Material Specialist

AWE plc; Spencers Wood; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Maternity Leave policy

Professional career development

Employee assistance programme

Life assurance

Discounts on everyday spending

Special leave for volunteering

Job summary

AWE plc is recruiting a Material Specialist to oversee material management across warehousing, inventory, asset and stock control in accordance with Material Control policy, standards and procedures. You will work fully onsite within a Logistics environment, leading operations staff and supporting a 9-day working fortnight with every other Friday off.

You will conduct data analytics, participate in annual stock audits, and maintain accurate records and dashboards to support programme readiness.

Responsibilities

• Oversee material management across warehousing, inventory, asset and stock control.
• Lead operations staff to ensure tasks follow plan and standards.
• Deliver stand up accountability meetings to maintain focus.
• Record management of all inventory stock across business areas.
• Participate in annual stock audits.
• Conduct data analytics across systems for asset accuracy.
• Perform cycle count and update electronic records for audits.
• Create metrics dashboards for performance reporting.
• Maintain SharePoint site ownership and GDPR compliance.
• Manage logistics tasks including picking, packing, and distribution.
• Operate logistics equipment as required (e.g., forklift, handling equipment).
• Support calibration, rotation, and end-of-service checks.
• Organise materials for delivery, including FIFO location.
• Assist with movement of dangerous goods and explosives where applicable.
• Issue material with proper documentation.
• Maintain risk assessments and safe systems of work.
• Use warehouse IT systems for stock management.

Job description

Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight, with every other Friday as a non-working day. For this role, employees are required to work fully onsite. We support flexible working arrangements where possible, including part-time and varied working hours, while maintaining an onsite presence. Please let us know if you would like us to consider an alternative working pattern as part of your application., AWE is currently recruiting a Material Specialist to oversee Material Management across warehousing, inventory, asset and stock control in accordance with Material Control policy, standards and procedures. What you'll do:

• Working within a Logistics environment undertaking picking, packing, stock rotation, quarantining, disposing and clearing and distributing locally, nationally and internationally.
• Lead and task manage operations staff to carry out processes; and verify that tasks conform with the plan, standards and instructions whilst ensuring that training and standards of peoples' competence for the safe operation of tasks within the area are met.
• Deliver stand up accountability meetings / PLOW's / PLODs to maintain focus within the team to ensure efficient delivery in support of Operations and/or the Program.
• Physical material control and Record Management of all inventory stock across all business areas ensuring that all movements of inventories are managed and recorded in a timely manner.
• Participate in annual audits of stock against the program as initiated by the centralised audit and assurance team.
• Responsible to conduct data analytics over all business systems used for the purpose of accuracy and characterisation of assets supporting material control teams across the business.
• Initiation and participation in physical inventory counting of stock against the cycle count programme ensuring that all electronic records are updated and retained for auditing purposes supporting the development of metrics for upward progress reporting.
• Collate and interpret qualitative and quantitative data and convert into infographics, reports, tables, and graphs to maintain performance dashboards in support of Non-Nuclear Material Operations, the wider Logistics capability ultimately focusing on future readiness in support of the programme.
• Maintain SharePoint site ownership for shared working - ensuring compliance with GDPR and that all signposted information is relevant and up to date.
• Task managing a team of operatives conducting Logistics activities.
• Responsible for ensuring that training and standards of peoples' competence for the safe operation of tasks within the area are met.
• Where applicable operation of specialist logistics equipment for instance Forklift Truck, Mechanical Handling Equipment, specialist vehicles, clearance and disposal equipment for logistics activities as defined by the process.
• Ensure that any through life service management is applied to all relevant stored stock i.e. calibration scheduling, rotation of stock, end of service life checks.
• Organise, sort and prepare materials across site for delivery including picking and packing of items and components for safe transportation.
• Locating material in the appropriate stores location using (FIFO system) with the characteristics of the commodity.
• Where appropriate support arrangements for the specialised movement of material such as dangerous goods and explosives.
• Issue material with appropriate documentation in response to suitably authorised demands to meet the program and / or operational need.
• Maintain all localised documentation relevant to the workplace such as risk assessments, safe systems of work (SSOW) ensuring compliance with safety, security and legislative requirements.
• Use of IT, using corporate warehouse, asset and inventory systems for the day-to-day management of stock.
• Initiation and participation in physical inventory counting of stock against the cycle count programme ensuring that all electronic records are updated and retained for auditing purposes.
• Engagement with inventory custodians across the business providing subject matter expertise, aid in the coordination of movements of inventory and ensuring inventory control compliance.
• Investigate stock discrepancies and manage authorised stock adjustment ensuring timely escalation where discrepancies cannot be resolved.
• Ensure that data held within corporate management systems for inventory management is accurate to ensure the system in continuously developing and provides effective data and information.
• Supporting the disposition process through sentencing ensuring accurate record keeping on corporate systems as items are dispatched for disposal.

Everyone who works at AWE brings unique skills and perspectives to the table. We recognise that great people don't always 'tick every box'. That's why we focus on your potential, your fit with our values, your transferable skills as well as your experience. Even if you don't meet every point below, but you feel that this role and AWE are a great fit for you.

• Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions).
• Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay.
• Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body.
• Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.
• Life Assurance (4 x annual salary).
• Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending.
• Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.