Storekeeper

Babcock International; Sandford; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Pension with life assurance

Digital GP & health check

Employee shopping savings portal

Payment of Professional Fees

10 days special paid leave for ReservI

Holiday Trading

Be Kind Day

Job summary

Babcock is seeking a Storekeeper to manage the receipt, issue, return and transfer of goods at Bovington Camp, ensuring accurate records and stock availability. You will operate forklifts and company vehicles as authorised, while maintaining safety and order across the site.

The role requires driving licence and IT literacy, with security clearance required. You will work a 38-hour week, with some on-call, overtime and occasional weekends, onsite at Bovington Camp, Dorset.

Qualifications

• Experience in stores, warehouse, logistics or inventory.
• Full UK driving licence.
• Competent IT skills, including Microsoft Office.
• Ability to build positive working relationships with customers, colleagues and suppliers.
• Must be able to achieve Security Check (SC) security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Manage receipt, issue, return and transfer of goods, equipment and materials.
• Maintain accurate inventory records using specialist IT systems and manual documentation.
• Conduct stock checks and order required stock to ensure operational availability.
• Operate forklift trucks and driving company vehicles, including Land Rovers, where authorised.
• Ensure high standards of housekeeping, security and safe handling of company and customer equipment.

Skills

Stock control

Forklift operation

IT literacy

Communication

Teamwork

Tools

MS Office

Inventory IT systems

Job description

As a Storekeeper, you'll play a vital role in ensuring the efficient movement, storage and control of equipment and materials that support military training and operational readiness. Working within a busy logistics and stores environment, you'll help maintain smooth supply chain operations by managing stock, issuing equipment and supporting customers across the site. Day-to-day you'll be required to:

• Manage the receipt, issue, return and transfer of goods, equipment and materials.
• Maintain accurate inventory records using specialist IT systems and manual documentation.
• Conduct stock checks and ordering required stock to ensure operational availability.
• Operate forklift trucks and driving company vehicles, including Land Rovers, where authorised.
• Ensure high standards of housekeeping, security and safe handling of company and customer equipment.

The role is based onsite at Bovington Camp, and the set working times are Monday to Friday, totalling 38 hours per week, with an early finish on Friday. An on-call rota and overtime opportunities, including occasional weekends, will be required.

• Experience working within a stores, warehouse, logistics or inventory environment.
• Full UK driving licence.
• Competent IT skills, including Microsoft Office applications.
• Ability to build positive working relationships with customers, colleagues and suppliers.
• Good understanding of health and safety requirements within a workplace environment., 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/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you., The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

At Babcock, we're working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Storekeeper at Bovington Camp, near Wareham, Dorset. We're Babcock - a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 29,000 people working together to make a difference. Here, you'll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we're building a future that lasts - not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

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
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• '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