Materials Specialist

Position: Material Control Specialist

Openings: 2

Location: Manassas, VA 20110

Duration: 6-month contract with potential extensions

Start Date: ASAP

Requirements:

• Minimum of 3 years work experience in a fast-paced office environment; preferably inventory control and general laboratory support activities for the defense or aerospace industry, or equivalent work experience with materials control and laboratory practices and protocols.
• Basic knowledge of standard engineering concepts, practices, and procedures within a manufacturing and inspecting product environment is highly preferred.
• Basic knowledge of Bill of Materials structures
• Able to multi-task on various projects and maintain accuracy of data while doing so.
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Power Point, Access).
• Experience with SAP Business by Design or S4/HANA, a plus.
• Must be detail oriented and have strong organizational skills.
• High School diploma or GED.

Day to Day:

Duties include; Receiving parts from external suppliers and updating the program’s inventory database, conducting inventory control and logistics such that parts and materials can be located and assembled into build kits, assembling such build kits and issuing the kits to manufacturing, adjusting the inventory database to reflect materials issued to manufacturing, supporting the immediate need for release of replacement parts as necessary, and supporting incoming receiving when required. This position is also responsible for the tracking and upkeep of the site’s data packages, maintaining revision control, and acting as the gatekeeper for configuration change implementation. In addition, this position may include supporting general hardware organization and integration activities within the program’s laboratories. Also responsible for Maintaining HAZMAT material in designated area until initial time of building and releasing kits to production area.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Maintain program inventory accountability from initial acquisition to final disposition by coordinating, preparing and documenting applicable forms to indicate a change of program property ownership, accountability or location of property in accordance with applicable government regulations, customer contracts or corporate policy.
• Support program inventory and kitting requirements necessary for program/manufacturing requirements. Stock parts into controlled inventory for ease of retrieving. Maintain program databases as needed to track delivery and ensure completion of assembly kits.