Storekeeper

Job Title:              Storekeeper
Location:              Wareham, Dorset
Compensation:    £24,336 + Benefits
Role Type:           Full time / Permanent
Role ID:               SF557291
 
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 Storekeeper at our Bovington site.
 
The role
As a Storekeeper, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary.  We need you to support us in forging new paths, contributing as we grow through exciting, but sometimes challenging change.  As part of the team,  you’ll conduct inventory / stock checks and order any required stock. You'll issue items to soldiers, including including clothing, weapons and spares for army vehicles.

Day to day, you'll:

• Interface with customers, suppliers, and colleagues ensuring the smooth transfer of goods, to include issuing, receipt and returns.
• Ensuring the inventory systems are kept up to date, to ensure the smooth management of the stores functions
• Ensure a high standard of housekeeping within the stores, and minimising risks
• Drive Land Rovers and operate forklift trucks 
• Assist with stores audits and stock checks
• Be responsible for the security and safe handling of Company and Authority equipment.

 
This role is full-time working 39 hours per week (Monday – Friday) based on site at Bovington, Dorset.
 
Essential experience of the Storekeeper

• Driving Licence
• Competent IT skills; proficient in Microsoft Office applications 
• Ability to work as part of a team and maintain positive relationships with colleagues and the customer
• Good interpersonal skills for interacting confidently with customers
• Good general health and safety awareness

Qualifications for the Storekeeper

We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

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
• Employee share scheme 
• Employee shopping savings portal
• 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.
• The honour and responsibility of equipping our armed forces.
• Opportunities to develop your career.

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: 09/05/2024