Material Planner in England

Location: Telford, Shropshire, TF2 8JT

Onsite or Hybrid: OnSite

Keep critical defence programmes moving through expert material planning. At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Material Planner at our Donnington site.

The role:

As a Material Planner, you’ll play a vital role in enabling operations by ensuring accurate, timely and compliant material planning across Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul activity. Working closely with Operations, Planning, PMO and material subject matter experts, you’ll support material enablement for MRO delivery and associated Contract Change Notices. Day‑to‑day, you’ll have a hands‑on role where your attention to detail, data accuracy and understanding of defence logistics will make a real difference. You’ll help identify risks early, manage authority dependencies and support robust, policy‑aligned reporting in line with the Defence Logistic Framework, building valuable experience and progressing your career within a dynamic defence environment.

Responsibilities:

• Supporting effective material management, working with operations and planning teams to enable MRO delivery
• Maintaining accurate material data, partnering with the Material Data Controller to identify issues and delays early
• Completing material assessments, in line with policies, processes and service level agreements
• Managing authority dependencies, advising on escalation and relief claims where required
• Ensuring accurate reporting, maintaining material data and compliance within SAP and MJDI systems

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and is based on site at Donnington.

Essential Experience:

• Supporting effective material management, working with operations and planning teams to enable MRO delivery
• Maintaining accurate material data, partnering with the Material Data Controller to identify issues and delays early
• Completing material assessments, in line with policies, processes and service level agreements
• Managing authority dependencies, advising on escalation and relief claims where required
• Ensuring accurate reporting, maintaining material data and compliance within SAP and MJDI systems

Qualifications:

• Materiel Accountant and UAA training courses are advantageous

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.

Benefits:

• 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 allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement.
• ‘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.