Logistic Specialist - Royal Engineers

Get supplies where they’re needed, when they’re needed. Be a warehouse expert and build a CV you can use outside the Army too.

Starting salary
£26,334
Age range
16.6 to 35.6

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Role details

Entry Requirements

Age

To apply for this position, you must be between 16 years & 6 months old and 35 years & 6 months old at the time of your application.

Fitness

Mid Thigh Pull 50kg
Medicine Ball Throw 3m (Army Reserve 2.7m)
2km run 11 min

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Education

GCSE Grade A–D/9-3, or Scottish National 5 grade A-D, in Maths, English Language and one other subject.

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About the Role

Food, weapons, equipment – the Army needs a steady stream of supplies wherever it goes. You make sure the right things get to the right place at the right time using the latest tracking software. With our top-notch training, you’ll be an expert in warehouse management and storage, with qualifications to your name. You’ll learn to drive forklifts and other vehicles, use IT and work with ammunition. You'll build a great CV that you can use in the civilian world. You’ll also get an active Army life, full of sports, adventure, mates and more.
Logistic Specialist is a Combat role in the Royal Engineers. All the Royal Engineer soldier job roles are divided into 5 groups. When you apply to the Engineers, you will apply to the trade group rather than the specific trade.

Key Responsibilities

Become an expert in storage and distribution
Work with ammunition and explosives
Use complex computing and IT applications
Learn to drive large vehicles and forklifts
Develop knowledge of general construction

Training

Step 1
Your initial military training teaches you how to be a soldier, covering everything from fieldcraft to how to handle a rifle.

If you join as a Junior Soldier (under 17 years and 6 months), you’ll do basic military training (short) course at Harrogate.
If you join as a Regular Soldier (over 17 years and 6 months), you’ll do the regular adult basic training.

Step 2
Then it’s off to the Royal School of Military Engineering Regiment near Camberley, Surrey, for 12 weeks. Here, you learn military engineering skills such as knots and lashings, demolition, mine warfare and bridge building. Finally, you do 11 weeks’ training at the Defence Logistics School in Deepcut. You learn about managing engineering supplies and stores, and earn an entry-level NVQ in Warehouse Management.