Engineered to Protect, that’s our promise, we protect what matters - our nations, our waters, our land, our cities, our people, our environment, our world. Material Handlers ensure materials are received, stored, moved and issued efficiently throughout the business. They maintain accurate stock records, handle materials safely, and support operational teams by providing the resources needed to meet production and customer requirements.
Material handler will be based at our Barnstaple site. This role does require being onsite 5 days a week.
The salary for this role is up to £26k, depending on experience.
What you’ll be doing
- Receiving and unpacking material deliveries
- Extracting and loading materials for transport
- Cycle counting to ensure orders match materials received
- Transporting materials in a warehouse or factory, often using forklifts and other material handling equipment
- Inspecting material handling equipment and reporting any required repairs or maintenance
- Entering material movements in enterprise resource planning (ERP) system
- Responding to material requests from other business departments
- Disposing of waste materials safely and legally
About our company
At SEA, we develop and deliver advanced solutions to make our world safer, cleaner and more efficient.
We provide state-of-the-art applications for naval ship and fleet protection, and undersea surveillance systems. In-service across the globe, our systems deliver a rapid response to threats and system effectiveness and interoperation. Our systems support an ever-growing number of navies across the world, and we continue to bolster our already specialist, on-the-ground knowledge of key overseas markets.
What we offer
At our core, we encourage innovation, flexibility and out-of-the-box thinking to solve problems, so we’re always looking for talented, flexible, and creative people to bring their best to SEA. In return we offer generous rewards, a fantastic work/life balance, and excellent career and training opportunities for everyone who joins. Have a look at the benefits we offer:
Work life balance
- Hybrid/flexible working arrangements
- 25 days’ annual leave, plus buy and sell
- Up to 16 days flexi leave accrual
- Half day Fridays
- Reservists in the Armed Forces receive special paid leave
Family & wellbeing
- Private medical health insurance & Employee Assistance Program
- Health Cash Plan
- All Staff Bonus
- Group Pension Plan of up to 8% employer contribution
- Cycle to work scheme
- Wellbeing Centre
- Sports & Social activities
- Employee Discounts portal - online and in-store discounts, travel savings
- Life assurance policy
- Publication and recruitment bonus rewards
- Development opportunities, including LinkedIn learning
Facilities & resources
- Electric vehicle charging points at all sites
- Private seated lunch areas
- Onsite bistro (Barnstaple office) and free hot and cold beverages
- Onsite showers and toiletries provision
- Free onsite parking
The skills you need
- Warehousing/Logistics experience
- In-depth understanding of health, safety and environmental requirements for material handling
- Attention to detail for the accurate fulfilment of material requests and record-keeping
- Computer literacy, including using ERP systems
- Verbal and written communication skills for understanding requests and responding to material requests
- Basic computer literacy, including familiarity with Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel, or similar word processing and spreadsheet programs
- Numeracy skills for accurate record keeping and calculations
Join us and be part of something smaller - with 500 people in the UK and Canada - doing something bigger: protecting what matters.
If you’d like to know more, please give Kelly Thomas from our Talent Acquisition Team a call on 03330 414300. Or reach out to us on [email protected]