Material Handler

Bombardier; Westerham; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Bombardier’s Business Aircraft London Service Centre at Biggin Hill is seeking a Material Handler to manage inbound/outbound material, tool control, and inventory in SAP. The role involves inspecting items, ensuring proper documentation, and coordinating with the maintenance team to support base and line maintenance operations.

Ideal candidates will have aviation/materials experience, a valid driver’s license, and familiarity with regulatory frameworks (EASA Part-145, ADR, IATA).

Qualifications

• Goods-In Company approval with experience of accepting aircraft components
• Experience in aviation or material/parts environment
• Ability to multi-task
• Valid Driver’s License
• Ability to work under pressure
• Knowledge of human factors and performance
• Computer skills to use word processing, spreadsheets, databases
• Airfreight Security Employee training
• Road Transport ADR training
• Incoming Goods Inspector training
• Basic knowledge of aircraft parts and terminology
• Experience with SAP
• Knowledge of EASA Part-145, ADR, IATA categories 7/8
• Forklift qualification
• Export shipping experience

Responsibilities

• Adhere to Bombardier’s MOE and environmental/safety procedures
• Attend morning meetings and inform team about constraints
• Prioritize items to ensure timely handling of parts (AOG items first)
• Receive/inspect incoming/outgoing materials and document properly
• Inspect and identify tools/equipment and enter tooling in system
• Quarantine/reject defective parts and inform Buyer Planner
• Accept aircraft components and materials in SAP
• File and store material certificates and link to supplier
• Issue approved parts and tooling with proper documentation
• Ensure outgoing materials are billed to correct customer accounts
• Maintain inventory via cycle counts and perpetual/WIP systems
• Ensure materials are removed from store before expiry
• Prepare picked items for input and issue to Staff
• Monitor tooling calibration cycles and dates
• Remove tooling ahead of calibration dates
• Monitor consumable stock levels and report replenishment needs
• Ensure cores are returned to vendor timely
• Maintain good housekeeping in stores
• Perform other duties as assigned

Skills

Multi-tasking

Pressure handling

Human factors

Computer skills

Tools

SAP

Forklift qualified

ADR training

Airfreight Security Training

Incoming Goods Inspector training

Job description

Bombardier’s Business Aircraft London Service Centre in Biggin Hill is part of an award-winning network and is the flagship of Bombardier’s European operation. This Base and Line Maintenance Centre is the fastest-growing Service Centre in Europe and the largest Business Aircraft OEM in the UK. The facility has the capabilities to perform an array of maintenance checks, modifications and upgrades all from this site. Only 14 miles from London, Bombardier’s Biggin Hill Service Centre is ideally located to support operators in the UK region and beyond.

What are your contributions to the team?

• Adhere to Bombardiers Maintenance Organization Procedures, among which the relevant parts of the MOE, applicable work instructions and especially environmental and safety procedures

• Attend morning meetings and pro-actively inform the team about constraints

• Determine priority items to ensure timely handling of incoming and outgoing parts, e.g. handling AOG items first

• Receive / visually inspect all incoming and outgoing materials for physical damage and appropriate documentation, including provisions for properly inspecting electrostatic sensitive components

• Inspect and identify received tools and equipment and enter tooling in the tooling program

• Ensure rejected tools and parts (among which suspected unapproved parts) are quarantined and labelled, and that the Buyer Planner is informed about the discrepant condition, so corrective action shall be initiated

• Accept aircraft components and materials in accordance with SAP

• Ensure that all material certificates are properly filed and materials are properly stored, and that material is kept linked to the supplier source

• Issue approved parts, materials, special tooling and ground support equipment to the maintenance department that is accompanied with the appropriate documentation

• Ensure that outgoing materials are placed on the right customer account

• Maintain accurate inventory (via cycle counts, perpetual, work-in-progress) using computerized / manual systems to include purchased parts, manufactured parts, materials, tools, etc.

• Ensure that material is removed from store before it will expire

• Preparation of picked items prior to aircraft input and the issuance to the Project Responsible/Certifying Staff upon arrival

• Monitor special tooling to ensure all issued tooling is within its calibration period

• Removal of special tooling from its location in advance of its calibration date

• Monitor inventory levels of consumables and report findings to the Buyer Planner to replenish such stocks

• Monitor cores to ensure they are returned to the vendor in a timely manner

• Maintain good housekeeping practices in stores

• Perform other duties as assigned

How to thrive in this role?

• You ideally would have previously held a Goods-In Company approval with experience of accepting aircraft components

• You have previous experience in aviation or material/parts environment

• You have the ability to multi-task

• You have a valid Driver’s License

• You have the ability to work under pressure

• You have knowledge on, and practicing of, human factors, human performance and limitations

• You have computer skills necessary to learn and/or operate word processing, spreadsheet, database, presentation, email, and web-based applications

• You have Airfreight Security Employee training

• You have Road Transport/Awareness ADR (Dangerous Goods) training

• You have Incoming Goods Inspector training

• You have basic knowledge of aircraft parts and terminology

• You have previous experience with SAP

• You have basic knowledge on applicable officially recognised European regulations, being EASA Part-145, ADR, IATA category 7/8

• You are ideally Forklift qualified

• You have export shipping experience

Bombardier is an equal opportunity employer and encourages persons of any race, religion, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age immigration status, disability or other applicable legally protected Characteristics to apply.

Whether your candidacy is moving on to the next step of the hiring process or not, we will keep you informed by email or by phone.

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Job Material Handler

Primary Location Biggin Hill Service Center

Organization Bombardier Services (UK)

Requisition 16077 Material Handler