Materials Specialist

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title: Materials Specialist

Department: Operations

Reports To: Purchasing and Inventory Manager

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Prepared Date: December 2025

Summary

Reporting to the Purchasing and Inventory Manager, the Materials Specialist helps stock, organize, and track the supply chain and inventory as well as assembling and delivering board kits in support of the Production Plan.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintains compliance with OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration), SDS (Safety Data Sheets), Company Policies, and Department Standard Operating Procedures
• Follows industry standards for ESD (Electrostatic Discharge) and MSL (Moisture Sensitivity Level) protection while handling electronic components and/or assemblies
• Performs all daily tasks in the Materials department
• Put away materials in warehouse using barcode scanners
• Creates and update part labels
• Issues and tracks scrap percentages for kits
• Monitors for, communicate issues, and expedites part shortages
• Updates inventory locations as needed
• Proper use and updating of kit split list
• Fill engineering/production part requests
• Assists with Month End Inventory
• Assists with Annual Inventory
• Performs inventory cycle counts as required and material recounts for inventory reconciliation
• Sets dry boxes to bake
• Prepares materials for internal move transfers and disperses them when received
• Checks for and removes expired materials
• Utilizes first in and first out practices. Checks and recognizes materials that are near expiration date and alerts Production for use
• Assists with purchasing functions
• Assists with purchase order placement
• Assists with tracking parts
• Assists with generation, shipment and tracking of vendor RMA’s
• Deliver parts to vendors as needed
• Uses and troubleshoot issues in pc/MRP materials management software
• Looks up part information in Microsoft Access Database
• Monitors cleanliness and organization of warehouse and workspace
• Communicates with management for continual improvement
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Ability to work well under pressure; meeting and completing multiple deadlines, and must demonstrate cooperative behavior with colleagues and supervisors

Education and Experience

High school education or General Education Diploma required. Two years of related experience preferred. Knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and Access) desired.

Competencies

• Strong interpersonal skills
• Effective communicator
• Attention to detail
• Works neatly
• Organized
• Team oriented
• Self-motivated
• Establishes priorities
• Utilizes independent judgement

Licenses and Certifications

Must have, and be able to maintain, a valid Driver’s License.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands and work environment described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands and fingers to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to walk. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 20 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 30 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Have manual dexterity and steady hands working with small hand tools such as screwdrivers, pliers, tweezers

The noise level in the work environment is quiet to moderate.

EEO

Signal Hound is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $19.47 - $20.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Required)

Experience:

• Materials handling: 1 year (Preferred)
• Microsoft Excel: 1 year (Required)
• Microsoft Word: 1 year (Required)

Work Location: In person