Inventory Associate

Number of employees

300

Menlo Park, CA

Posted on: 2025-12-10

Category: energy

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Employment type:

Full time

Experience required:

Intermediate

Salary

Salary not provided

About the company:

Mainspring Energy is a power infrastructure company that designs and manufactures the Linear Generator, a novel primary power solution that delivers firm, flexible, and low-emissions electricity at the point of need. The company serves a wide range of markets including utilities, data centers, enterprise customers, and industrial operations, offering modular units that can be deployed quickly and scaled from hundreds of kilowatts to hundreds of megawatts. The Linear Generator is capable of operating on multiple fuels including natural gas, biogas, and field gas, and is designed to transition seamlessly to zero-carbon fuels over time.

About Mainspring

Mainspring Energy manufactures and delivers fuel-flexible, low-emissions local power solutions that rapidly add new capacity and deliver reliable, affordable, and sustainable electric power. The company began commercial shipments of its Mainspring Linear Generators in 2020 and today has hundreds of megawatts in advanced development and field operations for leading Fortune 500 companies, data centers, and utilities. Mainspring also partners with global energy leaders including AEP, NextEra Energy Resources, Schneider Electric, and more.

The core values that ground our work, guide our decisions, and connect us together:

  • Pragmatic Optimism
  • Excellence without Ego
  • Proactive Collaboration

Job Overview

We are searching for an organized and detail-oriented Inventory Associate to ensure our internal customers in Operations and Maintenance, R&D, and Contract Manufacturing are supplied with the critical parts and kits they need. In this position, you will play a key role in parts kitting and inventory organization, as well as shipping and receiving. You will work within our facility in Menlo Park, collaborating with our highly talented team of mechanics and engineers to bring affordable, dispatchable, and clean energy to the world.

Does your experience not meet all of our posted requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to positions unless they meet every listed requirement. At Mainspring, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, flexible, and collaborative environment, so if you want to help us transition the world to clean and affordable electricity, and don’t meet all posted requirements for a particular role, we’d still love to hear from you. Mainspring can sometimes be flexible enough to shift responsibilities for the right person, or otherwise identify open or upcoming roles that may better fit your professional background.

In more traditional words, Mainspring Energy, Inc is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

This compensation and benefits information is based on Mainspring Energy's estimate as of the date of publication and may be modified in the future. We generally do not negotiate on salary once we have made an offer. The level of pay within the range will depend on a variety of job-related factors that may include location, relevant prior experience and/or education, or particular skills and expertise. New hires joining the company tend to be paid within the starting base pay range noted above, with opportunities to increase pay over time based on development of additional skills, competencies, and company-specific knowledge.

Responsibilities

  • Manage the receipt, unloading and organization of mission critical supplies
  • Maintain our inventory database through data entry of received and consumed items
  • Coordinate stock-related duties, including returning, packing, and labeling materials as needed
  • Inspect deliveries for damage or discrepancies and report those to accounting for reimbursements and record keeping
  • Monitor kit consumption, ensuring timely replenishment
  • Conduct inventory cycle counts to ensure inventory level accuracy
  • Qualifications

  • 2+ years of experience in Warehouse in a manufacturing environment
  • Physical ability to frequently lift and carry materials weighing up to 25 pounds, and occasionally up to 50 lbs
  • Minimum of a high school diploma or equivalent
  • Good written and verbal communication skills
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