Warehouse Operative

Babcock Mission Critical Services España SA.; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Matched contribution pension

Digital GP

Employee shopping portal

Paid professional fees

Reservists paid leave

Holiday trading

Be Kind Day

Job summary

Babcock is recruiting a Warehouse Operative for RAF Cranwell, near Sleaford, Lincolnshire. The role is full-time on site, with set hours 08:00–16:30 Mon-Thurs and 08:00–15:30 Fri.

You will handle receipt, storage, movement and distribution of stock, support furniture deliveries to accommodation, and manage laundry and dry-cleaning needs, within a safety-focused environment. Applicants should have warehouse experience, a full UK driving licence (C1 preferred), and be able to obtain Security Check

Qualifications

• Experience in warehouse, logistics, or stores environment.
• Experience handling, receiving or distributing stock and materials.
• Confidence using computer systems to manage logistics or inventory information.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team while maintaining high standards of accuracy.
• Experience operating in a structured, safety-focused environment.

Responsibilities

• Receipt, storage, movement and distribution of stock.
• Support delivery/collection of furniture to Service Family Accommodation and site locations.
• Collecting and managing laundry and dry-cleaning requirements.
• Maintain organised, secure storage areas per procedures.
• Ensure the physical security of stock, equipment and facilities.

Skills

Warehouse experience

Stock handling

Inventory systems

Safety focused

Team player

Education

Full UK driving licence

Category C1 licence desirable

Job description

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Warehouse Operative

Location: Nottingham, GB, NG34 8HB

Onsite or Hybrid: OnSite

Job Title: Warehouse Operative

Location: Sleaford, Lincolnshire

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF76305

Keep vital operations moving and support the people who protect our nation.

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Warehouse Operative at RAF Cranwell, near Sleaford, Lincolnshire.

The role

As a Warehouse Operative, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You'll play an important role in supporting military aviation operations by ensuring the efficient movement, storage and distribution of equipment and supplies. Working within a busy logistics environment, you'll help maintain essential supply chain services that directly support operational readiness across the site.

Day-to-day, you'll be required to:

• Assisting with the receipt, storage, movement and distribution of stock and supplies.
• Supporting the delivery and collection of furniture to and from Service Family Accommodation and site locations.
• Collecting and managing laundry and dry-cleaning requirements across the site.
• Maintaining organised, compliant and secure storage areas in line with operational procedures.
• Ensuring the physical security of stock, equipment and warehouse facilities.

This role is full time, 39 hours per week and is based on site at RAF Cranwell. Set working times are Monday to Thursday, 08:00 to 16:30 and Friday, 08:00 to 15:30.

Essential experience of the Warehouse Operative

• Experience working within a warehouse, logistics, supply chain or stores environment.
• Experience handling, receiving or distributing stock and materials.
• Confidence using computer systems to manage logistics or inventory information.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team while maintaining high standards of accuracy.
• Experience operating in a structured, safety-focused environment.

Qualifications for the Warehouse Operative

• Full UK driving licence.
• Category C1 driving licence (up to 7.5 tonnes) - desirable

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

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

• 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

Babcock

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.

We call that lifetime engineering.

Join us and see how far we can go, together.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email [e-mail] with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.