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Date Added: Tue 25/11/2025

Material Handler

Pilton, Devon, EX31, UK
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Company: SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & ASSESSMENT (SEA)

Job Type: Permanent, Full Time

Salary: £24357 - £26000/annum 1/2 day friday, hybrid working and m

About The Role
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 receive materials and move them to the places they need to be. They also maintain materials records to make sure the business' stock is always accurate.
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 circa £24.5k, 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 legallyAbout 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 
All Staff Bonus 
Group Pension Plan of up to 7% 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 learningFacilities & 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

Previous experience in a similar role
Forklift truck license would be highly beneficial
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 literate, including using ERP systems
Strong verbal and written communication skills for understanding requests and respondingJoin 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 (phone number removed). Or reach out to us on (url removed)
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