Material Controller

APCL A&P Group Limited; Hebburn; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in England is seeking Material Controllers for a 6-month fixed-term contract. In this role, you'll organise and manage materials to ensure efficient operations. Candidates should have strong organisational skills, specific licenses, and effective communication abilities. This position offers opportunities for personal growth, financial security with benefits, and a supportive work-life balance.

Benefits

Pension contributions up to 4%

Life cover at 7 times salary

Sick pay and health cash plan

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Qualifications

• Experience in maintaining records, registers, or logs.
• Knowledge of BOMs and engineering drawings.

Responsibilities

• Organise materials into job packs to reduce downtime.
• Palletise and store materials for easy access.
• Optimise storage space for safety and organisation.
• Support section leads in material delivery.
• Act as a contact for Fabricators on material issues.

Skills

Strong organisational skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Collaboration skills

Education

FLT licence

Overhead crane licence

Tools

Engineering documentation knowledge

IT skills

Job description

Overview

A&P Tyne Material Controllers, Fabrication - 6 month fixed term contract

This is an opportunity to make a significant impact on our fabrication work, part of a project of national significance, while working with and learning from a team of experts. We’re looking for two Material Controllers to join us on a fixed-term contract for 6 months to organise materials enabling the team to access what they need, when they need it.

Responsibilities

• Supporting Fabrication you’ll organise materials into job packs, ensuring that they are packaged ahead of when they’re needed with the aim to reduce downtime taken to access them.
• You’ll palletise and store materials, clearly identifying the work packs and you’ll keep a register of where they are stored, enabling easy access for trades when needed.
• Optimising storage space you’ll make best use of the facility creating easily accessible, safe and organised storage areas.
• You’ll support our section leads who will advise what is needed when and where and then you’ll deliver it.
• You will be a key point of contact to our Fabricators and Welders if any deficiencies or material quality issues are identified that may put them at risk of falling behind their daily plan.

Qualifications

• Strong organisational skills while paying close attention to detail
• An FLT licence as well as an overhead crane licence
• Knowledge of engineering documentation including BOMs and ideally engineering drawings
• IT skills
• Experience in maintaining records / registers / logs
• Communication and collaboration skills that will help you to do what's needed

Why join us?

• Personal Growth - This is an opportunity to make a significant impact while working with and learning from a team of experts from the marine and structural engineering industries. The chance to be part of a team making a real impact on the future of the business
• Financial Security - with important benefits like your Pension which includes a monthly employer contribution by A&P Tyne up to 4% and Life cover at 7 x your basic salary is part of your package.
• Healthy Living - We support healthy living and provide help when it’s needed. To ensure that you are able to take time off when you need it, we offer sick pay and to cover everyday health we have a health cash plan, which gives you access to money back on everyday healthcare costs. Your dental, optical and physiotherapy as well as wellness services including counselling sessions, digital mental health support, 24/7 virtual GP, and an EAP are included.
• Work-life Balance - We offer 25 days of annual leave per year plus Bank Holidays. Maternity, Paternity and Parental leave support you during those significant life changes, helping you to balance your family responsibilities with work.

Due to the nature of what we do for some of the customers that we work with, some roles working for A&P are subject to security control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform with us.

You must also undergo a Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) check before your employment starts, which will include a basic DBS check.