Materials Planner

Build your career supporting vital defence operations. At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Materials Planner at Devonport, near Plymouth, Devon.

The role

As a Materials Planner, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will become a key link between commercial, engineering, construction, supply chain and project delivery teams. By coordinating materials planning and sequencing activities, you’ll help ensure we have the right components, in the right place, at the right time. It’s a role that will strengthen your experience across supply chain, planning and operations, offering meaningful career growth and exposure to complex engineering environments.

Day-to-day you’ll be required to:

• Support maintenance teams by identifying and coordinating material requirements for planned operational work
• Plan and sequence materials for spares, repairs and non-conforming items to meet inventory and demand targets
• Ensure timely delivery of materials to operational teams across multiple work packages
• Assist in identifying correct material quality, quantity and status to meet maintenance commitments
• Oversee critical and strategic spares, including identification, procurement and inventory management

The role is based onsite at Devonport, and the set working times are Monday to Friday, totalling 35 hours per week.

Essential experience of the Materials Planner:

• Experience in stock control or inventory administration
• Proficiency using software such as MS Office and SAP
• Understanding of supply chain processes from demand through to delivery

Qualifications for the Materials Planner:

• Minimum NVQ Level 2 in Business Administration, Logistics, Warehousing or equivalent experience in materials planning

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

What we offer

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• 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.
• ‘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

Babcock is 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.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.