Job title: Associate Stores Operative

Location: Warton/Samlesbury – this role will involve shift working patterns

Salary: £31,855+

What you’ll be doing:

• Undertaking the physical and administrative tasks associated with the receipt, kitting and dispatching of items within a store’s location
• Ensuring the control of items that have storage requirements or materials that have a use by date
• Kitting of items in line with instructions ready for distribution to production areas
• Updating and Maintaining Stores IT Systems
• Facilitation of Transport Bookings

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Experience in the manual handling of goods within a manufacturing environment
• Experience and of Health and Safety rules and regulations
• Regular use and experience of IT Systems
• Forklift Truck licence would be advantageous

Desirables:

• Forklift Truck licence and/ or lifting & slinging operations would be advantageous

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual leave incentive.

The Stores Operative team:

An exciting opportunity has arisen for Associate Stores Operatives to work on our Military platforms, which include F35, Typhoon and Future Combat Air Systems at BAE Systems Air Sector Warton / Samlesbury sites. You will be required to interface with the support areas including but not limited to Quality, Logistics, and SHE.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.”

Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.