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Supply Chain Specialist

Medirest Signature

Brize Norton

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GBP 28,000 - 36,000

Full time

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Job summary

A leading company in the aviation sector is looking for a Supply and Tooling Operations role at RAF Brize Norton. The successful candidate will handle tool management, support logistics operations, and ensure compliance with safety regulations. Offering a competitive salary and various benefits, this position is integral to maintaining the operational effectiveness of defense logistics.

Benefits

Competitive salary with pension plan
Access to free learning courses
Annual leave entitlement of 23 days
Company-paid private healthcare
Enhanced sickness pay
Business-leading maternity and parental leave
Life insurance entitlement
Wellbeing programmes and tools

Qualifications

  • Experience in a defence or aviation environment preferred.
  • Ability to implement manual handling for a variety of parts/equipment safely.

Responsibilities

  • Manage inventory and tool operations for the C-17.
  • Issue and receive tools, check serviceability and replenish stocks.
  • Conduct tool checks and support maintenance queries.

Skills

Material Handling Equipment usage experience
Understanding of Control of Substances Hazardous to Health regulations
Ability to work independently and as part of a team

Job description

Job Description

At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. We're committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that's welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us.

The Boeing Team at RAF Brize Norton is a vital part of the support that we provide the Royal Air Force Customer. Boeing's C-17 has served the UK armed forces for two decades. As the backbone of its strategic airlift and mobility capability, the C-17 also provides humanitarian and disaster relief around the world. We have a large team of employees who work directly for and with the C-17 operational team, providing real-time, time critical and dynamic assistance at the point of delivery. This is a team at the vanguard, and we are offering an opportunity for you to join that team, the successful applicants will be part of the liaison between the Royal Air Force customer and the various Boeing and US Government Agencies involved in supporting the C-17 worldwide fleet. We are seeking a candidate who will provide retail supply and tooling operations on-site at the Main Operating Base RAF Brize Norton (MOB) sufficient to reliably sustain the operation. This role is offered as a two-week rotating pattern (Monday-Friday day shift, followed by Monday-Thursday evening shift with every other Friday off).

Responsibilities:

  • Use of applications such as TCMax, GOLDEsp, WoW, MJDI, PUBLOG, Haystack, C17 Technical Orders and cargo tracking.
  • Issue and receive high volume of hand tools, test equipment and FLAP.
  • Check tool kits for serviceability and replace or demand new tools as required.
  • Replenish consumable tools kits as required.
  • Loan tools in and out of tool stores to other Brize Norton Units.
  • Undertake a 100% tool check at the start and finish of every shift.
  • Support to maintenance teams of part issues and face to face queries.
  • PPE/Uniform management.
  • Physical Inventory management and control to conduct stocktaking, reporting, shelf-life reviews, scrapping dispositions, lead and implement cycle count plan, resolve Inventory accuracy errors and undertake Inventory grief resolution.
  • Stock, Store and Issue of all C-17 unique managed and RAF owned material such as part sourced from the Defence Logistics Agency, Air Mobility Command, repairables, consumables and Hazardous Fuels, Lubricants and Associated Products (FLAP).
  • Provide demand and requisition status for all C-17 unique managed parts and customer owned parts defined by the customer.
  • Inducting Repair of Repairable assets and components into the repair cycle.
  • Company Van operator tasks including collection of parts on site from main entrance.
  • Support periodic Boeing, Customer, and Regulatory warehouse quality and safety audits.

Preferred Experience:

  • Warehouse MHE Material Handling Equipment usage experience and ability to implement manual handling for wide variety of parts/equipment safely.
  • Experience within a defence or aviation environment would be preferred but not essential
  • An understanding of the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health regulations
  • An understanding Foreign Object Damage / Debris and its Airworthiness Implications
  • A knowledge of the Manual of Airworthiness Maintenance - Processes and Aviation Engineering Standing Orders
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team

This position requires the ability to obtain a UK security Clearance for which the UK Government requires UK residency. The successful candidate will hold, or have the ability to obtain, Security Clearance (SC).

Boeing Benefits:

The Boeing benefits package goes above and beyond, focusing on your physical, emotional, financial, and social wellbeing. Here's a snapshot of what we offer:

  • Competitive salary, with annual incentive plans, including access to a pension plan with up to 10% employer contribution
  • Access to a wide-range of free learning courses and tools to support your professional development
  • An inclusive culture, with a range of societies that you can get involved in
  • Annual leave entitlement of 23 days, plus UK public holidays and a Winter Break between Christmas and New Year
  • Company-paid private healthcare medical plan (BUPA Medical Plan) and annual health assessment entitlement
  • Enhanced sickness pay
  • Business-leading maternity, paternity, and shared parental leave
  • Access to a life insurance entitlement of six times your annual salary
  • Access to a wide-range of physical, emotional, financial, and social wellbeing programmes, tools, and incentives

Applications for this position will be accepted until Jul. 28, 2025


Relocation

Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this position.

Security Clearance

This position requires the ability to obtain a security clearance post-start. See job description for details.

Visa Sponsorship

Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Shift

Shift Worker (United Kingdom)


Equal Opportunity Employer:

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not accept unlawful discrimination in our recruitment or employment practices on any grounds including but not limited to; race, color, ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military and veteran status, or other characteristics covered by applicable law.

We have teams in more than 65 countries, and each person plays a role in helping us become one of the world's most innovative, diverse and inclusive companies. We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and welcome applications from candidates with disabilities. Applicants are encouraged to share with our recruitment team any accommodations required during the recruitment process. Accommodations may include but are not limited to: conducting interviews in accessible locations that accommodate mobility needs, encouraging candidates to bring and use any existing assistive technology such as screen readers and offering flexible interview formats such as virtual or phone interviews.

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