WOME Logistics & General Munitions Support Operative

At Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S), we supply and maintain vital equipment and services for the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force. Together, we deliver a vast range of essential defence programmes, and strive for what's next. Because it helps keep our military at the top of their game and our nation safe – for today, and tomorrow.

DE&S has recently been integrated into the National Armaments Director (NAD) Group. The NAD Group brings together key Ministry of Defence (MOD) organisations to unite expertise across science, technology, procurement, infrastructure, and support to provide integrated capabilities faster and more efficiently for our armed forces and our allies. This is an exciting new opportunity to enable better ways of working and empower greater collaboration across Defence. For further information about the NAD Group, please visit: National Armaments Director Group - GOV.UK

We offer 25+ days’ holiday, flexible and hybrid working, enhanced parental leave schemes, shopping discounts, and an exceptional employer pension contribution of 28.97%, to help make work work for you.

This role requires you to have lived in the UK for the last 5 years and obtain Security Check (SC) security clearance. Clearance must be obtained without any caveats that prevent you from carrying out the role you’ve been recruited for. If it isn’t obtained, or is obtained but with caveats that prevent you from carrying out the role, any conditional offer made to you will be withdrawn. Obtaining SC security clearance can be a lengthy process, and we reserve the right to withdraw any conditional offer made if the necessary security clearance isn’t obtained within 12 months.

Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) is looking for a motivated and talented person to join the Defence Munitions (DM) team as a Logistics Support Operative, based at Sennybridge Training Area (SENTA), one of the UK’s leading military training facilities.

In this hands-on role, you’ll support the provision of General Munitions (GM) and Complex Weapons (CW), helping ensure the Armed Forces are equipped and ready for operations. With full training and support, you’ll manage the receipt, storage, maintenance, and issue of munitions and equipment from both the MoD and industry partners.

You’ll develop expertise in logistics systems (Log IS) and adopt a flexible, multi-skilled approach to wider depot operations, working in line with departmental policies. The work may be conducted in an unusually difficult or hazardous environment, including working outside in poor inclement weather conditions, working at heights or in confined spaces.

Please note the following:

Applicants must be over 18 years old to apply, due to the Explosive Handling Regulations.

A full medical check is required before taking up the post, and the job offer will be contingent on its outcome.

This role is 100% site based at the Sennybridge Training Area which is situated 6 miles from the LD3 8PN postcode, in a remote area with no public transport options. It is full time, working 37 hours a week. The usual hours are 8:00 – 16:00 Monday to Thursday, 8:00 – 15:30 on Friday. There will also be some travel required to the DM Kineton site, for training.

Reporting to the WOME Logistics and General Munitions Manager, this is a unique opportunity to contribute to national defence within a high-impact team.

What you’ll be doing

• Adopting a multi-skilled philosophy and approach in supporting wider depot operations and activities in accordance with local and departmental policy and procedures.
• Become familiar with and adhering to all Risk Assessments relevant to the task.
• Undertaking the physical count of explosives and non-explosives assets held on materiel accounting systems, completing necessary documentation to verify location, quantity, quality, material condition, and availability of assets.
• Operating all Mechanical Handling Equipment (MHE) and ensuring pre and post use checks are conducted in accordance with local and departmental policy and procedures, and checking sheets are completed.
• Ensuring that all issues and receipts of stores are thoroughly checked, and paperwork is correctly completed.
• Ensuring all palletised loads are prepared and documented in accordance with the relevant Unit Load Specification.
• Ensuring compliance with current Safe Handling Instructions Munitions (SHIM’s) and Storage and Handling equipment Procedures (SHEP’s).
• Assisting with all logistics, storage, and planning activities to ensure that customers’ requirements are met on time and in full.

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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Your application will go through the following stages of assessment:

• Pre-sift - We will check your application to ensure that you meet any essential or eligibility criteria that are listed in the Person Specification section of this advert. On your CV, please clearly show how you meet the essential criteria.
• Sift - Your CV will be assessed against the following categories, using a simple numerical scoring system: Key Achievements; Relevant Experience; Applied Knowledge and Skills. Please follow our guidance on CV writing for best chance of success.
• Interview - If you're invited to interview, you will be assessed against the following:
• CV Review
• Core Behaviour 1
• Core Behaviour 2
• Technical Competencies

Please Note: In the event of a tied score at interview, the Order of Merit will be distinguished based on the ranking of the assessed behaviours and competencies below:

• 1st: Core Behaviour 1
• 2nd: Core Behaviour 2
• 3rd: Technical Competencies
• 4th: CV Review

In the event of a further tie using the method above, we reserve the right to utilise the Lead criteria, and/or an additional assessment. Please note for this specific assessment, the Lead Criteria will be:

• Experience of working within a customer-focused team environment, delivering to tight timescales

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview.

If you feel that your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, in the first instance you should contact department via email (NAD-Recruitment-Complaints@mod.gov.uk.) If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission: Recruitment Complaints - Civil Service Commission

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.