Logistics Operative - Forward Delivery

Serco; Brize Norton; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Pension up to 6%

Internal courses and apprenticeships

Employee Assistance Programme

Staff discounts

Volunteering day

Job summary

Serco is recruiting a Logistics Operative to join our Defence forward delivery team at RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire. You will deliver essential logistics support, ensuring resources are available where and when they’re needed to support operational activities and reliable service delivery.

Working as part of a collaborative logistics team, you’ll help maintain operational readiness at one of the RAF’s busiest stations, contributing to safety, efficiency and the timely movement of materials.

Qualifications

• Experience in logistics, supply chain or warehouse environment.
• Current driving licence including Category C1 entitlement.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office and strong communication skills.
• Ability to work safely following established procedures and standards.
• Forklift Counterbalance licence desirable; training can be provided.
• Willingness to learn new systems including MJDI training.

Responsibilities

• Deliver logistics activities in line with approved work instructions and operational requirements.
• Maintain high standards of safety and promote a positive Zero Harm reporting culture.
• Ensure compliance with the Serco Management System and relevant health, safety and environmental regulations.
• Use logistics systems and processes to support the effective movement, storage and issue of materials.
• Identify and report safety, compliance or operational concerns to the appropriate leader.
• Support wider logistics operations and undertake additional reasonable duties as required.

Skills

Driving licence C1

Microsoft Office

Communication skills

Safety procedures

Forklift licence desirable

MJDI training willingness

Tools

MJDI

Job description

Logistics Operative

Location: RAF Brize Norton, Carterton, Oxfordshire, OX18 3LX

Salary: £25,600.00 per annum plus excellent benefits

Schedule: Full-time 37 hours per week - Monday - Thursday 8am - 4.30pm Friday 8am - 1pm.

Ready to impact a better future?

As a Logistics Operative in our Defence foward delivery team, you’ll help deliver essential logistics support at RAF Brize Norton, ensuring the right resources are available where and when they’re needed to support operational activities. Your work will contribute to safe, efficient, and reliable service delivery every day.

Working as part of a collaborative logistics team, you’ll play an important role in maintaining operational readiness across one of the RAF’s busiest stations. Our work touches lives, supports critical defence capabilities, and creates a positive impact through trusted service delivery. You’ll be part of a team that takes pride in delivering the right outcome first time while helping to impact a better future.

What You’ll Do As a Logistics Operative

• Deliver logistics activities in line with approved work instructions and operational requirements.
• Maintain high standards of safety and promote a positive Zero Harm reporting culture.
• Ensure compliance with the Serco Management System and relevant health, safety and environmental regulations.
• Use logistics systems and processes to support the effective movement, storage and issue of materials.
• Identify and report safety, compliance or operational concerns to the appropriate leader.
• Support wider logistics operations and undertake additional reasonable duties as required.

Does this sound like you?

• Experience working within a logistics, supply chain or warehouse environment.
• Current driving licence including Category C1 entitlement.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications and strong communication skills.
• Ability to work safely while following established procedures and standards.
• Forklift Truck Counterbalance licence is desirable, although training can be provided.
• Willingness to learn new systems, including Ministry of Defence Management of the Joint Deployed Inventory (MJDI) training.

What We Offer

• 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays (and the option to buy up to five additional leave days each year)
• Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
• Over 1,100 internal courses available, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships (we currently offer over 60 different apprenticeships), mentoring opportunities, and a focus on internal progression.
• Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime HealthLine, wellbeing app, 30% off at Serco-managed leisure centres, and 24/7 access to a virtual GP service
• Discounts across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment and travel
• Paid volunteering day, tax-free charitable giving through Payroll Giving Scheme, donate your pennies from your monthly pay to the Serco People Fund Charity
• Our employee networks support connection by providing spaces for collaboration, learning, and belonging. They represent and empower all our colleagues including veterans, LGBTQIA+ employees, women, parents and carers, people with disabilities, and people from all cultural backgrounds.

Vetting And Checks

This role requires Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance and the ability to obtain Security Check (SC) clearance. As part of the recruitment process, candidates will be required to successfully complete a colour perception test and an Occupational Health Questionnaire. UK residency requirements may apply depending on the level of security clearance required.

A Little Bit About Us

At Serco, everyone plays a vital part in delivering essential public services that make a real difference. As a global team of 50,000 people across Defence, Transport, Justice, Immigration, Healthcare, Leisure and Citizen Services, we’re united by a shared purpose: to improve the services that communities rely on. Guided by our values of Trust, Care, Innovation and Pride, our people make meaningful impact, every single day.

Our Inclusive Recruitment Commitment

We prioritise your skills and potential. As a Disability Confident Leader, the Top Great British Employer of Veterans 2026, and a Gold Inclusive Employer Standard holder, we champion equal opportunities for all. We offer flexible and hybrid working where possible and make reasonable adjustments throughout recruitment and employment.

• Guaranteed Interview Scheme: Applicants with disabilities, veterans and people with convictions, who meet the minimum job criteria, are guaranteed an interview. Simply opt into the relevant scheme on the application form.
• Ban The Box: We also support fair access for those with unspent criminal convictions through our ‘Ban the Box’ pledge (some roles may have security exemptions).