Storekeeper II

Position Title:

Storekeeper II

Job Group:

Merit

Required Minimum Qualifications:

• One year of work experience in storekeeping, accounting, business administration or job related work, or Any combination of such experience and post high school education that totals one year. • Possession of appropriate drivers license as required.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience in warehouse operations or team lead roles in a warehouse setting

Experience working with commercial inventory systems, ordering, and/or supply control

ServSafe Certification or additional certifications in a related field

Job Description:

Do you enjoy staying active and getting things done first thing in the morning?

Iowa State University Dining is looking for a Storekeeper II to join our team! In this is a hands-on role you’ll stay active and engaged from the start of your shift. Despite the title, this isn't about keeping a store - it's about supporting dining facility operations to keep things flowing on the backend. You’ll collaborate with a dedicated and hard-working team and contribute to a fast-paced, structured environment that values your organizational skills and time management.

Schedule: Monday through Friday, | 5:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

What You’ll Do

• Storeroom Operations
  Take charge of daily operations in an always-moving warehouse-style environment within a campus dining facility. Maintain flow, structure, and organization throughout the space.

• Delivery & Inventory Management
  Receive and organize early morning food and supply deliveries. Monitor inventory, rotate stock, and ensure all items are accurately stored and well-maintained.

• Cold Storage Oversight
  Oversee coolers, freezers, and dry storage areas to maintain safe and efficient food storage conditions.

• Kitchen Collaboration

  Work closely with kitchen staff and students to coordinate supply needs, prep flow, and ensure operations run smoothly from delivery to service.

• Operational Tasks
  This role involves hands-on work with deliveries and storage, including tasks that may require lifting, moving, or organizing supplies across multiple areas.

What You’ll Get

• Insurance benefits starting on your first day, with timely enrollment

• Competitive retirement options with generous university contributions

• Free meal with every shift

• Paid time off, sick leave, and holiday pay – Enjoy Holidays OFF!

• Consistent, full-time schedule with daytime hours to support work-life balance

Serving over 8,000 meals a day across 26 locations, ISU Dining is more than just a meal service – it's a close-knit team where people take pride in creating a welcoming, supportive environment that feels like a second home for not only students, but staff, too!

Start your day early, finish with your afternoons free, and enjoy a steady routine with no weekends at Iowa State University as a Storekeeper II.

Characteristic Duties and Responsibilities

• Receives, stores, and issues equipment, materials, supplies, foodstuffs, etc., according to established methods.

• Stores special stock items requiring treatment, which may deviate from established storekeeping methods in assigning space and identification.

• Issue items that require knowledge of specific areas of supply operation and good knowledge of stock characterized by susceptibility to spontaneous combustion, toxicity, fragility, rapid deterioration, contamination, and ease of physical damage.

• Performs tasks independently in connection with checking and tallying special or technical items of supply.

• Verifies stock against shipping authorizations for agreement as to quantities, descriptions, sizes, conditions, and conformance to purchase orders.

• Searches manufacturers’ catalogs, technical bulletins, nomenclature lists, etc., to identify special items; seeks advice of operating personnel to ensure compliance with purchase orders for unusual orders.

• Applies storekeeping procedures and methods in arranging space, conducting inventory, estimating needs, and maintaining and preparing records and reports as directed.

• Makes minor adjustments or repairs to items carried in stock.

• Drives, loads, and unloads a delivery truck periodically.

• Assist faculty and staff in setting up and operating equipment for lectures, regular laboratory wo