Tooling Inventory Specialist – Major Correctives & Blade Services
Horn Lake, MS - USA
Job Summary
This role will maintain accurate visibility of the tooling fleet support tooling preparation and shipment to field teams and spend significant time in the field working directly with technicians and site teams to understand how tooling is being used identify issues and drive improvements.
The Tooling Inventory Specialist will travel frequently to active job sites to inspect tooling conditions gather feedback from field teams troubleshoot tooling concerns and coordinate repairs or replacement of equipment to ensure tooling remains safe functional and ready for deployment.
This is an in-office position to be located in or near Horn Lake Mississippi due to the need for regular interaction with tooling and logistics operations in the area. Additionally 6075% travel is expected.
Essential Responsibilities
- Maintain an accurate and active inventory of Major Component Exchange (MCE) and Blade Repair tooling and equipment.
- Track tooling location availability condition repair status and readiness for upcoming projects.
- Assist with preparing staging inspecting and coordinating tooling for shipment to field locations.
- Help ensure tooling packages are complete functional and field-ready prior to deployment.
- Travel extensively to active wind sites to observe tooling utilization and understand the needs of field teams.
- Work directly with technicians site leaders and project teams to gather feedback regarding tooling performance reliability and usability.
- Identify damaged missing worn or unreliable tooling and coordinate repair replacement or refurbishment.
- Support troubleshooting and resolution of tooling-related issues impacting field execution.
- Help establish and maintain preventative maintenance and inspection routines for critical tooling.
- Support the return inspection reconciliation and repair of tooling following field projects.
- Identify recurring tooling failures and opportunities to improve tooling design reliability standardization and field readiness.
- Work with operations project managers field teams logistics and vendors to support tooling requirements for scheduled work.
- Maintain accurate records and metrics related to tooling utilization availability repairs losses and turnaround time.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives focused on reducing tooling-related delays and improving field productivity.
- Promote safe handling storage transportation inspection and use of tooling and equipment.
Qualifications
Required
- High school diploma or GED.
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in wind energy industrial maintenance construction warehousing tooling logistics automotive heavy equipment or a related technical environment.
- Ability and willingness to travel 6075% including frequent and potentially extended travel to wind sites throughout North America.
- Valid drivers license.
Preferred
- Strong mechanical aptitude and willingness to learn specialized wind turbine tooling and equipment.
- Ability to work independently in a remote environment while maintaining strong communication with the broader operations team.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to work effectively with technicians operations teams vendors and logistics personnel.
- Comfortable working in warehouse/tooling environments and active wind farm locations.
- Strong computer skills including Microsoft Excel Outlook and inventory tracking systems like Maximo or Oracle.
- Previous experience working with tools mechanical equipment lifting equipment rigging equipment or industrial components.
- Experience with inventory management material handling shipping/receiving or equipment maintenance.
- Familiarity with wind turbine Major Component Exchange or Blade Repair operations is a plus but not required.
What Success Looks Like
The successful Tooling Specialist will develop a strong understanding of the tooling required to execute Major Component and Blade Repair work and become a trusted connection between the tooling operation and our field teams.
Success means knowing what tooling we have where it is what condition it is in and whether it is ready for the next job.
Just as importantly this individual will spend significant time alongside our field teams understanding how tooling performs in real-world conditions. They will identify problems help coordinate solutions and bring field feedback back into the tooling organization to continuously improve reliability and readiness.
This position is designed as an early career development opportunity for someone with strong mechanical aptitude organization and a willingness to travel extensively while building a career within wind services and Major Correctives.
GE Vernova offers a great work environment professional development challenging careers and competitive compensation. GE Vernova is anEqual Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race color religion national or ethnic origin sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression age disability protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
GE Vernova will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).
Relocation Assistance Provided: No
Required Experience:
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