Stores Operator

Job Title:             Stores Operator
Location:             Chatham, Kent
Compensation:   £24,242 + Benefits
Role Type:           Full time / Permanent 
Role ID:               SF69371

Keep Army Training Running Smoothly – Join a Team That Powers Defence Excellence

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Stores Operator at Chatham, near Gillingham, Kent.

The role
As a Stores Operator, you’ll be at the heart of operations that support vital army training exercises. You’ll play a key role in ensuring that accommodation and equipment are ready and available for course arrivals, helping to maintain the smooth running of military training programmes. This is a hands-on role where your attention to detail and organisational skills will make a real difference to our mission and your career development.

Day-to-day you’ll be:
•    Preparing accommodation for incoming training courses
•    Issuing stores and equipment to support training operations
•    Maintaining clean, tidy, and serviceable store areas
•    Managing issues, demands, receipts, and stock replenishment
•    Keeping accurate records and paperwork for stores accounts

Please note that this position involves manual work. This could include lifting, bending, using tools or standing for extended periods of time.

The role is based onsite at Chatham, Monday - Friday, totalling 37 hours per week.

Essential experience of the Stores Operator:
•    Physically fit and capable of manual handling, including lifting furniture 
•    Confident using Microsoft Office Suite 
•    Comfortable working in a fast-paced, operational environment 
•    Able to follow procedures and maintain accurate documentation 
•    Strong team player with good communication skills

Qualifications for the Stores Operator:
•    Full UK Driving Licence 

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be 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).

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. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• ‘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.

Babcock International

For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal. 

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.

Closing Date: 05/11/2025