Logistics Level 1

Location: Prestwick, Ayrshire

Hours: 37 hours per week (half day Friday)

Salary: £31,364.00

Type: Full-time

Travel Required: Occasional

Work Location: Site-based (100%)

Security Checks: BPSS, Disclosure Scotland, pre-employment medical (including drug and alcohol testing)

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK (no visa sponsorship available); appointments are subject to pre-employment checks, and we welcome applications from all backgrounds.

Prestwick Aerosystems continues Ayrshire’s long-standing aircraft manufacturing tradition. From our Prestwick site, we manufacture aircraft wing structures used on Airbus commercial aircraft programmes worldwide.

As a Logistics Level 1 Operative, you will play a key role in supporting production and customer delivery by ensuring materials are received, controlled, stored and issued accurately within a regulated aerospace manufacturing environment. Working as part of the site Logistics team, you will support stable operations through effective material handling, inventory control and system accuracy.

How you will contribute to the team

• Manage the receipt, movement, storage and shipment of material in line with the Master Production Schedule, ensuring production and customer requirements are supported.
• Accept and reject deliveries in accordance with SO2 approvals, verifying purchase order requirements, certification, authorised signatories and placing non-conforming material into impound where required.
• Complete inventory activities including weekly cycle counts and quarterly stock checks, maintaining accurate stock records across stores, work-in-progress and system data.
• Perform accurate ERP (SAP) transactions to maintain correct material status, location, traceability and compliance with company and regulatory requirements (including CAA and SOX).

Requirements for the role

• Working knowledge of logistics processes including goods receipt, inventory control, material handling and dispatch activities.
• Ability to use ERP systems (SAP) to accurately record stock movements, locations, WIP and material status.
• An SVQ Level 3 qualification (or equivalent) or be working towards this.
• Approval, or the ability to gain approval, to operate relevant logistical equipment (e.g. forklift, crane) in line with site requirements.

What we will offer you

• 37-hour working week with half day Friday
• Defined contribution pension
• Annual bonus linked to company performance
• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Life assurance and wellbeing support
• Professional development and training opportunities
• Free onsite parking

If you’re ready to support world-class aerospace manufacturing through a vital logistics role at Prestwick, apply today.

Right to Work in the UK

All applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK at the time of application. Prestwick Aerosystems is unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role. Any offer of employment will be subject to satisfactory Right to Work checks, Disclosure Scotland and a pre-employment medical.

Prestwick Aerosystems is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace.

This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Your application data will be processed by Prestwick Aerosystems and other companies under the control of Airbus for all necessary hiring, vetting, and security checks. This processing is required to assess your suitability for employment.

At Prestwick Aerosystems, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.