Commercial Specialist

As a Commercial Specialist, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary; working in the Nuclear Commercial Strategy function, positioning Babcock as a key strategic partner with the Ministry of Defence (MOD). Day-to-day, you'll be providing commercial expertise and governance to internal stakeholders (finance, project teams, supply chain and senior management) in the development of proposals and functional reviews, processes, policies, and commercial risks:

• Be confident and competent when interacting with stakeholders and will work to develop positive customer relationships.
• Develop innovative and pragmatic commercial solutions in a dynamic environment.
• Promote and maintain compliance with commercial policies, processes, and procedures.
• Support in the identification of contractual risk, quantification, and mitigation strategies.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including project managers and stakeholders, to align commercial strategies with overall project objectives.
This role is full time, 35 hours per week and requires regular travel to Bristol on a weekly basis alongside home working arrangements.


• Experience in contract and bid management, ideally gained within the UK Defence market.
• Knowledge of commercial terms and types of agreements.
• Experienced in UK MOD contracting methods and strategies.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.
• Deadline driven to meet critical internal governance and customer timelines, with good attention to detail.
Qualifications for the Commercial Specialist:
• Degree qualified (or equivalent) in Engineering, Business, Law or Accountancy, but this is not essential.
• Ideally, you will hold or be working towards relevant professional memberships such as IACCM / WCC (World Commerce and Contracting).
Security Clearance The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Commercial Specialist at our Bristol site.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). What we Offer:
• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
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