Material Handler

Material Handler-00139257 This vacancy is eligible for the UK Employee Referral Scheme. Amount: £1000

Description

Job Title: Material Handler

Location: Samlesbury / Warton - Full time on site

Working pattern: Shift-based (days, nights and weekends as required

Referral Bonus: £1000

Grade: 10

You’re expected to have completed 12 months in role prior to applying for an advertised vacancy and you should also discuss the internal opportunity with your line manager to ensure sustained business continuity and to further support your career development.

We know there may be exceptional individual circumstances that impact this, in the first instance please discuss this with your line manager.

If you don’t feel you can talk to your line manager, you can contact your HRBP.

PLEASE NOTE: Should you be invited for interview; you acknowledge that the Recruitment team will contact you and your line manager regarding your application for this opportunity.

Job Description:

Join BAE Systems’ Air Sector Manufacturing Team and play a key role in supporting aerospace production by ensuring materials are available when and where they are needed. Operating within a dynamic manufacturing environment, you'll gain experience in logistics, inventory management and continuous improvement while contributing to the successful delivery of critical products and programmes.

Core duties:

• Receive, store, issue, and transport materials in line with production requirements and inventory processes.
• Ensure materials are correctly identified, handled, and delivered to the right locations at the right time.
• Maintain accurate stock records and complete material transactions using manual or electronic systems.
• Support production teams by ensuring material availability and minimising disruption to manufacturing activities.
• Conduct inventory checks, stock counts, and material audits as required.
• Comply with health, safety, quality, and housekeeping standards within the working environment.

Essential Skills:

• Valid Forklift Truck (FLT) licence with demonstratable experience operating forklift equipment safely within a manufacturing, warehouse or logistics environment.
• Experience working within a manufacturing, production, warehouse, stores, or logistics environment
• Experience handling, moving, storing, or issuing materials and components

Air Sector Manufacturing Team:

Supporting the delivery of advanced aerospace and defence programmes, this team is at the heart of manufacturing innovation and continuous improvement. They develop and optimise manufacturing processes, introduce new products and technologies, and drive improvements in safety, quality, efficiency and performance, helping BAE Systems deliver world-class capabilities to its customers.

Why BAE Systems?

Here you’ll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work, this is a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to be your best. You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family, support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle.

In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.

A place where everyone can thrive:

We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified people, who are BAE Systems employees and have been in their current role for 12 months or longer.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard.

Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 19th November 2026

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.

Job

Supply Chain

Primary Location

Samlesbury

Organisation

Air Sector (GSF)

Closing Date

19/Nov/26, 11:59:00 PM

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