Storekeeper in Plymouth

Overview

As a Storekeeper, you\'ll be an essential part of our Naval Nuclear logistics and warehousing team, ensuring critical equipment, materials and supplies are received, stored, handled and dispatched correctly to support Royal Navy vessels. Day-to-day, you\'ll have a hands‑on role in defence logistics and warehousing within one of the UK\'s most important engineering and industrial environments. You\'ll support essential maintenance and refit activities on naval platforms, contributing directly to operational capability and national security. It\'s also an excellent opportunity to build long‑term skills, gain professional qualifications, and develop a rewarding career in logistics, engineering support or supply‑chain operations.

Responsibilities

• Receive and verify incoming shipments, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
• Prepare outgoing items for dispatch, maintaining correct documentation and packaging standards.
• Support ongoing inventory management activities, ensuring materials are stored safely and logically.
• Operate manual handling equipment and maintain a safe, organised warehouse environment.
• Work collaboratively as part of a high‑performing logistics team delivering essential outputs for the Royal Navy.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and is based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard and Burrington Way Sites.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a warehousing or logistics environment.
• Experience using inventory management systems.
• Understanding of shipping and receiving procedures.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast‑paced team environment.
• Forklift truck training or willingness to undertake training.
• Driving licence - Desirable.
• Additional warehousing, logistics, manual‑handling or stock‑control training - Desirable.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be a sole UK National who is able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

About Babcock

We\'re Babcock – a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference. Here, you\'ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we\'re building a future that lasts – not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work‑life balance.

What We Offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10‑days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. There is an annual Window to request this benefit. \'Be Kind Day\' enables employees to take one working day\'s paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.