Engineering Storekeeper

Job Purpose:

To efficiently manage the Engineering Store by maintaining accurate inventory records, ensuring timely receipt and issue of engineering spares and consumables, controlling stock levels, and supporting uninterrupted plant maintenance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage day-to-day operations of the Engineering Store.
• Receive engineering spares, consumables, tools, lubricants, and maintenance materials.
• Verify incoming materials against Purchase Orders (PO), Delivery Challans, and Invoices.
• Prepare and post Goods Receipt Notes (GRN) in SAP/ERP systems.
• Issue materials to maintenance department against authorized Material Requisition Slips (MRS).
• Maintain accurate inventory records in ERP/SAP and physical stock registers.
• Conduct daily, monthly, and annual physical stock verification.
• Monitor minimum, maximum, and reorder stock levels to prevent shortages.
• Coordinate with the Purchase Department for timely procurement of critical spare parts.
• Ensure proper storage, identification, preservation, and housekeeping of engineering materials.
• Maintain FIFO/FEFO practices wherever applicable.
• Track non-moving, slow-moving, and obsolete inventory and recommend corrective actions.
• Maintain documentation related to material receipt, issue, stock transfer, and inventory reconciliation.
• Coordinate with vendors for material receipt, returns, and replacement of rejected items.
• Support preventive and breakdown maintenance activities by ensuring timely material availability.
• Ensure compliance with company safety standards and 5S practices in the Engineering Store.
• Generate daily, weekly, and monthly inventory and consumption reports.
• Knowledge of electrical and instrumentation components such as relays, contactors, MCCBs, MCBs, VFDs, soft starters, PLC modules, HMI panels, sensors, transmitters, RTDs, thermocouples, pressure gauges, control valves, motors, encoders, and industrial automation spares.
• Ability to read and understand equipment nameplates, technical datasheets, product catalogues, material specifications, and manufacturer's part numbers.
• Ability to identify engineering spare parts based on make, model, rating, capacity, voltage, current, IP protection class, accuracy class, and other technical parameters.
• Familiarity with motor spare parts, panel components, cables, cable glands, lugs, switchgear items, instrumentation tubing and field instruments used in process plants.
• Ensure correct classification, coding, and storage of engineering spares to avoid material mismatch during issue.
• Maintain traceability records of critical equipment and spare parts including serial numbers, model numbers, and warranty details.
• Support annual spare-part planning and inventory optimization for preventive and breakdown maintenance activities.
• Understanding industrial safety requirements while handling electrical and instrumentation & Mechanical Materials.

Required Skills:

• Engineering Store Management
• Inventory Control & Stock Management
• Warehouse Operations
• Material Planning
• GRN Preparation & Documentation
• SAP / ERP / Oracle
• MS Excel, Word & Reporting
• Vendor Coordination
• Purchase Order Verification
• Material Receiving & Issuing
• Store Documentation
• Team Coordination
• 5S & Safety Practices