Senior Storekeeper Fuels and Lubricants

Have you considered working in a Logistics Support environment? Are you a qualified Fuels & Lubricants Operator or have Fuels & Lubricants Logistics Knowledge/Experience, that you can transfer your skills to support an Aeronautical Engineering training Environment and the wider whole force community ? This vacancy is based at RAF Cosford, Albrighton Wolverhampton W Mids, WV7 3EX.
This position is advertised at 37 hours per week., The Senior Storekeeper Position is within the Fuels and Lubricants Section of the Logistics Sqn, part of Operational Support Wing, Logistics Sqn. The vacancy is for a Skill Zone 3 member of staff who will be required to work F/T 37hrs.
The Incumbent will be required to work in a small team of 2 as part of the Fuels and Lubricants Section but will also be required to provide support to the Technical Stores, Receipt & Dispatch, salvage hanger and ESG Stores teams.
The tasks of the role are critical to the management of the Materiel Account (MA) and integrity of physical stocks and storage . The Senior Storekeeper acts as an interface between the Logistics Sqn and our extremely large customer base. This Post supports a collection and delivery service for all Fuels and Lubricants products issued and receipted and provides support to over 344 Inventory Holders, parented formations, including Outward Bound Activity Centre FDTC Crickhowell and ATC/CCFs, and provides support for personnel and Squadrons in operational theatres with external operational demand solutions. Duties also include the quality control, issue, receipt and storage of Bulk Aviation fuel – Avgas and ground fuel diesel. This post also carries the additional responsibility for the control, issue, correct storage, handling and disposal of Hazardous Waste Fuels and Lubricant products and their final disposal through the Defence Equipment Sales Authority (DESA) ensuring all
Environmental Regulations and Legislation are adhered to for the disposal of hazardous waste and forms part of the Unit Spillage response team. The post is also responsible for the control, issue, correct storage, handling and disposal of compressed gases.
This post is advertised as 37 hours per week

Person specification
+ Supervisory responsibilities of One Skill Zone 2 Storekeeper
+ The correct Storage & Handling of Bulk Fuels Diesel & Avgas on the MTFI & BFI
+ Quality Control of Bulk Fuel Products, Quality Assurance Checks, Sampling, Water Checks, Daily, Weekly & Monthly Dips
+ The Accurate Accounting of Bulk Fuels via the Ground Fuels Managements System (GFMS) & Bulk Fuel Inventory Solution (BFIS)
+ Accurate Accounting of Stocks on GFMS, BFIS & MJDI. Monthly Stats Reporting to A4 Fuels, Daily F222’s for Avgas & Diesel, Avgas F776’s
+ Ensuring Correct Control, Storage & Handling of Gas Cylinders, Carry out Receipts, Issues, Returns & Orders of Cylinders ensuring correct Documentation Paperwork is raised. Liaising with Inventory Holders, Sections & nominated supplier for all transactions
+ Control, Storage, Collection & Disposal of Station Generated Hazardous Waste Packed Stocks, F&L Hazardous Waste & Soft Haz Waste, Bulk Waste Oil & Bulk Aviation Fuel Waste, Waste Can. Maintain a Register of Station F&L Lockers & Hazardous Waste 205 Ltr Drums
+ Carry Out Stocktaking, Snap Checks
+ Conduct quality assurance activities as applicable
+ Act as Team Member or Lead of Site Spillage Response Team
+ Carry Out Driving Duties of the Section Vehicle, Forklift Truck & Operating MHE as & when required
+ Colour Perception. The minimum colour perception standard for Installation Operators is CP2.
Training
+ Complete Dangerous Goods By Air & Surface (Land & Sea) Courses
+ Complete Fuel & Lubricants Section Operators Course & Fuels Manager Course
+ Complete Compressed Gases Course
+ Undertake all CS Mandatory Training and Logs Training relevant to post and grade

Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
+ Delivering at Pace
+ Making Effective Decisions
+ Working Together
+ Communicating and Influencing
+ Seeing the Big Picture
+ Leadership
We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:
+ Delivering at Pace
+ Making Effective Decisions
+ Working Together
+ Communicating and Influencing
+ Seeing the Big Picture, + A CV; details to include job history, qualification details and previous skills and experience.
Success Profile Behaviours:
+ Delivering at Pace
+ Making Effective Decisions
+ Working Together
+ Communicating and Influencing
+ Seeing the Big Picture
At Interview, you will be assessed against the following Success Profile Behaviours:
+ Delivering at Pace
+ Making Effective Decisions
+ Working Together
+ Communicating and Influencing
+ Seeing the Big Picture
When choosing your Behaviour examples, please make sure you use real life scenarios that relate to your own experiences. Whilst technology may help to enhance your written submission, presenting the ideas of others or those generated by technology, could result in your application being rejected.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact: DBSCivPers-Resourcingteam3@mod.gov.uk .
As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came in to effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system.
Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
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Nationality requirements
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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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion
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Alongside your salary of £23,310, Ministry of Defence contributes £6,752 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
+ Learning and development tailored to your role
+ An environment with flexible working options
+ A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
+ A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. This is a non-contractual arrangement where all office-based employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in office, subject to capacity and any required workplace adjustments. Requirements to attend other locations for official business, or work in another MOD office, will also count towards this level of attendance. Applicants can request further information regarding how this may work in their team from the Vacancy Holder (see advert for contact details). Defence Business Services cannot respond to any questions about working arrangements.
The post does not offer relocation expenses.
External recruits who join the MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a six-month probation period.
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Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.
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