Warehouse Operative

Job Title: Warehouse Operative

Location: Wareham, Dorset

Compensation: £26,820 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF73512

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 Warehouse Operative at Bovington, near Wareham, Dorset.

The role

As a Warehouse Operative, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will support Babcock Land operations by efficiently receiving, storing and issuing goods within a busy operational warehouse. Your attention to detail and commitment to quality will directly support customer delivery and defence capability.

Day to day you’ll be required to:

• Receive inbound supplier deliveries, checking quantities, condition and paperwork
• Operate manual handling equipment to safely move, store and organise stock
• Maintain accurate stock records, including shelf life and product compliance checks
• Pick and packing outbound orders to meet customer requirements on time
• Keep the warehouse clean, organised and compliant with health and safety standards

The role is based onsite at Bovington, and the set working times are Monday to Thursday 08.00 to 16.30, and Friday 07.00 to 12.00, totalling 37 hours per week.

Essential experience of the Warehouse Operative:

• Basic IT literacy, including use of Microsoft Excel
• Ability to follow processes accurately and work with documentation
• Confidence working as part of a team in a practical environment
• Willingness to carry out manual handling activities safely
• Previous warehouse or logistics experience is advantageous, but not essential

Qualifications for the Warehouse Operative:

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. However, a manual handling equipment or forklift licence would be advantageous

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 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

Babcock

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.

Application Guidance

Thank you for your interest in this opportunity. Early applications are encouraged, as we may close the advert ahead of the closing date if we receive a high volume of strong applicants.

Closing date: 13/05/2026