R31734 Material Specialist
Location: Aldermaston, Reading
Salary: Starting salary £35,000 dependant on skills and experience plus allowances
Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight, with every other Friday as a non-working day. For this role, employees are required to work fully onsite. We support flexible working arrangements where possible, including part-time and varied working hours, while maintaining an onsite presence. Please let us know if you would like us to consider an alternative working pattern as part of your application.
What you'll do:
- Working within a Logistics environment undertaking picking, packing, stock rotation, quarantining, disposing and clearing and distributing locally, nationally and internationally.
- Lead and task manage operations staff to carry out processes; and verify that tasks conform with the plan, standards and instructions whilst ensuring that training and standards of peoples' competence for the safe operation of tasks within the area are met.
- Deliver stand up accountability meetings / PLOW's / PLODs to maintain focus within the team to ensure efficient delivery in support of Operations and/or the Program.
- Physical material control and Record Management of all inventory stock across all business areas ensuring that all movements of inventories are managed and recorded in a timely manner.
- Participate in annual audits of stock against the program as initiated by the centralised audit and assurance team.
- Responsible to conduct data analytics over all business systems used for the purpose of accuracy and characterisation of assets supporting material control teams across the business.
- Initiation and participation in physical inventory counting of stock against the cycle count programme ensuring that all electronic records are updated and retained for auditing purposes supporting the development of metrics for upward progress reporting.
- Collate and interpret qualitative and quantitative data and convert into infographics, reports, tables, and graphs to maintain performance dashboards in support of Non-Nuclear Material Operations, the wider Logistics capability ultimately focusing on future readiness in support of the programme.
- Maintain SharePoint site ownership for shared working - ensuring compliance with GDPR and that all signposted information is relevant and up to date.
- Task managing a team of operatives conducting Logistics activities.
- Responsible for ensuring that training and standards of peoples' competence for the safe operation of tasks within the area are met.
- Where applicable operation of specialist logistics equipment for instance Forklift Truck, Mechanical Handling Equipment, specialist vehicles, clearance and disposal equipment for logistics activities as defined by the process.
- Ensure that any through life service management is applied to all relevant stored stock i.e. calibration scheduling, rotation of stock, end of service life checks.
- Organise, sort and prepare materials across site for delivery including picking and packing of items and components for safe transportation.
- Locating material in the appropriate stores location using (FIFO system) with the characteristics of the commodity.
- Where appropriate support arrangements for the specialised movement of material such as dangerous goods and explosives.
- Issue material with appropriate documentation in response to suitably authorised demands to meet the program and / or operational need.
- Maintain all localised documentation relevant to the workplace such as risk assessments, safe systems of work (SSOW) ensuring compliance with safety, security and legislative requirements.
- Use of IT, using corporate warehouse, asset and inventory systems for the day-to- day management of stock.
- Initiation and participation in physical inventory counting of stock against the cycle count programme ensuring that all electronic records are updated and retained for auditing purposes.
- Engagement with inventory custodians across the business providing subject matter expertise, aid in the coordination of movements of inventory and ensuring inventory control compliance.
- Investigate stock discrepancies and manage authorised stock adjustment ensuring timely escalation where discrepancies cannot be resolved.
- Ensure that data held within corporate management systems for inventory management is accurate to ensure the system in continuously developing and provides effective data and information.
- Supporting the disposition process through sentencing ensuring accurate record keeping on corporate system
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Material Specialist in Reading employer: awepeople
AWE is an exceptional employer, offering a competitive salary and benefits package that reflects the senior leadership responsibilities of the Head of Security Standards, Risk & Assurance role. Located conveniently between Reading and Basingstoke with free onsite parking, AWE promotes a supportive work culture that values flexibility, employee growth, and innovation in security practices. With a commitment to continuous improvement and a focus on developing high-performing teams, AWE provides a unique opportunity for professionals to shape security standards and influence risk management in a highly regulated environment.
