Logistics Officer - Supply

Bureau of Meteorology; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

The Bureau of Meteorology in Melbourne is seeking a Logistics Officer (Supply) to support the installation, upgrading and maintenance of field equipment by managing receipt, storage and issue of assets from a Central Location.

Reporting to the Logistics Manager, you will apply strong supply chain skills to unload, receive, store, distribute equipment across Australia and internationally, while complying with OH&S and SAP-based logistics processes.

Qualifications

• Forklift license LF is mandatory.
• Experience operating mechanical handling equipment safely and efficiently is required.
• Knowledge of warehouse OH&S guidelines and safe handling of hazardous substances is expected.

Responsibilities

• Receive, store, issue and despatch assets and materials from the central location.
• Identify, label and track inventory locations and ensure proper packaging and labelling for despatch.
• Prepare and process logistics documents and maintain records in SAP.
• Coordinate with freight providers to plan distribution locally, nationally and overseas.

Skills

Supply chain

Warehouse ops

Material handling

Logistics docs

Freight coordination

Education

Forklift license LF

Tools

SAP

Job description

The Bureau of Meteorology manages and operates sites across Australia, Antarctica and the Pacific at which equipment is used in the gathering of weather observational information. This role supports the supply chain processes throughout the Bureau of Meteorology observation network. It focuses on supporting the installation, upgrading and maintenance of this equipment through the receipt, storage, and goods issue of items from a Central Location.

The diverse nature of the equipment requires a proactive and thoughtful individual, who is able to adapt the handling of non-typical items, in a safe and environmentally responsible manner. Attention to detail in the treatment of these items is of the highest importance, from the picking and packing of inventory, including completing all documentation required by the logistic systems.

Reporting directly to the Logistics Manager, this role will attract an experienced professional with strong supply chain skills. Using their Supply Chain experience, the Logistics Officer (Supply) will unload, receipt, store and then distribute equipment across Australia and its Territories, as well as Internationally.

The key duties of the position include:

• Be appropriately qualified, demonstrating strong experience in the provision of:
• Supply Chain Processes: Ensure the accurate, efficient, and effective receipt, storage, maintenance, issue and despatch of assets, inventory, and other materials. Ensure the correct identification and labelling of materials, the correct allocation and maintenance of inventory location codes and that materials for despatch are correctly packaged, identified and labelled.
• Warehouse Practises: Ensure all duties performed are compliant with warehouse operating procedures and OH&S guidance for the handling, storage, and transport of all materials, including hazardous substances. Reporting of any hazards and assist in developing appropriate solutions. Ensure that security, fire, and general safety precautions are implemented.
• Material Handling: Safe operation of mechanical handling equipment in a safe and efficient and effective manner
• Logistics Documentation: Prepare and process logistic documents and maintain logistic records within the Bureau’s preferred ERP system, SAP
• Freight Management: Communicate with freight providers to plan for the distribution of Bureau equipment. Maintain a system for tracking of transport, locally, nationally, and overseas. Monitor, track and expedite all transport to and from the central Warehouse via this system
• Culture & Development: Facilitate and support a strong team culture through participation in warehouse team meetings and activities.
• Work, Health Safety: Comply with all Bureau work, health and safety policies and procedures, take reasonable care for your own health and safety and that of employees and contractors
• Social Justice Strategy: Be aware, and apply as necessary, the principles and practices of the various elements of the Bureau's Social Justice Strategy.

Eligibility

Mandatory qualifications:

• Operation of mechanical handling equipment in a safe and efficient and effective manner including a current forklift license (LF).

Getting to know the Bureau of Meteorology

The Bureau of Meteorology is one of the few organisations that touches the lives of all Australians and all Australia, every day. The Bureau works across Australia and remote islands, providing services from the Antarctic to beyond the equator, and from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific. We are Australia's national weather, climate and water agency, in the Agriculture, Water and Environment portfolio of the Australian Government, operating under the authority of the Meteorology Act 1955 and the Water Act 2007. We provide data, information, knowledge, insight and wisdom to help Australians prepare and respond to the realities of their natural environment, including droughts, floods, fires, storms, tsunami and tropical cyclones. Our products and services include observations, forecasts, analysis and advice covering Australia's atmosphere, water, oceans and space environments. We undertake focused scientific research in support of our operations and services. Through regular forecasts, warnings, monitoring and advice, we provide one of Australia's most fundamental and widely used public services. We have strong relationships with our customers, partners and stakeholders in Australia, including the Australian Community and the emergency services sectors, all-levels of Government, and focus sectors including aviation, agriculture, energy and resources, national security and water.