Location
Watford site, full-time on-site role. Candidates must live within a commutable distance.

Hours
Full Time

Salary
£26,000 - £27,000 per annum

About the Role
Make your skills count for more at BRE! Join our Estates team as a Goods In & Logistics Operative in this hands-on, site-based role where you will play a central part in keeping operations running smoothly. You will manage the receipt and dispatch of goods, oversee postroom services, and support wider site logistics, ensuring all work is carried out safely, efficiently, and to the highest standards. BRE is a world-leading innovation, science, and data hub for the built environment, delivering products, advice, services, standards, and qualifications used globally to make buildings safer and more sustainable. Your role will be essential in supporting these objectives through effective operational support to the Estates function.

Key Responsibilities
Receiving, checking, and logging deliveries against purchase orders and delivery notes
Inspecting goods for damage or discrepancies and coordinating returns or supplier uplifts
Dispatching outgoing goods, parcels, and courier shipments accurately and on time
Sorting, labelling, and storing goods in designated locations
Operating goods-in and postroom equipment, including pallet trucks, forklifts (where authorised), company van, and franking machines
Managing postroom activities, including sorting and distributing mail and preparing outgoing post
Maintaining accurate delivery, dispatch, and postage records
Supporting site activities such as meeting room set-ups, small office moves, waste management, and furniture inventory
Ensuring compliance with health and safety procedures and maintaining a clean, safe working environment

About BRE
Founded in 1921, BRE contributes to a thriving and sustainable world by developing science-led solutions to built environment challenges. With over 500 co-workers, BRE aims to be the world-leading innovation, science, and data hub for the built environment, providing world-class, innovative, science-led products and solutions to governments and commercial markets globally.

Experience
Previous goods-in, post-room, or warehouse experience is required.
Forklift truck licence preferred but not essential.

About you
Good attention to detail and accuracy in record-keeping
Strong organisational and time-management skills
PC literate, including Excel and Word
Clean driving licence
Good communication skills and ability to work as part of a team
Reliable and punctual
Proactive with a positive “can-do” attitude
Willing to take initiative and adapt to changing priorities
Safety-conscious and compliant with procedures

Qualifications
No specific qualifications required beyond a clean driving licence and forklift licence preferred but not essential.

Benefits
Pension scheme with 5% employer-matched contribution
Life assurance at 4x basic salary
Enhanced maternity package
HealthPartners cashback scheme for prescriptions, physiotherapy, dental care, and more
Onsite facilities including restaurant, nursery, free parking, and at-cost EV charging points
Free access to BRE Academy and online learning platform
Professional membership reimbursement