Commercial Assistant in Plymouth

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 Assistant at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role involves joining a collaborative commercial team supporting key defence major construction programmes. This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to build a career in commercial administration, contract support, governance, and business operations within a world-leading defence organisation.

Day-to-day responsibilities include:

• Supporting commercial governance activities for bids, contracts, contract amendments, and approvals.
• Maintaining accurate contract records, correspondence logs, change registers, and commercial documentation.
• Assisting with the preparation of documentation for governance reviews, meetings, and reporting activities.
• Facilitating customer and stakeholder meetings, including coordinating actions and recording meeting outcomes.
• Collaborating with commercial, project, finance, procurement, and supply chain teams to support successful contract delivery.
• Learning to interpret subcontractor costs and billing.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 2 – 3 days in the office/onsite.

Essential experience:

• Working effectively within a team environment and following established processes.
• Demonstrating strong communication skills and the ability to build positive working relationships.
• Managing tasks with excellent attention to detail and organisational skills.
• Prioritising workload effectively and maintaining accuracy across administrative activities.
• Knowing when to seek guidance while working under moderate supervision.

Qualifications:

We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn.

A willingness to study towards relevant commercial or professional qualifications in the future is also valued.

Security Clearance:

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

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 shopping savings portal.
• Payment of Professional Fees.
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave.
• Holiday Trading 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 to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity.

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 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.