Warehouse Team Leader

Morpeth Source: WhatJobs

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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.