Parts Department Specialist
Description
As a Parts Department Specialist, you will play a key role in identifying, sourcing, and supplying parts and materials that support our asphalt and aggregate operations across the Twin Cities Metro area. Based at our Maple Grove Maintenance Facility, this position is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast‑paced environment, enjoys day‑to‑day variety, and is looking for opportunities to grow professionally.
- Primary responsibility will be specializing in incoming calls from customers, vendors, and employees working in the field.
- Assists in filling customer orders, creating purchase and work orders, and stocking and receiving construction machinery parts.
- Responsible for the completion of parts shipment.
- Assists in the collection of data necessary for efficient inventory.
- Teamwork
- Time Management
- Responsibility
- Problem-Solving
- Results-Driven
- Critical Thinking
This position operates 95% of the time in a shop environment and 5% of the time in field locations inclusive of asphalt plants, aggregate mines, and vendor locations. Requires prolonged standing with periodic lifting, walking, standing, bending, and stooping.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
This is a full-time position that regularly requires long hours - some weekend work if needed on rare occasions.
- Relationship building with field and shop personnel and vendors through open and interactive communication.
- Learning systems including JDE, Oracle, and Esker to support the team as needed.
- Become proficient in the various online supplier parts systems to look up and order parts.
- Learning knowledge of existing product lines and service standards.
- Three years of related experience.
- Willingness to learn all phases and responsibilities of the Parts Department.
- Must display excellent leadership and communication skills.
- Strong work ethic and commitment to extra hours when needed.
- A valid unrestricted driver’s license.
In addition to our base compensation, we also offer a competitive benefits package for full-time employees, including medical, dental and vision coverage; prescription drug coverage; health savings accounts; flexible spending accounts; life, AD&D and disability insurance; 401(k) with a company match and an employer-funded defined benefit pension plan. Other benefits include paid time off, paid holidays, education/tuition assistance, an employee discount program, adoption assistance, wellness programs and more.
A member of the S&P 500 Index, Martin Marietta is an American-based company and a leading supplier of heavy building materials – including aggregates, cement, ready-mixed concrete and asphalt. Through a network of operations spanning 28 states, Canada and the Bahamas, dedicated Martin Marietta teams supply the foundational resources upon which our communities thrive. Martin Marietta's Magnesia Specialties business produces high-purity magnesia and dolomitic lime products used worldwide in environmental, industrial, agricultural and specialty applications.
At Martin Marietta, we strive to work with the best and the brightest – those who have the potential to become our company's future leaders. Each of our roughly 9,500 people shares a common purpose regardless of their professional role or work environment. Together, we utilize our diverse skills and experiences to drive our company and its extraordinary culture forward. Our aim is to build on our foundation of success and help values-driven and hardworking people realize their full potential. When you decide to invest your career in Martin Marietta, you'll know what it's like to be respected, challenged and rewarded.
In return, we offer a highly competitive benefits package, including:
- Medical
- Prescription Drug
- Dental
- Vision
- Health Care Reimbursement Account
- Dependent Care Reimbursement Account
- Wellness Programs
- Employee Assistance Plan
- Paid Holidays and Vacation
- 401(k) with Company matching
- Pension
- Salary Continuation – Short-Term Disability
- Long-Term Disability Options
- Employee Life Insurance
- Spouse & Dependent Life Insurance
- Business Travel Accident Insurance
- Direct Deposit Payroll
- Educational/Tuition Assistance Plan
- College Scholarship Program – for dependent children
- Matching Gift Program
- New Auto Purchase Discount Plans
At Martin Marietta, we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all qualified applicants and teammates. We celebrate diversity and commit that qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.