Job Title: Material Planner
Location: Telford, Shropshire
Compensation: £35,000 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Fixed Term Contract
Role ID: SF68436
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 Planner at our DSG Donnington, Shropshire site.
The role
As a Material Planner, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will be responsible for coordinating and releasing material requirements through the MRP worksheet to ensure timely and accurate supply chain support.
Day-to-day, you will have the following responsibilities:
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders to identify and address material shortages
- Lead mitigation efforts to prevent disruptions to workshop operations
- Support development of MRP capabilities to align with operational planning and customer needs.
This role is full time working 37 hours per week and is based on site at DSG Donnington, Shropshire.
Essential experience of the Material Planner:
- Proven experience in an engineering planning or production control environment
- Proficient in using MRP systems and planning tools to manage material requirements
Qualifications for the Material Planner:
We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) 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 share scheme
- 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
- Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
Babcock International
For over a century Babcock has 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.
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: 27/10/2025