Logistics Team Leader

Salary: £59,938+ DOE

In this role you will oversee a team responsible for supporting material, tool, and product movements within a high-rate manufacturing environment. You will ensure resources, processes, and operational activities are effectively coordinated to support production requirements, while driving team performance, compliance, and continuous improvement. Working closely with stakeholders across the business, you will play a key role in enabling manufacturing delivery through robust leadership, planning, and logistics management.

• Oversee, develop, and guide a logistics team operating across multiple shift patterns, ensuring workloads, resources, and priorities are effectively aligned to business requirements
• Govern the movement of materials, parts, tools, and finished products across the business, ensuring compliance with tool control, audit, and shipment requirements
• Monitor team performance, capability, wellbeing, and attendance, ensuring appropriate training, competence, and compliance standards are maintained
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure materials and tools are available in line with production schedules and operational priorities
• Champion Operational Excellence and Safety, Health & Environment (SHE) behaviours through continuous improvement activities, team engagement, and methodical leadership

Job Title: Logistics Team Leader

Location: Samlesbury, On site - 5 days per week, including an occasional requirement to come in on nightshift and Sundays.

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.

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.

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: 18th November 2026

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.