Site Support Operative

Job Title: Site Support Operative
Location: Aldergrove, Antrim
Compensation: £32,550 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF63539

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 Site Support Operative at our Aldergrove site.

The role
As a Site Support Operative, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. This is an exciting opportunity to join a great team that supports the general day-to-day operations on site.

Day-to-day, you'll assist on-site where required including but not limited to loading and unloading operations, movement of stores and equipment. You'll cover general hand duties, material handling equipment (MHE) operative, and stores controller for a small independent remote site from the larger Group in Northern Ireland. You'll also:

• Organise and maintain site recycling of waste in an environmental manner
• Maintenance and ordering of stock including checking of shelf life to ensure through-process control
• Control and plan all calibration and equipment for testing via sub-contractor to ensure that sufficient tools remain available to staff
• Manage and control all workshop consumables required to support staff
• Provide administrative support handling mail as well as arranging Parcelforce and Palletways collections, taking telephone calls, receiving customers when required, control of stationery and placing orders when necessary

Please note that this position involves manual work. This could include lifting, bending, using tools, or standing for extended periods of time.

This role is full time or part time, 37 hours per week and is based on site at Aldergrove.

Essential experience of the Site Support Operative:

• Computer Literate (Microsoft Excel, Word & PowerPoint)
• Knowledge of warehousing and/or stores background

Qualifications for the Site Support Operative:

• Class "B1" Driving Licence

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. There is an annual Window to request this benefit. '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 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: 18/04/2025