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At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Vehicle and Equipment Stores Operative at Ashchurch, near Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire.

The role

As a Vehicle and Equipment Stores Operative, you'll play a key role in supporting the safe movement, storage, inspection and maintenance of vehicles and equipment. Working within our Land sector, you'll help ensure valuable assets are received, stored, maintained and issued in line with customer requirements and operational procedures.

This is a varied and hands-on opportunity for someone with experience in logistics, warehousing, stores or vehicle operations who enjoys working in a dynamic environment where safety, teamwork and attention to detail are essential. Your work will directly contribute to the operational readiness of equipment that supports UK defence capabilities.

Day-to-day, you will be:

Loading and unloading vehicles and equipment within the storage facility.
Transporting assets safely across site using authorised vehicles and equipment.
Carrying out basic maintenance, husbandry and inspection activities on stored assets.
Maintaining accurate records and reporting faults, defects and discrepancies.
Supporting safe storage operations and operating specialist handling equipment where trained and authorised.

This role is full time working 37 hours per week and is based on site at Ashchurch, Gloucestershire.

Essential experience of the Vehicle and Equipment Stores Operative

Experience using Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel and Outlook.
Experience working within a logistics, warehouse, stores or operational environment.
Ability to maintain accurate records and work to established procedures.
Understanding of safe working practices and working within regulated environments.
Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage a varied workload.

Qualifications for the Vehicle and Equipment Stores Operative

Full UK Driving Licence.

Category C+E Driving Licence (desirable)
Category H Driving Licence (desirable)
Material Handling Equipment Operator Certification (desirable)

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.

Closing date: 04/08/2026