Facility and Inventory Specialist

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 moreabout 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 • Own end-to-end operations of our combined office, lab, and manufacturing facility, ensuring safety, reliability, and operational excellence

• Identify, anticipate, and resolve facility related issues and improvement opportunities, engaging with contractors as necessary

• Plan and coordinate facility build-outs to support evolving R&D, engineering, and production demands as we scale

• Receive incoming deliveries and routing to inventory locations, ensuring documentation and traceability are maintained with our systems

• Retrieve and package inventory into traceable kits for production teams

• Develop the standard operating procedures for facility maintenance and inventory operations

• Manage the generation, delivery, and/or waste of production commodities (compressed gasses, DI water, industrial fluids)

• Other duties as assigned

Basic Qualifications • High school diploma or equivalent

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in facilities management, warehouse operations, logistics, or similar roles in energy, industrial, aerospace, defense, or similar production environment

• Familiarity with facility, supply chain, inventory, quality management processes and the systems used to support them (ERP, MES, QMS, CMMS, Jira, etc…)

• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs unassisted

• Able to work on-site in Hawthorne, CA

Preferred Skills & Experience • Experience in developing early-stage startups from limited procedures to systematic operations

• Ability to safely operate forklifts (5-15k lb) with non-standard loads

• Strong working knowledge of OSHA, ADA, safety systems, and regulatory requirements

Professional Qualities • When given a set of guiding objectives and principles, you can identify, prioritize, and execute on tasks with minimal supervision

• You have strong organizational, documentation follow-through skills and take pride in the quality of your work

• You are passionate about decarbonization and addressing climate change