Job Title: Stores Operative
Location: Chatham, Kent
Compensation: £24, + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF
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 Stores Operative at our Chatham site.
The role
As a Stores Operative, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Providing stores and equipment in order to support army training operations.
Day-to-day, you’ll have the following responsibilities:
1. Issue stores and equipment.
2. Ensure all store areas and equipment items are kept clean, tidy and in a serviceable condition and where applicable, ready for issue
3. Responsible for your areas Issues, Demands, Receipts and replenishing store items
4. Maintain all paperwork relating to stores accounts
This role is full time and based onsite at our Chatham facility.
Essential experience of the Stores Operative
5. Physically fit as will need to lift furniture
6. Experience and knowledge of using MS Office Suite
Qualifications for the Stores Operative
7. Candidates must hold a manual UK Driving Licence
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) security clearance for this role. Further details are available at
What we offer
8. Generous holiday allowance
9. Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
10. Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
11. Employee share scheme
12. Employee shopping savings portal
13. Payment of Professional Fees
14. Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
15. 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
16. ‘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
17. Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing