Inventory & Warehouse Assistant

Date Opened: Monday, April 13, 2026 12:00 AM

Close Date: Monday, April 27, 2026 12:00 AM

Department: Charlotte Area Transit System Department

Asset Management

Salary: $24.00 - $25.75 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

SUMMARY

The Inventory and Warehouse Assistant maintains inventory located in CATS’
South Boulevard and North Brevard light rail vehicle maintenance facility (VMF).
The VMF is a seven day; twenty-four hours; three hundred sixty-five-day
operation. The assistant maintains all reports and files, shipping records and
correspondence. Maintains supply or transportation discrepancies, prepares
documents for disposition along with identify hazardous material. Verifies
material safety concerns, performs causative research for stock discrepancies,
process material issued from stock. Verifies material for special handling,
generate shipping documents, performs inventory. Stow incoming material,
organize stowage, monitors warehouse for proper stowage. Process receipt
transactions, correct disputes with vendors and maintain receipt records.
Validate inventory adjustments, monitor warehouse logs for proper maintenance,
monitors material issue documents, receipt processing and manage tool control
program. Candidates must pass an oral test and interview to be considered for
the final review process. Must be able to assume flexible work shifts, including
day, night, and weekends.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Possess the ability to process commercial shipping to offsite areas for critically required material for offsite projects
• Identify and inventory line items to enhance CATS warehouse inventory stock levels with mins and max level while staying within compliance
• Process work orders for departments requesting repair items from stock

• Conduct retro grade tracking for repair turn in items received from rail car maintenance to ensure proper tracking and return of the repaired item

• Assist departmental customer daily ensuring efficient and prompt service with the direct reflection of CATS light rail mission
• Perform in-depth causative research for items that may require relocation or found not in stock to bring forth to managers attention
• Identify storeroom stock to determine stock levels based on departmental demand 8. Ability read and understand item’s part catalogue to better assist in identifying repair parts per part number assignment
• Screen and check all incoming shipped material from various vendors and log appropriate material within CATS serial number log or warehouse receiving log for tracking of critical components.
• Screen all storeroom stock for proper labeling and stowage to minimize damage
• Have meticulous attention to detail for requisitioned items tracked and submitted for followup for outstanding stock items and direct turn over.
• Maintain 100% accountability of all hazmat items within the storeroom while improving the shelf life program
• Ability to address items within the warehouse for the purpose of relocation and sorting of like items
• Maintain required forms, records, correspondence reports and files according to CATS Rail Inventory program.
• As part of your responsibility to support the CATS Safety Culture, report safety concerns and issues through the various methods established by CATS as outlined in the ASP.

Disclaimer: This position description is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of

duties, responsibilities or requirements

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

Candidates should posses the technical knowledge and commitment of an experienced Store Clerk

• Posses a unique style of common sense and technical notion that will make them an asset to CATS Rail Inventory department
• Demonstrate the ability to take charge of a problem with the ability to