Materials Control Specialist

StaffWorks, Inc.; Naugatuck (CT); On-site; USD 55,000 - 59,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Group life insurance

AD&D

STD

LTD

401(k) match

Job summary

Staffworks, Inc. is seeking a detail-oriented professional to manage accounting for all virgin, semi, and finished metals. The role requires coordinating material issuance with production schedules, verifying weights, and maintaining accurate tracking across multiple systems.

You will perform ISO 1st inspections on incoming metals, manage vaults, and support monthly inventories. The position emphasizes continuous improvement through 5S and lean methodologies, with collaboration across plant

Qualifications

• Experience managing metal inventories and materials issuing processes.
• Working knowledge of weight inspections and “2 Pair of Eyes” sign-offs.

Responsibilities

• Overarching responsibility for accounting for all virgin, semi, and finished metals.
• Issues Materials per Production Schedules and collaborates with Plant Manager on requirements.
• Verifies issued materials and conducts weight inspections with Operators.
• Allocates Materials to orders and posts entries to Router/Material Tracker and Daily Inventory Excel.
• Maintains Daily Shipping Log and conducts weight inspections for daily shipments.
• Performs ISO 1st inspection for incoming metals and documents non-conformities.
• Maintains Vault organization, labeling, and tracking with weights verified by shop floor.
• Prepares monthly physical inventories; assists with inventory reconciliations.
• Drives 5S-Lean initiatives to improve material utilization and production planning.
• Identify opportunities for Continual Improvement (OFIs).
• Supports scrap reduction and process loss mitigation with work centers.

Skills

Inventory control

Lean / 5S

Attention to detail

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Our client is looking for the following.

• Overarching responsibility for accounting for all virgin, semi, and finished goods metals, regardless of form or phase of the production process.
• Issues Material requirements according to Production Schedules; works closely with Plant Manager to changes in requirements as needed. [Note: The pre-issuance of Materials by end of day for the next morning, utilizing work center carts, optimizes production.]
• Verifies Materials issued from Vaults to Operators and that weight inspections are conducted with each Operator to satisfy "2 Pair of Eyes" sign offs on all metals at time of issuance.
• Allocates Materials to appropriate orders and manually posts entries to Router/Material Tracker and in the Daily Inventory Excel spreadsheet.
• Maintains Daily Shipping Log for all internal and external transactions; conducts weight inspections on all Materials shipped daily.
• Performs ISO 1st inspection for receiving incoming commodity metals. Receiving and Inspection forms, noting any non-conformities where such are either accepted on concession or placed in quarantine until resolved. [Note: ISO requirements re: Non-conforming goods].
• Maintain clean and orderly Vaults, including labeling for all stock; ensuring that all Materials are check in and out and identified with composition and lot references, and with Operator's participation, ensures that "2 Pair of Eyes" verifies weights coming back from the shop floor. If Finish Goods, ensures that all conform to the Customer's and Carrier's packaging, certifications, labeling and security requirements.
• In conjunction with Plant Managers, the Controller or the Controller's stand-in, responsible for preparation and execution of monthly physical inventories.
• Assists Controller and CFO with any Inventory reconciliations.
• Drive efforts mitigate Process Losses by work centers; begin methodology to accurately allocate Process Losses to refining collection points, (i.e., Quarterly scrap barrels).
• Prepares all metal refining shipments and internal paperwork and Packing Slips; Optimizes scrap internal turnaround times with cycle counting.
• Champions and leads company-wide 5S-Lean techniques to improve Material utilization, process flows and production planning.
• Seeks out legitimate and realistic Opportunities for Continual Improvement, ("OFIs")

• Benefits include medical coverage, dental, and vision. There is no waiting period to enroll.
• Offer Group Life and AD&D, STD, and LTD all covered 100% by the company.
  401(k) plan has a 4% match. Eligibility begins after 60 days of employment.

This position will pay in the $40-43/hour range.

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