Assistant Stock Controller

Job Title: Assistant Stock Controller

Based: Northwest Business Park Depot - with occasional travel to other depots

Reporting to: Stock Controller

Purpose: To assist the Stock Controller in managing depot stock levels of fuel, parts, tools, equipment, office supplies in our North West Business Park depot. Training will be completed in Ballymount depot.

Key Responsibilities and tasks

• Store-Based, Hands-on Duties
• Manual handling and heavy lifting of parts, tools, and other stock items.
• Maintaining store cleanliness and organisation, including regular tidying to ensure a safe, efficient, and hazard-free working environment.
• Materials Management
  • Understanding of parts in relation to vehicles,
  • Receipting deliveries, assigning parts to bin locations and picking parts
  • Warranty Administration Feedback
  • Surcharges and Exchange Unit (Dirty Core) Management
• Systems Management
  • Operating the engineering stock control system
• Stores Administration
  • Managing the stores function
  • Management of stock taking activities
• Supplier Relationships
  • Liaising with and providing support to technical team when required.
• Reporting
  • Generate reports and undertake stock data analysis.
  • Daily engineering VOR analysis
  • Period and Year End reports
• Projects
  • Stock reduction.
  • Implementation and Management of lmprest Stock
  • Other projects as defined by the business from time to time
• Compliance
  • Accurate stock ordering
  • Safety and quality compliance
  • Compliance with regulatory and local operating company requirements and procedures
  • Effective housekeeping practices
  • Ensure that all stores and procurement activities comply with bus industry and statutory and legislative requirements

Knowledge and Skills Requirements:

Essential:

• Ability to understand and manage procurement systems
• Ability to operate safely in a workshop environment
• Full clean B license

Competencies, desirable traits or attributes:

• Ability to work autonomously
• Good communication skills
• Problem solving skills
• Clear and concise written skills
• Organised and efficient
• Positive attitude to safety
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to communicate and engage effectively with Internal Stakeholders and Suppliers

Benefits:

• Competitive wages with annual increments
• In-house and manufacturer training
• Life Assurance Plan
• Pension Scheme after probation
• Working in a state-of-the-art workshop
• Free travel on the Go-Ahead Ireland Network
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Employee Assistance scheme

Key Safety Responsibilities:

To act in a manner as to ensure the health, safety, welfare, environment and fire safety of yourself and others in the organisation as well as any clients and visitors.

Ensure that you and any guests to any company premises understand emergency and evacuation arrangements.

Ensure our working environment is maintained in a safe and tidy condition. To act proactively in identifying and any unsafe practices or safety risks in the organisation and reporting these through the appropriate channels.

This is a hands-on, physically active position that involves regular manual handling and heavy lifting.

Ensure adherence to all relevant company and Go-Ahead group company policies and procedures.

Note:

This job description is a guide only. Any omission from this job description does not in any way imply that it is not part of the required duties. Employees are expected to comply with the instructions of any Company Official.

To apply for this vacancy, please send an up to date cover letter and CV to [email protected] and state the Job Title in the subject line, by end of day Sunday 24th August 2025.