Warehouse Team Leader

GE Vernova; North East; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health insurance

26 days holiday

Pension

Life assurance

Job summary

GE Vernova's Dogger Bank Wind Farm onshore base seeks a hands-on Warehouse Team Leader to oversee daily warehouse and inventory operations, coach the team, and ensure safe, efficient material flow to support offshore maintenance.

You will manage goods receipt, storage, picking, packing, and dispatch, maintain stock accuracy, and collaborate with planning and sourcing to meet maintenance needs.

Flexibility for emergencies and weekend on-call, plus PPE provided.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a warehouse team in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong stock accuracy and cycle count skills.
• Proven ability to allocate workloads and coordinate logistics.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day warehouse and inventory activities in line with EHS guidelines and site standards.
• Coordinate goods receipt, storage, picking, packing and dispatch.
• Maintain stock accuracy through cycle counts and stock checks.
• Support audits and non-conformance investigations.

Skills

Warehouse leadership

Inventory control

SAP

Team coaching

Forklift licence

Tools

SAP

ERP/WMS

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.

Job Description

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.

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 teams
• Support 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 pl