Job Description

Department: Charlotte Water DepartmentSalary: $25.00 - $32.99 Commensurate with Experience

Welcome to the City of Charlotte

Charlotte is America’s Queen City, opening her arms to a diverse and inclusive community of residents, businesses and visitors alike. Here you will find a safe, family-oriented city where people work together to help everyone thrive. The mission of the City of Charlotte is to deliver quality public services and promote the safety, health, and quality of life for all residents.

Our guiding principles include:

• Attracting and retaining a skilled and diverse workforce

• Valuing teamwork, openness, accountability, productivity, and employee development

• Providing all customers with courteous, responsive, accessible, and seamless quality services

• Taking initiative to identify, analyze, and solve problems

• Collaborating with stakeholders to make informed decisions

Charlotte’s local government, with more than 9,000 employees and a total budget of $4.49 billion budget, works hard to ensure that the community will be a winning city for everyone – a truly remarkable place to live, work, learn and play

Charlotte Water is an enterprise department of the City of Charlotte and one of the largest public water and sewer service providers in the southeast with over 330,000 customer accounts and over 1300 employees. Our service area includes the City of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County and the towns of Huntersville, Cornelius, Davidson, Mint Hill, Matthews, and Pineville. Charlotte Water’s FY 27 operating budget is $685.6 million and a five-year capital program of $2.5 billion.

SALARY:

The salary for this position is: $25.00-$26.38, Commensurate with Experience

Warehouse operations involve planning, directing, and monitoring all warehouse processes and personnel to ensure the efficient movement, storage, and inventory control of materials, finished goods, tools, and packaging. Responsibilities include overseeing shipping and receiving operations, warehousing, material handling, order fulfillment, inventory control, and maintaining accurate inventory records, and maintaining a safe and organized warehouse environment.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Fulfill orders requested by personnel and other warehouses

• Perform receival of materials, stock materials and maintain proper documentation records.

• Purchase receipt entry of goods/services on workday

• Issues tools, parts, materials, and supplies; ensures crew members complete

• requisition forms accurately.

• Performs data entry of inventory issues and goods receival on Cityworks

• Determines re-order points to ensure proper inventory levels.

• Delivers supplies/materials to worksite as needed.

• Works stand-by once every five weeks to provide parts and supplies to crews.

• Operate a forklift

• Makes minor repairs to tools and equipment/Take and pickup equipment for repair

• Mid-year and annual inventory count.

• Cycle counts, audits and other inventory control functions

• Performs other related job duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• High school diploma or GED from an accredited school.

• Two (2) years of related work experience, preferably in warehouse and inventory control.

Licenses, Certifications or Registrations:

• Requires a valid driver’s license.

• Must obtain and maintain a City Driver’s Permit

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of computers and software related to the position.

• Skill in operating a forklift and other stockroom equipment.

• Skill in determining best price practices.

• Ability to maintain records

• Ability to read and interpret parts in catalogs according to ordering procedures.

• Ability to acquire a city driving permit.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The work is medium work and requires applying 30 pounds of force frequently and exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally to move objects. Additionally, the following physical abilities are required: climbing, manual dexterity, handling, perceiving sounds at normal speaking levels, distinguishing among sounds, kneeling, lifting, reaching, standing, talking, visual acuity in data/equipment, and walking.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Work is performed in a dynamic environment that requires sensitivity to change and responsiveness to changing goals, priorities, and needs.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

This job description is not intended to be and should not be construed as an inclusive list of all the responsibilities, skills, or working conditions associated with the position. While it is intended to accurately reflect the position, activities, and requirements, management reserves the right to modify, add to, or remove duties and to assign other duties at any time. This job description does not constitute a written or implied contract of employment.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary job functions described herein. Since every duty associated with this position may not be described herein, employees may be required to perform duties not specifically spelled out in the job description, but which may be reasonably considered to be incidental in the performing of their duties, just as though they were written out in this job description.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

The City’s Background Check Policy requires background checks to be conducted on final internal or external candidate(s) applying for any position with the City of Charlotte. The type of information that will be collected as part of a background check includes, but is not limited to: reference checks, social security verification, education verification, criminal conviction record check, and, if applicable, a credit history check, sex offender registry and motor vehicle records check.

Background checks must be in compliance with all federal and state statutes, such as the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The checks must be consistent with the guidelines set forth by these laws requiring organizations to obtain a candidate’s written authorization before obtaining a criminal background report, motor vehicle records check or credit report; and to properly store and dispose of information derived from such reports.

Final candidates must pass a pre-employment drug-screening test and physical examination. During the selection process, candidates may be asked to take a skills test, and/or participate in other assessments.

The City of Charlotte is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, marital status, age, disability, sexual orientation, political affiliation or on the basis of actual or perceived gender as expressed through dress, appearance, or behavior.

Our culture is to serve the community honorably.

HOW TO APPLY

Apply online.

Federal law requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please tell us if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job.

You are welcome to visit the City of Charlotte Human Resources Department lobby, where self-service application kiosks are available. They are located in our office at 700 East 4th Street, Suite 200, Charlotte, NC 28202. We are open Monday through Friday, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (EST), excluding official City holidays.

For questions about your application or the hiring process, please email Careers@ci.charlotte.nc.us

The City of Charlotte is committed to making our services and programs accessible to all. Upon request, auxiliary aids, written materials in alternate formats, language access, and other reasonable accommodations or modifications will be provided. To make a request, please fill out the Innovation & Technology ADA request form or call 704.336.4120.

BENEEFITS

The City of Charlotte provides a comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees.

Click hereto learn more about the City of Charlotte’s benefits.

The City of Charlotte is a drug and alcohol-free workplace.