Facility and Inventory Specialist
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Job overview
Hgen is hiring a Facility and Inventory Specialist. Hgen seeks a Facility and Inventory Specialist to champion and elevate its combined office, lab, and manufacturing operations, ensuring safety, reliability, and systematic processes that support R&D, engineering, and production teams in a fast‑paced, collaborative startup focused on clean hydrogen and decarbonization.
Key focus areas include Own end‑to‑end operations of combined office, lab, and manufacturing facility, ensuring safety, reliability, and operational excellence, Identify, anticipate, and resolve facility‑related issues and improvement opportunities, engaging contractors as necessary, and Plan and coordinate facility build‑outs to support evolving R&D, engineering, and production demands as we scale.
Important skills include Facility Management, Warehouse Operations, Logistics Management, Inventory Management, Quality Management, and Operational Excellence. Preferred (not required): OSHA, Ada, Safety Systems, and Regulatory Requirements.
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Full job description
Hgen's mission is to achieve a clean and renewable energy future through providing foundational molecules for critical industries. By enabling cheap and abundant clean hydrogen, Hgen aims to help decarbonize the more than 10% of global emissions that are best addressed with hydrogen. Learn more about why clean hydrogen is critical for achieving zero-emissions. Description As a Facility and Inventory Specialist , you champion and level-up our facilities from a basic shop to a simple, effective, and systematic operation that supports the evolving needs of our R&D, engineering, and production teams. This role offers the opportunity to work in a fast-paced, collaborative startup environment, where your contributions will have a direct impact on the future of decarbonization. Responsibilities
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Own end-to-end operations of our combined office, lab, and manufacturing facility, ensuring safety, reliability, and operational excellence
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Identify, anticipate, and resolve facility related issues and improvement opportunities, engaging with contractors as necessary
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Plan and coordinate facility build-outs to support evolving R&D, engineering, and production demands as we scale
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Receive incoming deliveries and routing to inventory locations, ensuring documentation and traceability are maintained with our systems
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Retrieve and package inventory into traceable kits for production teams
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Develop the standard operating procedures for facility maintenance and inventory operations
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Manage the generation, delivery, and/or waste of production commodities (compressed gasses, DI water, industrial fluids)
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Other duties as assigned
Basic Qualifications
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High school diploma or equivalent
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5+ years of hands-on experience in facilities management, warehouse operations, logistics, or similar roles in energy, industrial, aerospace, defense, or similar production environment
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Familiarity with facility, supply chain, inventory, quality management processes and the systems used to support them (ERP, MES, QMS, CMMS, Jira, etc…)
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Ability to lift up to 50 lbs unassisted
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Able to work on-site in Hawthorne, CA
Preferred Skills & Experience
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Experience in developing early-stage startups from limited procedures to systematic operations
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Ability to safely operate forklifts (5-15k lb) with non-standard loads
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Strong working knowledge of OSHA, ADA, safety systems, and regulatory requirements
Professional Qualities
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When given a set of guiding objectives and principles, you can identify, prioritize, and execute on tasks with minimal supervision
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You have strong organizational, documentation follow-through skills and take pride in the quality of your work
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You are passionate about decarbonization and addressing climate change
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