Commercial Specialist

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 across our Plymouth, Bristol and Leicester sites.

The Role

As a Commercial Specialist, you’ll play a central role in supporting and shaping the commercial success of our Mission Systems business. This is a chance to immerse yourself in high-impact defence, aerospace and engineering programmes - projects that protect national security and enable the UK’s critical capabilities.

You’ll help us deliver innovative commercial solutions, guide contract performance, and influence strategic customer relationships. The work is fast-paced, meaningful, and ideal for someone who enjoys responsibility and thrives in an environment where every decision counts. You’ll also gain unrivalled experience across diverse commercial activities, helping accelerate your development and long-term career growth.

Day-to-day you’ll be required to:

• Provide contract management expertise and governance support to project teams.
• Undertake pricing activities and lead negotiations for new and organic growth opportunities.
• Collaborate with opportunity teams to support our business development ambitions.
• Work closely with customers and internal teams to shape pragmatic and innovative commercial solutions.
• Act as the main commercial point of contact, ensuring seamless communication across projects.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with days onsite and days working from home.

Essential experience of the Commercial Specialist:

• Experience managing or understanding contracts within matrix organisations.
• Commercially driven, with strong business awareness of customers and competitors.
• Experience developing proposals for new work or organic growth.
• Ability to perform effectively in fast-paced environments with critical deadlines.
• Strong communication skills and a collaborative approach.

Qualifications for the Commercial Specialist:

• Ideally degree-qualified (or equivalent) in Engineering, Business, Law or Accountancy – not essential.
• Preferred: Membership of, or willingness to work towards:

• Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (MCIPS)
• World Commerce and Contracting (WCC)
• Post Graduate Certificate in Commercial Management (PGCCM)

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. However, you will be eligible to start on Standard (BPSS) security clearance, but once in post you will need to obtain Security Check (SC) security clearance.

What We Offer:

• 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 UK Babcock 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.

Babcock

We’re Babcock - a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference. Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts - not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance. We call that lifetime engineering.

Join us and see how far we can go, together.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.