Materials Controller

Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom
Last week
Job Type
Permanent
Work Pattern
Full-time
Work Location
On-site
Seniority
Mid
Posted
28 May 2026 (Last week)

Benefits

32 days Holiday plus Bank Holidays Pension Scheme (Up to 8% employer pension contribution) with Life Assurance (x6 salary) Private Medical & International Travel Insurance Annual Bonus Scheme Share Incentive Plan Enhanced Maternity, Paternity & Shared Parental Pay for new parents High Street Discount Scheme

Materials Controller | Guildford | Competitive salary & package

Spacecraft Systems

This is an exciting opportunity for someone with stores / materials control experience to join a lead spacecraft / satellite company in Guildford. Reporting to the Materials Control Team Manager the key purpose of the job is to expedite controlled stock receipts, movements & despatch.

Key Tasks

Observe team level policies and procedures to ensure consistent and coherent team output

Maintain a clean, neat & orderly work area.

Assist in maintaining warehouse/stores security.

Support Goods-In receiving, ensuring any purchase order &/or physical delivery anomalies are resolved or highlighted.

Kitting & issuing materials against project activities.

Organises & pack items for despatch, liaise with stakeholders to understand and implement their requirements.

Support Mechanical Inspector when necessary.Experience required:

Stores experience, ideally in the electronics or aerospace industry.Knowledge & Skills:

Results orientated; strong drive to meet quality levels & deliver to schedule.

Good problem solver; able to work methodically, to tight deadlines within a pressurised environment.

Ability to interpret engineering drawings would be advantageous.

Good inter-personal skills; able to communicate at all levels across the business.

Pro-active and flexible with a can-do attitude and a willingness to learn.

Computer literate, with good MS Office skills, particularly Excel.Benefits

32 days Holiday plus Bank Holidays

Pension Scheme (Up to 8% employer pension contribution) with Life Assurance (x6 salary)

Private Medical & International Travel Insurance

Annual Bonus Scheme

Share Incentive Plan

Enhanced Maternity, Paternity & Shared Parental Pay for new parents

High Street Discount Scheme and many more

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