Job Title: Logistics Support Administrator
Location: Salisbury, Wiltshire
Compensation: £26,210 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF71724
Support critical aviation operations and help keep aircraft flying safely
At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Logistics Support Administrator at MoD Boscombe Down, near Salisbury, Wiltshire.
As a Logistics Support Administrator, you’ll play a vital role in supporting aircraft operations by ensuring the accurate, efficient and compliant management of engineering stores, spares, tooling and supply chain activity. You’ll support the Bonded Store, contribute to flight‑line operations and work closely with engineering teams to make sure they have everything they need to keep aircraft safe, serviceable and ready to fly.
Day-to-day, you will:
- Operate and maintain the engineering logistics computer system, ensuring data accuracy.
- Receive, store and issue aircraft spares, tooling and equipment within the Bonded Store.
- Support the demand, ordering and return of goods to meet maintenance and operational needs.
- Provide administrative support to the site and engineering teams.
- Assist with flight‑line operations, including aircraft “see‑in/see‑off,” fuel and oil replenishment and preparing aircraft for daily flying.
This role is full time working 40 hours per week and is based on site at MoD Boscombe Down, Wiltshire. You will be working either 4×10‑hour shifts or 5×8‑hour days, with flexibility Monday–Friday.
Essential experience of the Logistics Support Administrator:
- Previous experience in administration or supply support within a civilian or military environment.
- Strong communication skills and confidence engaging with stakeholders.
- Experience using logistics‑based computer systems.
- Proven problem‑solving skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a fast‑paced operational environment.
Qualifications for the Logistics Support Administrator:
- Clean UK driving licence.
- Strong Maths and English skills.
- Good IT competency, especially Microsoft Office (evidenced through previous work, not necessarily through formal qualifications).
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) / Counter Terrorist Check (CTC) 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.
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: 18/03/2026
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