About this role
Ensuring Chart’s Success…
Howden, a Chart Industries Company, is a global leader in air and gas handling products, services and solutions. Howden’s core focus is on providing quality solutions for air and gas handling, and have over a century of experience in doing so.
Howden South Africa division in Booysens is looking for an experienced Storeperson . In this role, you will manage the day-to-day operation of the workshop stores, ensuring continuous availability of PPE, consumables, and non-stock items to support uninterrupted production. This role is responsible for comprehensive inventory control, efficient stock issuance, procurement support, and logging maintenance requests while upholding a clean, safe, and highly efficient storage environment.
What Will You Do?
- Replenish workshop consumables and stock from Main Stores to maintain required stock levels.
- Issue consumables, tools, welding consumables, and PPE to artisans and workshop personnel, maintaining accurate issue records.
- Procure approved PPE and ensure adequate stock is always available for workshop employees.
- Monitor and control workshop inventory, conduct stock checks, and report shortages or discrepancies.
- Ensure welding rods are baked, stored, and controlled in accordance with company procedures and maintain the required records.
- Raise purchase requisitions for non-stock items, consumables, tools, services, and materials required by the workshop.
- Follow up on purchase requisitions to support the timely supply of materials and services.
- Receive and log maintenance requests from workshop personnel and maintain appropriate records.
- Manage the return, disposal, and control of obsolete, damaged, or surplus consumables.
- Coordinate the removal and replacement of scrap steel skips and support recycling and waste management activities.
- Operate a forklift safely for the loading, unloading, movement, and storage of materials and consumables within the workshop.
- Maintain a clean, organised, and safe Stores area.
- Comply with all company health, safety, environmental, and quality requirements.
- Perform any other reasonable stores, procurement, or administrative duties required to support workshop operations.
- Adhere to Sarbanes Oxley and AX controls.
Your Experience Should Be...
- Grade 12 / Matric.
- Forklift/ Overhead crane license
- Certificate in Stores/Materials/Warehouse Management.
- 2 to 5 years' experience in a stores, warehouse, or workshop support role.
- Experience in stock control, material issuing, and inventory management.
- Experience in a manufacturing, engineering, fabrication, or industrial environment.
- Computer literate with working knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and ERP systems.
- Good organisational and record-keeping skills.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work independently and accurately.
Our Benefits Package...
Howden provides a great benefits package in addition to an attractive salary. The Company also offers the opportunity to work in an exciting, fast-paced environment within a global engineering company.