**Description**

** Warehouse and Receiving Specialist Overview**

The warehouse/receiving specialist executes the receiving, storage and distribution of all items received either from suppliers or production shops, ensuring a smooth and consistent operation so parts and supplies are located and distributed to proper departments, and production work orders in an effective and efficient manner as needed to satisfy internal and external customer requirements. This position will be located in our Herndon, VA headquarters.

**Essential Responsibilities**

Interacts frequently with internal and external personnel and customers. Obtains or provides information on important or sensitive organization matters.

- Oversees and reviews incoming shipments for identification and damage.

- Coordinates and confirms receipt documentation for internal/external customers.

- Serves as point of contact for priority incoming shipments.

- Routes received material accordingly (e.g. Inspection/put-away/non-inventory-engineering/personal package).

- Executes receiving transactions into Inventory tracking system. Confirm quantity count & serial numbers to ensure physical parts match with packing slip and purchase order.

- Resolves discrepancies with accounting regarding invoices, packing slips, and receiver reports. Execute timely data entry.

- Execute the movement of material from receiving to the warehouse in an efficient, effective and safe manner.

- Advises most efficient use of storage space; adjusts inventory storage for best use of storage space

- Executes picking of materials from storage to provided work order kit lists with absolute accuracy. Stages material for assembly and sub-assembly production work. Ensures materials are stored properly to conserve space and comply with safety procedures.

- Prefer additional skill or capacity to learn work order creation and closing (TBD)

- Oversees the rotation of inventories within the warehouse (FIFO methods).

- Execute cycle count validation of inventory items to provided count lists.

**Key Attributes:**

- Technical Capacity

- Inventory system knowledge

- Receiving transaction skills

- Kitting transaction skills

- Forklift certified and/or willing to be trained

- Prefer additional skill or capacity to learn work order creation and closing (TBD)

- Detail Orientation

- Learning Orientation.

- Performance Management.

- Communication Proficiency.

- Teamwork Orientation.

- Ethical Conduct.

**Minimum Qualifications:**

- High school diploma or GED and typically 2 or more years' related experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience

- Knowledge formal MRP Inventory control systems (any)

- US Person

**Physical Demands**

This is largely an active role; however, some sedentary desk work and filing is required. This would require the ability to lift parts and components and bending or standing on a stool as necessary. This position requires the ability to occasionally lift components and product up to 50 pounds and team lifts of 100 pounds.

Liquid Robotics designs and manufactures Wave Gliders, the worlds first wave and solar powered autonomous ocean robots. With partners, they address challenges facing defense, Oil & Gas, commercial and science customers by making ocean data collections and communications easier safer and in real-time. Liquid Robotics was acquired by Boeing in December of 2016 and operates as an independent non-integrated subsidiary.

For more info, please visit www.liquid-robotics.com

**Liquid Robotics is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.**