At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage storage and delivery of equipment, ensuring safety and compliance.
- Company: Join Babcock, a global leader in defence and engineering.
- Benefits: Generous holiday, pension scheme, flexible working, and health support.
- Other info: Dynamic environment with opportunities for volunteering and career growth.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on national security while developing your skills.
- Qualifications: Willingness to obtain PAT certification and strong organisational skills.
The predicted salary is between 25000 - 32000 £ per year.
Senior Stores and Warehouse Operative
As a Senior Stores and Warehouse Operative, you'll play a vital role in supporting mission‑critical defence and engineering operations. Working within our Mission Systems team, you'll ensure equipment, materials and assets are safely stored, tracked and delivered to keep projects running efficiently and support national security.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a collaborative, customer‑facing team where your organisational skills and attention to detail will make a real impact. You'll build strong relationships, develop your technical skills and contribute to meaningful work that supports the UK’s defence infrastructure.
Responsibilities
- Managing the safe storage, handling and organisation of equipment and materials within the warehouse
- Supporting collections and deliveries, ensuring items are tracked and recorded accurately
- Conducting inspections of storage systems and maintaining compliance with safety standards
- Carrying out disposal activities and general stores support tasks as directed
- Performing Portable Appliance Testing (PAT) on equipment and ensuring compliance with quality and safety procedures
Hours & Location
Full‑time, 37 hours per week, based on the North Yorkshire Coast.
Core hours: 8am – 4pm Monday to Thursday; 8am – 3:30pm Friday.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- Hold or be willing to obtain City & Guilds 2377-22 PAT certification
- Full UK driving licence
- Health and Safety policy and regulation knowledge and compliance
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- IT literacy of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.)
- Forklift driving licence or willingness to obtain one
- Strong organisational and communication skills
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Developed Vetting (DV) security clearance for this role and be a Sole UK citizen.
Benefits
- 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‑day special paid leave
- Holiday Trading – ability to buy additional leave or sell up to one week of annual leave from entitlement
- Be Kind Day – one working day of paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) for volunteering
- Flexible working – options to better integrate work and personal life while meeting business needs
- A dynamic working environment
About Babcock
At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Stores and Warehouse Operative by the North Yorkshire Coast. Babcock is a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure.
