Babcock International Group

Warehouse Operative

Babcock International Group  •  Nottingham, GB (Onsite)  •  3 hours ago
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Job Description

Job Title: Warehouse Operative

Location: Sleaford, Lincolnshire

Compensation: £28,009.11 + Benefits

Role Type: Full Time / Permanent

Role ID: SF76649

Keep vital aviation logistics moving and play a key role in supporting critical defence operations.

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. 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 support the supply chain activities that keep our aviation operations moving. Working as part of the logistics team, you’ll carry out a wide range of duties in accordance with MOD, RAF and Babcock processes—ensuring equipment is stored correctly, accounted for accurately, and available when required.

Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:

  • Carry out all logistics duties in line with MOD/RAF/Babcock policies and procedures.
  • Maintain storage areas in accordance with Defence Logistics Framework and other regulatory requirements.
  • Ensure personal authorisations, training and competencies remain up to date.
  • Support the upkeep and husbandry of the FEG department, compounds and vehicles within your area of responsibility.
  • Manage equipment establishments to ensure items are stored, maintained and accounted for accurately.

This is a full time, permanent, onsite role working 39 hours per week, Monday–Thursday 08:00–16:30 and Friday 08:00–15:30.

Essential experience of the Warehouse Operative:

  • Previous experience in supply chain or logistics within a military or civilian environment.
  • Experience using logistics-based computer systems.

Qualifications for the Warehouse Operative:

  • Full UK driving licence.
  • C1 LGV up to 7.5 tonnes (desirable).
  • Forklift Truck (FLT) licence (desirable).

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard BPSS/ 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

  • 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

Babcock

We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 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 careers@babcockinternational.com 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.

Closing date: 23/10/2026

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Babcock International Group

About Babcock International Group

Babcock is a FTSE 100 defence company operating in our focus countries of the UK, Australasia, Canada, France and South Africa, with exports to additional markets.

Our Purpose, to create a safe and secure world, together, defines our strategy. We support and enhance our customers’ defence and security capabilities and critical assets through a range of product and service solutions. We meet our customers’ requirements of value for money, increased availability, modernisation and flexibility.

These projects take all different kinds of professionals, from chartered engineers and project managers, to naval architects, data analysts and everything in between. To bring through the next generation of engineering and business experts, we offer apprenticeships and roles for students, graduates and fully-qualified professionals.

There’s never been a better time to join us. Whether you’re looking for a new business management project or engineering role, join Babcock and grow with us.

Babcock is a Disability Confident, Committed Employer

Industry
Aviation & Aerospace
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
London, GB
Year Founded
Unknown
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