Senior Logistics Manager

Company: AWE
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Senior Logistics Manager

Location: RG7 4PR, located between Reading and Basingstoke, with free onsite parking.

Package: (depending on your suitability, qualifications, and level of experience)

Working pattern: AWE operates a 9‑day working fortnight.

Key Accountabilities

  • Management and leadership of all logistics personnel within your area, ensuring the logistics team have the appropriate capabilities to fulfil their tasks now and to meet future business requirements.
  • Lead and promote through life management of material, GFA, consumables and spares, required within your area to support capability and operational deliverables, from demand identification through to disposition, including the management and maintenance of records throughout.
  • Accountable for the receipt and dispatch of materials and inventory within your area, including engagement with external and internal stakeholders.
  • Manage and lead effective inventory management and control of stock within your area, liaising with Supply Chain Management and international shipping, and reporting inventory accounts to the central logistics sub function.
  • Manage and lead effective warehousing activities, ensuring appropriate storage of materials and assets and arranging for any in‑store inspection/testing/maintenance (as appropriate) within your area to the corporate standards.
  • Manage and lead effective transport activities within your area.
  • Deliver improvements in performance for all aspects of logistics within your area.

Benefits

  • 9‑day working fortnight – meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave.
  • Market‑leading contributory pension scheme (AWE will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions).
  • Family‑friendly policies: Maternity Leave – 39 weeks full pay and Paternity Leave – 4 weeks full pay.
  • Opportunities for professional career development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body.
  • Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.
  • Life assurance (4 × annual salary).
  • Access to discounts on a wide range of everyday spending.
  • Special leave policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.

Eligibility

Due to the classified nature of the work, there are limited opportunities to work from home. The successful candidate will spend the majority of their time on‑site at AWE Aldermaston.

You will need to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role (funded by AWE). Applicants must be British citizens who have resided in the UK for the past 5 years to apply for SC clearance and 10 years for DV.

We are committed to creating a workplace that recognises and celebrates differences, encourages diverse contributions, and fosters a genuine culture of openness and inclusion. All inclusion information you provide will be stored in accordance with GDPR, kept separate from your application form and CV, and not shared with anyone involved in interviewing or hiring decisions.

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Posted: April 17th, 2026