Materials Technician, Propak Energy Services [Airdrie]

The Material Technician is responsible for overseeing all daily branch transfers and making sure that these are handled correctly. Assists with overseeing all inventory at all branches also resolving all inventory discrepancies and investigating all issues then reporting to management.

This position is responsible assisting management with all daily duties to run department such as general cleaning and organizing, setting up new branches, and assisting with new employee training on Dynamics 365 (D365).

Duties and Responsibilities

• Overseeing all daily branch transfers and making sure that these are handled correctly
• If needed assist with all daily parts invoicing / credits and assisting with adding / removing inventory from sales orders and projects.
• Act as a backup for PES Administrator for invoicing service work orders and projects
• Coding and issuing freight charges and brokerage charges to all PES sales orders and projects from every transport company and customs broker.
• Purchasing warehouse needed supplies boxes, tape, racking, bags, etc.
• Assisting with overseeing all inventory at all branches also resolving all inventory discrepancies and investigating all issues then reporting to management
• Overseeing yearend cycle count for all of PES inventory from start to finish including scheduling inventory auditors and PES monthly scheduled cycle counts
• Assist with setting up new branches in various locations (racking, inventory etc...) as required
• Overseeing all PES annual parts returns to all vendors.
• Assisting with new employee D365 basic training and creating a D365 basic training book for new employee
• Receiving & Shipping: If needed placing and arranging incoming inventory on shelves as well as handling branch transfers with picking and shipping
• Assisting with getting future D365 projects moving forward such as parts scanning & web base online inventory
• General warehouse cleaning and organizing
• Assisting management with all daily duties to run department as required
• Handling all cylinder head shop paperwork flow from start to finish also sending emails out to advise cylinder head rebuild is now completed
• Assist picking cylinder head rebuild parts from inventory for cylinder head shop also communicating with cylinder head shop with daily flow and scheduling.

Prerequisites

Education

• High school diploma
• Forklift certification

Experience

• Oilfield and related receiving and inventory experience is preferred.
• Experience in a related occupation or as a warehouse worker is preferred.
• Basic knowledge of materials used in the construction of oil and gas plants is an asset.
• Familiarity with warehousing software is an asset.
• Experience with the use and maintenance of basic hand and power tools is an asset.
• Experience and license for forklift and Zoom boom is considered an asset
• Maintenance of tools and equipment.

Other

• Class 5 driver’s license is an asset.
• As a condition of employment, employees are required upon hire to sign a Drug-Free Workplace Agreement, a Conflict of Interest Agreement, and Confidentiality and Invention Agreement.

Required Skills and Abilities

• Mechanical aptitude

• Reading
• Ability to learn warehousing software
• Oral and written communication
• Numeracy
• Ability to direct, coach, and mentor others
• Aptitude for working with hand and power tools in a safe manner
• Works well with others trades and co-workers through effective and written communication.
• Flexibility to work overtime when necessary
• Excellent coordination, focus and dedication to following safety protocols
• Ability to work safely and take special precautions to protect against injury
• Accuracy and attention to detail

Relationships

Internal

• Interacts with other trades and supervisor for the purpose of providing or receiving routine information in regards to their needs. May be required to perform similar work in various departments while taking direction from other leads/foremen/supervisors.

External

• Interaction with delivery drivers and couriers on a regular basis.
• Interacts with clients/vendors as requested by immediate supervisor.

Authority Level

• This position has no supervisory responsibilities
• Provide supervision to more junior Material Technicians
• Position has latitude to apply judgment in immediate work environment with guidance from established guidelines and standards.
• Issues of a more complex nature or beyond the scope of the position are referred to the immediate supervisor.

Specific Work Conditions

• Fabrication shops are frequently noisy, dusty, busy areas with some confined spaces – attention to personal and team safety is required
• May be required to work outdoors all types of weather

Physical Requirements

• Must be in good physical condition with the physical strength and stamina required to occasionally lift heavy materials in excess of 20 kilograms and stand for long periods
• Frequent bending and working at heights
• There is some risk of injury when working with power tools and heavy equipment
• Employees must adhere to dress code for safety sensitive areas. Company-standard PPE for shops and yards includes CSA approved steel toed boots and full length pants

• Ability to walk on uneven ground that is expected in yards

Performance Measures

Time Management

• Undertakes effective daily planning and completes tasks on time
• Responds to incidents immediately
• Ensures all reports are submitted in adherence to set time frames
• Timely follow up is an important function of the job
• Maintains professionalism under time constraints, multiple tasks, and changing priorities

Accuracy

• Accuracy and attention to detail is crucial to the job
• Work is performed neatly and accurately - the outcome of the work is complete and error free

• All reports must contain complete and accurate information
• Learns new systems and procedure

Communication Skills

• Establishes and maintains strong internal and external relationships

• Communicates respectfully and ethically with all internal and external stakeholders
• Appropriately safeguards confidential information
• Understands and follows written and oral directions
• Reads, interprets, and utilizes manuals
• Communicates ideas and provides clear explanations to all levels of organization

• Handles inquiries with professionalism
• Has a positive working relationship with other staff and is willing to work toward the department’s goals and timeline

Quantity and Quality of Work

• Consistently produces error free work within appropriate timeframe.

• Gathers information and makes independent decisions within the scope of the position

The duties and responsibilities outlined in this document are not meant to be an exhaustive list but rather an overview of the job. The employee is responsible for completing all duties necessary to help fulfill departmental goals.