Warehouse Team Lead

Job Title:              Warehouse Team Lead
Location:              Telford, Shropshire 
Compensation:    £32,229.36 + Benefits
Role Type:           Full time / Permanent 
Role ID:               SF62102

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 Warehouse Team Lead at our Donnington site.

The role
As a Warehouse Team Lead, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. This is an exciting opportunity to lead a team and ensure we operate as efficiently and effectively as possible. 

Day-to-day, you’ll make sure teams have the people, tools, and processes they need to safely deliver outputs within warehousing. You’ll ensure processes are followed and updated providing accurate information for decision making and giving visibility for the wider business to support.

• Providing support to manage employee lifecycle recruitment through to exit processes
• Managing employee relations daily contact supporting warehouse manager through disciplinary, grievance, welfare support procedure
• Performance management including objective setting, appraisals, identifying poor performance, reward and/or recognition
• Managing functional resource levels, 1st daily contact in absence management, annual and/or flexi leave
• Identification for additional working to deliver on performance expectations  

Please note that the successful candidate will be required to pass a targeted medical questionnaire and/or medical examination as a condition of employment for this role.

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

Essential experience of the Warehouse Team Lead:

• Competent PC user (MS Office, MS Outlook, SharePoint, MRP system)
• Proven experience in leading and managing a team in a warehouse or similar environment
• Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to address and resolve operational issues effectively
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, to interact effectively with manage people, individuals, and teams

Qualifications for the Warehouse Team Lead:

• Educated to Level 2 in National Qualification Framework (NQF) as a minimum (Intermediate apprenticeship, Level 2 NVQ, GCSE – Grade A* - C, O Level A – C, CSE Grade1) or equivalent workplace experience

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 the majority of 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

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: 04/03/2025