Warehouse Team Leader

GE Vernova, Inc.; Morpeth; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonus

Pension

Private health insurance

Income protection

Life assurance

26 days of holiday plus bank holidays

Cycle to work scheme

Gadget cover

Job summary

GE Vernova is seeking a hands-on Warehouse Team Leader to drive daily warehouse and inventory activities at our offshore wind base. You will lead a team, manage stock locations, and coordinate with planning and sourcing to keep materials flowing for maintenance.

We value strong leadership, experience with ERP/WMS systems, and a proactive approach to safety and continuous improvement in a fast-paced environment. On-site role with regular hours and occasional emergency coverage.

Qualifications

• Experience as Warehouse Team Leader or Supervisor.
• Strong stock management and inventory accuracy skills.
• Experience coordinating goods receipt, storage, picking, dispatch.
• Experience with cycle counts and discrepancy investigations.
• SAP or similar ERP/WMS experience with MS Office.
• Knowledge of 5S, Lean, Kaizen, or continuous improvement.
• Proven leadership and communication skills.
• Forklift and Stacker licence with warehouse experience.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day warehouse and inventory activities according to EHS guidelines.
• Allocate workloads across goods receipt, storage, picking, packing, dispatch.
• Receive, store, track and issue tools, materials, and parts.
• Maintain stock locations and stock availability in ERP systems.
• Coordinate deliveries and material availability with planning and sourcing.
• Support audits, stock counts, and safety inspections.
• Contribute to continuous improvement and safe warehouse operations.
• Maintain accuracy through cycle counts and physical inventories.
• Shift is Mon-Fri 8:00-16:30 with weekend emergency calls.

Skills

Leadership

Stock management

Inventory accuracy

Cycle counts

Multitasking

Team coordination

Tools

SAP

ERP

WMS

MS Office

Oracle ERP

Job description

Job Description Summary

Based at Dogger Bank Wind Farm’s onshore base, you will play an important part in supporting the maintenance of GE’s Haliade-X offshore wind turbines. The warehouse is central to keeping operations running smoothly, ensuring specialist parts, tools, and materials are received, controlled, and made available when needed for planned preventative and reactive maintenance. Working in a modern, large-scale, port-centric warehouse environment, you will lead day-to-day warehouse and inventory activities, coach and support your team, and help maintain safe, efficient, and well-organised operations. This is a hands-on leadership role, suited to someone who enjoys being close to the operation, solving practical problems, and keeping materials flowing to support critical offshore activity.

Job Description

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day warehouse and inventory activities in line with EHS guidelines and site standards
• Allocate workloads across goods receipt, storage, picking, packing, and dispatch
• Receive, store, track, and issue tools, materials, and specialist parts
• Physically receive items from suppliers and forwarders and move them to the correct stock locations
• Prepare material orders to support planned preventative and reactive maintenance activities
• Update ERP and stock systems, maintaining clear control of material locations and stock availability
• Maintain stock accuracy through cycle counts, stock checks, and physical inventory activities
• Support discrepancy investigation, non-conformance logging, and resolution through the relevant business systems
• Organise and optimise the storage of tools, parts, and materials to support safe and efficient warehouse operations
• Coordinate deliveries, stock movements, and material availability with planning and sourcing teamsSupport audit counts, stock reporting, and general warehouse performance activities
• Carry out regular area safety inspections and help ensure warehouse activities are covered by suitable risk assessments
• Support the calibration, verification, or re-certification of tools and equipment where required
• Contribute to continuous improvement and help maintain a safe and efficient warehouse environment
• This is a Monday to Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm role. Flexibility will be required, including a willingness to respond to emergency calls at weekends. Uniform and full PPE will be provided.

Candidate Essentials

• Previous experience in a Warehouse Team Leader or Supervisor role
• Strong background in a warehouse, stores, or material control environment, with a good understanding of stock management, inventory accuracy, and day-to-day warehouse processes
• Experience allocating or coordinating warehouse activity across goods receipt, storage, picking, packing, and dispatch
• Experience with cycle counts, stock checks, wall-to-wall counts, and discrepancy investigation
• Experience supporting non-conformance logging, investigation, and resolution
• Experience coordinating carrier bookings, third-party logistics activity, or offsite storage
• Experience supporting audit counts and completing stock-related reports
• SAP experience or experience using a similar ERP, inventory management, or Warehouse Management System (WMS) and good MS Office skills
• Knowledge of 5S, Lean, Kaizen, or continuous improvement principles
• Strong leadership and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with teams and stakeholders
• Organised, with a practical approach to prioritising workload, problem-solving, and attention to detail
• Forklift and Stacker licence, with experience operating in a warehouse, logistics, or manufacturing environment
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively across teams

• Physical capability to carry out manual handling and heavy lifting tasks where required

Desirable

• Experience working with technical parts, tools, or engineering-related materials

• Electrical or mechanical background, qualification, or practical experience
• Dangerous goods storage experience
• Experience in offshore, engineering, manufacturing, or heavy industrial environments
• Oracle ERP knowledge and experience

What we offer

At GE Vernova, we invest in your long-term success and wellbeing through a comprehensive, flexible benefits package designed to support what matters most to you.

Total Reward: Competitive compensation including performance-related bonus, flexible pension, employer-funded private health insurance, income protection, and life assurance.

Time to Recharge: 26 days of holiday, plus bank holidays.

Flex Choice: Offers you the opportunity to take advantage of competitive corporate benefits that offer the option to buy and sell holiday, cycle to work scheme, financial planning, critical illness insurance, personal accident cover, dental cover, option to add family to private health scheme, childcare vouchers, travel insurance and gadget cover

Career Growth: We provide a platform for continuous development. Through mentorship, open dialogue, and support for professional qualifications, we help you map a career path that evolves with your ambitions.

Why Join Us?

Joining Dogger Bank means becoming part of a major offshore wind operation where your work has a direct impact on keeping critical maintenance activity moving. This is an opportunity to take on a hands-on leadership role in a modern, purpose-built warehouse environment working with experienced colleagues and contributing to a function that is essential to site performance and operational readiness.

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No