Storekeeper 2 - 20090317

About the role

Lead a team of incarcerated individuals, providing work direction and training in receiving, inspecting, storing, and distributing stock, supplies, and/or equipment in assigned work areas such as warehouse, quartermaster, laundry, or commissary.

Responsibilities

• Enforce storeroom or warehouse procedures
• Inventory and order supplies
• Complete and maintain shipping, receiving, and inventory records
• Receive clothing and shoes for incarcerated individuals
• Receive clothing and equipment for staff
• Issue and/or exchange clothing items and shoes for incarcerated individuals
• Issue and/or exchange clothing items and equipment for staff
• Store and rotate stock
• Update and maintain logs and records; maintain perpetual inventory
• Label and/or price stock items
• Follow all applicable safety rules, policies, and procedures
• Operate all related equipment assigned to area
• Open incoming mail and physically inspect contents
• Operate x-ray equipment to scan incoming parcels and packages for detection of potentially threatening and/or suspicious materials (contraband)
• Follow security procedures for confiscation of contraband and notification of appropriate institutional staff for investigation
• Operate postage machines (e.g., postage scale, meter machine) to process incoming/outgoing mail; sort mail for most efficient handling
• Determine class of mail; set postage meters; date and time stamps; open, bundle, address
• Complete documentation associated with special mail handling such as certified return receipts or receipts for insurance
• Ensure prompt handling of time-sensitive documents that could have impact on legal notifications and deliver to appropriate office and/or pick up mail, parcels, and/or messages
• Prepare and submit all applicable reports when required and ensure audit control of records
• Distribute cleaning supplies, paper products, dry goods, and other food items
• Receive clothing and shoes from incarcerated individuals being released
• Receive clothing and equipment from staff separating from the institution
• Load and unload trucks and/or distribute contents to various offices
• Maintain daily record in assigned area
• Maintain clean and orderly work area
• Serve on institution committees

Requirements

• Formal education in arithmetic that includes addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, and percentages
• Six months of training or six months of experience in inventory control
• Three months of training or three months of experience in OSHA and/or other safety standards and practices applicable to storeroom or warehouse operations
• Employees working in a drug central warehouse or storeroom must pass a security screen