Tool Coordinator

Position: Tool Coordinator I
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Vestas is the world's largest wind turbine manufacturing company with significant operations in the United States.

Tool Coordinator

The Tool Coordinator is a critical member of the on-site team supporting the construction phase of building and connecting the wind power plant to the grid. More specifically, they have responsibility for assisting with site setup, transport, installation, mechanical completion, commissioning, and site close-out of a project. The TC follows defined processes and procedures for safety, inventory management and documentation, with a clear focus on Construction Contractual tooling and additional tooling request.

Responsibilities:

* Support Vestas safety policies: maintain safety policies and environmental containment. Ensure a clean and safe work environment. Identify and mitigate hazards. Participate in daily safety meetings at project site. Complete monthly safety training assignments on schedule

* Manage end-to-end construction inventory and tooling movement transactions, including receiving site containers, conducting cycle counts, handling reconciliation of discrepancies, creation of Delivery Notes on all tool returns, and coordinating container returns. Maintain physical and electronic inventory control; ship and receive large individual tools; identify and record serial numbers; create and monitor purchase orders/purchase requests for tooling related items.

* Take direction from and communicate daily with Construction Manager (CM) and Lead Technicians to ensure availability of tools on site. Assist CM to fulfill customer requests and resolve customer issues in timely and cost-effective manner. Establish appropriate on-site communications with customer personnel. Collaborate with technicians in execution of inventory control. Responsible for site compliance to approved processes; provide SAP fundamental instruction and assist with system problem solving and error processing.

* Help maintain timely and accurate return of all Turbine component shipping fixtures to the correct warehouse or factory following all export procedures as necessary. Help with the return of Empty Coli Parts Containers from site to the correct storage facility and perform the correct Inspections and documentation of these returns in all systems.

* Complete transactions in a timely and accurate manner including Goods Receiving (GR), performing inspections of tooling live in Procore and entering work hours daily.

* Perform administrative tasks related to site setup, including Tracking tools, communicating shortage list and tracking information, Assist CM to monitor expenditures of procured tools, Live disposition and cost avoidance of tooling, directly working with CM and Project Manager (PM) on loss and damaged tools

* Utilize defined Work Instructions (WI) where available to complete job functions and solve problems, seeking consultation from stakeholders to resolve problems outside position requirements and responsibilities.

* Support other sites to solve issues impacting the greater organization. Promote the values of Simplicity, Accountability, Commitment and Collaboration. Take direction from and communicate on regular basis with Field Support Lead and Manager and support the Project Site. Respond to queries in timely manner. Continuously look for improvements to procedures and workflows, and communicate recommendations through established channels. Promote a sharing and learning environment in which others are developed throughout the organization.

Qualifications:

* High school diploma or GED required;
Associate or Bachelors' degree preferred or equivalent experience

* 3+ years of experience working as Vestas wind site business support; significant experience in project management and training others is required

* Experienced in working with SAP enterprise resource program or similar software in role such as a dispatch / planner, stock keeper, technician, front desk function, and advanced forecasting and planning

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