Job Title: Logistics Planner
Location: Warton/Samlesbury, on site - 5 days per week full time on site
Salary: £45,244+ DOE
Referral Bonus: £1000
Grade: D
You’re expected to have completed 12 months in role prior to applying for an advertised vacancy and you should also discuss the internal opportunity with your line manager to ensure sustained business continuity and to further support your career development.
We know there may be exceptional individual circumstances that impact this, in the first instance please discuss this with your line manager.
If you don’t feel you can talk to your line manager, you can contact your HRBP.
PLEASE NOTE: Should you be invited for interview; you acknowledge that the Recruitment team will contact you and your line manager regarding your application for this opportunity.
Job Description:
Play a key role in supporting the production and delivery of advanced military aircraft across multiple aerospace programmes, including 5th and 6th generation air systems. Responsible for overseeing materials, tooling and logistics activities within a fast-paced manufacturing environment, ensuring critical resources are available to support production schedules, operational performance and on-time delivery. Working closely with engineering, production and supply chain teams, you will help overcome highly detailed manufacturing challenges and contribute directly to the successful delivery of world-class aerospace capability.
Core duties:
Essential Skills:
The Logistics Team:
The team is responsible for providing end-to-end materials, tooling and logistics support across multiple aircraft programmes, enabling the efficient manufacture and delivery of advanced aerospace platforms. Operating at the heart of the manufacturing environment, the team works collaboratively with engineering, production, quality and supply chain functions to ensure resources, equipment and materials are available when and where they are needed. Supporting programmes spanning both 5th and 6th generation air systems, the team plays a critical role in maintaining production flow, solving operational demands and helping deliver advanced air power capability from the factory floor to the front line.
Why BAE Systems?
Here you’ll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work, this is a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to be your best. You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family, support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.
A place where everyone can thrive:
We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.
We welcome applications from all suitably qualified people, who are BAE Systems employees and have been in their current role for 12 months or longer.
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: 24th November 2026
Job Title: Logistics Planner
Location: Warton/Samlesbury, on site - 5 days per week full time on site
Salary: £45,244+ DOE
Referral Bonus: £1000
Grade: D
You’re expected to have completed 12 months in role prior to applying for an advertised vacancy and you should also discuss the internal opportunity with your line manager to ensure sustained business continuity and to further support your career development.
We know there may be exceptional individual circumstances that impact this, in the first instance please discuss this with your line manager.
If you don’t feel you can talk to your line manager, you can contact your HRBP.
PLEASE NOTE: Should you be invited for interview; you acknowledge that the Recruitment team will contact you and your line manager regarding your application for this opportunity.
Job Description:
Play a key role in supporting the production and delivery of advanced military aircraft across multiple aerospace programmes, including 5th and 6th generation air systems. Responsible for overseeing materials, tooling and logistics activities within a fast-paced manufacturing environment, ensuring critical resources are available to support production schedules, operational performance and on-time delivery. Working closely with engineering, production and supply chain teams, you will help overcome highly detailed manufacturing challenges and contribute directly to the successful delivery of world-class aerospace capability.
Core duties:
Essential Skills:
The Logistics Team:
The team is responsible for providing end-to-end materials, tooling and logistics support across multiple aircraft programmes, enabling the efficient manufacture and delivery of advanced aerospace platforms. Operating at the heart of the manufacturing environment, the team works collaboratively with engineering, production, quality and supply chain functions to ensure resources, equipment and materials are available when and where they are needed. Supporting programmes spanning both 5th and 6th generation air systems, the team plays a critical role in maintaining production flow, solving operational demands and helping deliver advanced air power capability from the factory floor to the front line.
Why BAE Systems?
Here you’ll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work, this is a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to be your best. You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family, support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.
A place where everyone can thrive:
We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.
We welcome applications from all suitably qualified people, who are BAE Systems employees and have been in their current role for 12 months or longer.
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: 24th November 2026
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