Material Engineer

Job Title: Material Engineer
Location: Plymouth, UK – Hybrid – working from home options available
Compensation: Competitive salary + benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF 49568

Make your skills count

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 Material Engineer at our Devonport site.

As an international defence company, we support and enhance our customers’ defence and security capabilities and critical assets, meeting their requirements of value for money, increased availability, modernisation and flexibility.

Mission Systems

The Material Engineer role is based within our Mission Systems business area.

Babcock is a trusted provider of integrated solutions for global defence and security. We have a wide portfolio of best-in-class intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance solutions, communications, and weapons launch and handling solutions across all domains, integrating the best of industry to meet our customers’ needs.

The role

The difference our new Material Engineer will make

As a Material Engineer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. As a focal point for material management, you will receive internal customer requirements from our busy production teams and will play a key role to material availability and subcontract management.

Day to day, you’ll support the demands of production and validate material requirements, challenging when appropriate and wherever possible, drawing from company surplus stock to fulfil demands. You’ll identify potential stock shortages and prioritise orders and deliveries for our supply chain teams and ensure material is available in accordance with agreed supply and demand plans. You’ll also have responsibility for achieving availability, performance, savings and targets relating to material availability and demand satisfaction.

At Babcock, we have a history of helping talent go far. With our track record of innovation, you’ll continually develop your knowledge and expertise.

We offer flexible working to give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met. This role provides hybrid working arrangements with 1-2 days in the office/onsite and 3-4 days working from home. Some travel to our Ashchurch and Bristol sites will be required.

Essential experience

• HNC or relevant equivalent experience
• Material Management Competence and background.
• Thorough knowledge of systems and processes relating to material management.
• Understanding of Logistics process & policies
• Technical background to undertake low level quality inspections
• You must have the ability to achieve SC clearance

What we offer

Generous benefits including:

Babcock International

For over 130 years, we have helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal. Change begins with our people and our shared Principles: be curious; be courageous; own and deliver; think: outcomes; collaborate; and be kind. These values not only guide the way we work, but also our efforts to reach net-zero carbon. Yes, our ambitions are big, but together, we can achieve them.

Armed Forces Covenant

We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant. If you are a reservist in the armed forces, we provide up to ten days special paid leave in support of your training commitments.

Application Guidance

All applications should be made online. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please let us know. 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: 07/03/2023

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