AUTOMOTIVE PARTS SPECIALIST 2025 - 02929
City of Fayetteville
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The City of Fayetteville is committed to attracting, engaging and rewarding a multi-generational workforce. By offering a total rewards package including competitive compensation and benefits plans and a purposeful work life, the City is an employer of choice focused on serving our community.
Essential Job Duties
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The City of Fayetteville is committed to attracting, engaging and rewarding a multi-generational workforce. By offering a total rewards package including competitive compensation and benefits plans and a purposeful work life, the City is an employer of choice focused on serving our community.
Safety/Security Sensitive Designation:
This is a safety/security sensitive position for purposes of the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment.- Provide good customer service to both internal and external customers, maintain positive and effective working relationships with other City employees (especially members of his or her own team), and have regular and reliable attendance that is non-disruptive.
- Maintain the inventory of automotive parts, supplies and materials for the fleet equipment storeroom. Identify competitive vendors, compare prices for cost-effectiveness, evaluate the quality and suitability of materials and supplies and recommend an appropriate vendor.
- Receive, inspect and stock automotive parts and materials in the proper bin or storage area to ensure safety and expedite identification.
- Maintain and assign a valid identification number on all parts and bin locations.
- Issue automotive parts and materials to technicians and other Fleet Operations personnel, while providing professional customer service. Recommend alternative solutions to the technicians' requests for parts and supplies needed in accordance with parts catalogs and service manuals.
- Check and compare invoices of parts and materials received for accuracy of orders. Contact vendors and distributors to verify charges for items received to ensure proper credit for items returned or not delivered.
- Perform scheduled inventories, as directed by the supervisor, to ensure adequate stock levels of automotive parts, supplies and materials and determine cost value of items on hand. Reorder items as appropriate, purge obsolete or slow moving inventory and correct and report any inventory discrepancies to supervisor.
- Assist in monitoring warranty information on parts purchased.
- Enter all information concerning parts received or issued into the Fleet information management system.
- Update and maintain current parts manual for all Fleet units.
- Serve as backup to the Fleet Operations Clerk to pick up parts.
- Assist in initiating computer-based work orders from PM list and operator write up.
- Operate a fork lift.
- Order, catalog and assist in purchasing company-supplied tools needed for vehicle repair and maintenance.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Secondary Job Duties
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- Perform secondary duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
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- High School Diploma or GED and four years of experience in management of storeroom operations, procurement, or sales of automotive or heavy equipment parts and supplies.
- Must possess a valid Driver's License.
- Must successfully pass criminal background check, including but not limited to convictions, guilty pleas, or no contest pleas to violent offenses, theft offenses and any offense under A.C.A. § 21-15-103 or A.C.A. § 21-15-111.
- Knowledge of automotive parts and automotive equipment.
- Knowledge of automotive tools, equipment and materials.
- Knowledge of vendors and sources of supplies.
- Ability to learn and comply with purchasing policies and ordinances.
- Must be proficient in the use of a computer and related software programs such as word processing and spreadsheet applications. Must be able to become proficient in the use of the Fleet information management system and other work related software applications. Must be able to effectively operate standard office equipment.
- Ability to research potentially interchangeable parts.
- Ability to identify parts by number from a mechanical manual and parts catalog.
- Must be able to use mathematics including addition, subtraction, multiplication and division and/or calculating rates and percentages.
- Effectively communicate with others orally and in writing.
- While performing the functions of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, or crouch. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 75 pounds. Vision abilities to accomplish essential functions.
- While performing the functions of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals and outside weather conditions.
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The City of Fayetteville is an equal employment opportunity employer.