Warehouse Operative

**Job Description Summary**: It’s an exciting time to be working in Renewable Energy - and you can play your part. Ge Offshore Wind, a GE Renewable Energy business, has more than 600 employees in the world. Today, we have wind turbines operating on three continents, America, Europe and Asia and now have the world’s first 13 MW most powerful offshore wind turbine here in the UK, Doggerbank.

You will perform tasks related to the reception, storage, and release of materials. We ask you to be fully proficient in warehousing and inventory, and how it contributes to projects and initiatives.

You will possess a good understanding of how the team's own work integrates with other teams and contributes to the area. You will have some autonomy to make decisions within a defined framework. Solve problems in situations that require good technical knowledge and judgment within established procedures.

This job requires good interpersonal skills and may be necessary to lead a junior team member.

**Essential Responsibilities**
- Follow all EHS guidelines and policies.
- Manage reception and deliveries of the tools and materials at our warehouse located in Port of Tyne area. This includes physically receive items that come from suppliers / forwarders and move to stock locations. ERP updating, managing stocking conditions, and knowing what is where (tools, electrical material, chemical's).
- Maintain accurate inventory records of all parts both incoming / outgoing. Control the stock and inform planning and sourcing team of availability. Items count and report as per cycle count or physical inventory activities. Organize, manage, and optimize the storage of all the tools, parts of the warehouse to ensure their good location and a correct operation of the installation.
- Prepare the material orders necessary for the project's maintenance operations, needs defined by the project team (operations and fulfilment) and make them available according to the project schedule.
- Ability to prioritise workloads and to work accurately under pressure
- If needed, support to manage the re-certification, calibration, or verifications of all tools for which a certification is applicable (lifting tools, lifting accessories, torque tools) so that the tool can be used for the next project.
- Communicates and works together with people from the business unit
- Presents to internal teams on metrics, project status and research.

**Mandatory Requirements**
- Experience in working in warehouses
- Knowledge of health and safety at work
- ERP/WMS knowledge and experience
- Forklift & Stacker License
- Self-motivated and able to demonstrate initiative

**Eligibility Requirements**
- Dangerous goods storage
- Electrical or mechanical education and background/experience preferable
- Wind turbine generator experience is a plus
- Oracle / ERP knowledge experience or experience of Warehouse Management Systems
- Strong management and operational skills
- Ability and willingness to work in a multicultural team environment
- Ability to handle multiple tasks at one time
- Ability and willingness to respond to emergency calls on the weekends
- Ability and willingness to work off-hours, weekends as needed to support the business
- Willingness to learn from others

**Desired Characteristics**
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma)
- Strong experience working in a parts warehouse or logistics environment ideally experienced as an Warehouse associate for an offshore project
- Ability to work under physical and time pressure
- Team player and decisive
- Strong communication and presentation skills
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**About us**

GE is the world’s Digital Industrial Company, transforming industry with software-defined machines and solutions that are connected, responsive and predictive. Through our people, leadership development, services, technology and scale, GE delivers better outcomes for global customers by speaking the language of industry.

**Additional Information**:
**Relocation Assistance Provided**:No