintenance functions, controlling the receipt, identification, issue, storage, certification, and turn-in of various electronic test equipment, fixtures, components, and other accountable assets. The attendant will establish and maintain records and file systems for immediate location and status tracking of equipment, screen incoming equipment against receipt documents, assign control numbers, and issue equipment while maintaining accountability. They will also receive material returns, prepare forms for defective items, schedule equipment for repairs and recertification, and research replacement items or substitutes when requested material is unavailable. The role includes initiating turn-in actions for worn-out or unneeded equipment, ensuring proper documentation for deletion from depot accountability records, and performing physical inventory counts. Additionally, the attendant will manage equipment utilization cards, maintain a suspense file for certification due dates, forward equipment for calibration, review delinquent calibration reports, and inspect inspection tags for accuracy. A comprehensive report of purified listings will be prepared and forwarded to appropriate offices. The work is performed in a storage area that is well-lighted, fairly clean, and well-heated, but occasionally drafty and noisy.

Requirements

Must be a US Citizen with ability to obtain and maintain a government NACI Clearance.
Must be willing and able to pass a drug screening.
Must have a valid driver's license.
Must be able to frequently lift and carry equipment that weighs from 10 to 40 pounds.
Must be able to follow both written and oral instructions
Must be computer literate and able to function with basic MS Office applications, SAP programs, research, data input, etc.
Able to operate hand-trucks and dollies.

Responsibilities

Performs duties in the operation and maintenance of multiple tool rooms and point of use (POU) vending machines with the responsibility for receipt, storage, issue of stock, replenishment, re-warehousing, disposal and inventory.
Assists in required inventories, salvage, issue and turn-in of expendable and non-expendable property and supplies.
Uses the Automated Tool Inventory Control and Tracking System (ATICTS) for control and accountability.
Operates tool and stock rooms and a variety of vending configurations to maintain an appropriate supply level of expendable and nonexpendable tools and equipment utilized in support of the repair and maintenance functions of the division.
Controls the receipt, identification, issue, storage, certification and turn-in of more than 3,000 different types of electronic test equipment, fixtures, end items, components, etc., accountable to the Electronic Test Equipment Center assets.
Establishes, maintains and keeps constantly current, records and file systems from which the location and status of any given piece of equipment can be immediately established.
Screens incoming new equipment against receipt documents to assure correct material has been delivered.
Assigns control numbers and affixes tags to equipment. Issues equipment to using shop personnel, maintaining accountability by use of file tickets and employee's payroll number.
Receives material from users and returns to stock. Prepares or helps shop personnel prepare form for defective items received from floor.
Schedules equipment for necessary repairs and recertification, if required. Annotates appropriate forms for control purposes.
When requested material is not available, screens catalogs and other listing for direct replacement items or recommended substitutes as available or attempts to supply test center asset which meets ranges and test parameters as required by using personnel.
Initiates turn-in actions for equipment declared fair wear and tear and for obviously unneeded items. Insures that turn-in forms have proper Federal Stock numbers, nomenclatures, and other descriptive data to conform with test center records in order to ensure proper deletion from depot accountability records when the items are turned in.
Inventories by physical count of items on hand. Verifies stock number, model number, nomenclature, etc. Searches bins for misplaced items or item recounts.
Receives equipment utilization cards and annotates pertinent information on cards, such as: in for repairs from (date), in for recertification from (date), in test center since (date), or location correction so that non-availability time can be credited, and next computer run-off shall not show underutilization.
Establishes and maintains a running suspense file showing certification due dates on a daily basis. Reviews calendar on a daily basis and initiates work copy for equipment due in for calibration by number, nomenclature and model.
Cross-references file for activity and user to be notified to return items to test center. Forwards equipment to Calibration with proper forms.
Reviews monthly computer run-off showing items delinquent for cyclic calibration. Checks file for location of suspect items.
Visually inspects inspection tags on equipment for accuracy. Directs immediate return of actual delinquent items to test center for corrective action.
Purifies remainder of list by verifying still-in-effect calibration equipment; equipment already returned in process, etc.
Prepares complete report of purified listing and forwards copies to appropriate offices for information and/or corrective action.