About the role
The Offshore Material Controller is a key leadership role responsible for overseeing all offshore material handling activities, ensuring efficient and compliant logistics support to operations. This role leads the offshore stores team, including direct supervision of the Stores Assistant, and is accountable for maintaining accurate inventory records, coordinating material movements, and upholding safety and operational standards.
Point of Hire: Perth or Darwin
Specific Responsibilities
Leadership & Team Oversight
- Lead and supervise the offshore stores team, ensuring clear direction, accountability, performance standards and continuous improvements.
- Coordinate daily tasks and priorities, ensuring alignment with operational goals and compliance with company policies.
- Provide coaching, mentoring, and task delegation to the Stores Assistants.
- Monitor team performance, provide constructive feedback, and conduct regular evaluations to support professional development.
- Foster a culture of safety, accuracy, and continuous improvement within the stores function.
- Facilitate training and onboarding of new staff, ensuring they understand their roles, responsibilities, and safety procedures.
Material Control & Logistics
- Coordinate the receipt, inspection, storage, and issuance of materials offshore.
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date inventory records.
- Liaise with onshore logistics and supply chain teams to ensure timely delivery and backload of equipment and supplies.
- Conduct regular and accurate stock takes to maintain optimal inventory levels and ensure alignment with operational requirements.
- Record and reconcile stock discrepancies, investigating variances and reporting findings to relevant stakeholders.
- Prepare and verify manifests and documentation for cargo movements in compliance with company and regulatory requirements.
- Ensure proper handling, labelling, and storage of hazardous and sensitive materials.
- Maintain the Dangerous goods register and locations, considering inbound and outbound operations.
- Liaise with Deck Services teams for container movements, packing/unpacking.
- Conduct daily discussions with the Offshore Access Team Lead and OCR to ensure safe and effective discharging and backloading sequences of supply vessels.
- Waste management - Ensure food and bin containers are rotated to meet demand correctly and waste segregation is encouraged and adhered to.
- Coordinate with the Production team regarding chemical skids and Iso tank movements.
- Ensure M041 and SDS documentation accompanies dangerous goods materials during backloading processes.
- Manage infield (PSV) supply vessel movements and preparation of backloaded materials/containers.
- Apply risk management principles to materials handling, ensuring all personnel understand responsibilities related to segregation, controls, including chemicals, waste, marine, and helicopter handling requirements.
- Identify and report defects within the warehouse or storage system, including action points, due dates, and recommendations for improvement (e.g., incorrect bin locations, inappropriate storage or preservation methods, potentially unserviceable materials).
Essential Skills & Experience
- MSIC, BOSIET with CA-EBS (5750), and Escape Chute Training (5770) or ability to obtain.
- Offshore warehouse experience preferred. Candidates with relevant onshore experience in Oil and Gas who can demonstrate a strong understanding of offshore operations will also be considered.
- Proficient in SAP, ideally with experience in MM modules, including shipping and manifesting
- Strong reporting and analytical skills using SAP and Microsoft platforms.
- Dangerous Goods by Air (IATA), sea (IMDG) certification required or ability to obtain.
- Demonstrate knowledge and experience in the handling, storage, and transfer of dangerous goods, including segregation requirements.
- Ability to manage and prioritise tasks based on operational criticality and demand
- Able to describe general principles and key activities related to receiving, checking, issuing, transporting, packaging, kitting, storing, and preserving goods to required standards
- Capable of working independently while leading a team across day and night shifts
- Strong communication, organisational and leadership skills
- Diploma or certificate/qualification in Supply Chain Management, Warehousing, or a related Logistics discipline (preferred).
- Familiarity with emergency response procedures, such as spill response, first aid, and evacuation protocols
- Experience and knowledge of Kabal manifesting (preferred)
Benefits
- Up to 50% off gyms, studios, active wear, healthy meals, supplements, recovery and more through Qube wellness programs
- Discounted health insurance
- Special paid leave to participate in volunteering activities
- Unlimited access to employee assistance program delivered through Sonder
- Generous paid parental leave for eligible employees
- Ongoing learning, development, and training opportunities for employees
Qube recognises the value of an inclusive and diverse work environment. We take pride in the diversity of our people and encourage applications from people of all genders, ages and backgrounds. Our recruitment decisions are based on the key inherent needs and requirements of each role, and candidates are selected on their unique strengths and characteristics.
Join us at Qube Energy, where we are not just meeting industry standards but setting them. Be part of a dynamic team that is shaping the future of supply chain with passion, innovation, and a relentless commitment to safety, efficiency, and reliability. If you're looking for your next big opportunity, Qube Energy is the place to be. Let's drive the future together!
About QUBE
Are you ready to be part of something extraordinary? At Qube Energy, we are revolutionising the supply chain landscape for the Energy, Mining, and Industrial sectors in Australia’s resource-rich locations. As a business unit of Qube Ports, we harness our extensive network and unparalleled expertise to deliver innovative, tailored solutions that drive efficiency and reliability for our clients.
BE SAFE is at the core of everything we do. We are committed to creating a safe working environment for our team and clients, ensuring that every operation is conducted with the highest standards of safety and care. Our focus on efficiency means we are constantly optimising our processes to deliver the best results, while our dedication to reliability ensures that our clients can count on us to meet their needs, every time.
Imagine working with a team that is committed to maximising the value of our current services while boldly diversifying into a full suite of in-house transport, and supply chain services. Our operations are data-driven and supported by cutting-edge systems and IT solutions, all managed by a high-performance team dedicated to excellence.
