Logistics Technician (Packing)

Job Description

Job Title: Logistics Technician (Packing)

Location: Rochester

Salary: £27,500 depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Assisting at the reception desk, dealing with queries and support internal customers
• Manual Handling of loads
• Packing a varied number of different items of commercial and military items to a specific packing instruction
• Liaising with courier drivers

Your skills and experiences:

Essential

• Excellent communication, problem solving, organisation and prioritisation skills
• An aptitude for a fast-paced environment, good initiative and attention to detail
• Proven Customer Service background
• Good knowledge of Microsoft software packages
• Packing/ loading experience and or awareness of Packing Standards

Desirable

• Stores and auditing experience

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Logistics team:

You will be providing effective support to the Despatch Area, reporting to the Manufacturing Resource Lead but with the flexibility to work in other logistics areas when instructed. The purpose within despatch is to help pack all products being shipped from Rochester both commercial and military to all regions across the globe.

It is a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines and a focus on achieving the department’s service agreement. So far in 2024 the Despatch Department has successfully shipped 20,000 products from Rochester.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks

Closing Date: 28^th November 2024

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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