Buyer

Babcock International Group; Dunfermline; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Babcock as a Buyer in Rosyth, where your procurement expertise will support critical construction and capital investment projects. You will be part of a diverse team, responsible for managing supplier relationships, contract negotiations, and ensuring compliance with high-quality standards. In this full-time role with hybrid working options, you will leverage your project management skills and contract knowledge to deliver effective procurement strategies.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Payment of Professional Fees

Holiday Trading benefits

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven experience in construction, engineering, or procurement sectors.
• Experience leading complex procurement projects with strong project management skills.
• Ability to manage and deliver contracts effectively.

Responsibilities

• Conduct supplier due diligence, manage post-tender processes.
• Prepare, issue, and review ITTs / RFQs and evaluate bids.
• Draft and negotiate contracts using NEC4 suite.

Skills

Project Management Principles

Attention to Detail

Contract Management

Supplier Negotiations

Managing High Volumes of Information

Education

MCIPS Accreditation

Relevant Degree

Job description

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Location: Rosyth, Fife + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF

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 Buyer at our Rosyth site.

The role

As a Buyer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll be part of an incredible, diverse, and inclusive team of talented professionals, bringing specialist knowledge, management skills, and technical expertise across a wide range of products, technologies, and collaborative solutions—supporting both our internal and external customers.

Day-to-day, you’ll be responsible for supporting procurement and contractual aspects of construction and capital investment projects. Additionally, you will:

• Conduct supplier due diligence, support technical specification preparation, and manage post-tender processes to ensure compliance and high-quality standards
• Prepare, issue and review ITTs / RFQ’s and RFI’s
• Evaluate bids, conduct comparisons, and make recommendations, ensuring total cost of ownership is captured
• Draft, review, approve, and negotiate contracts using the NEC4 suite of options, including contract amendments (Early Warnings and Compensation Events) and extensions

This role is full time, 36 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 3 days in the office/onsite and 2 days working from home.

Essential experience of the Buyer

• Knowledge and practical application of project management principles
• Excellent attention to detail and the ability to manage high volumes of information, coordinating key stakeholders to ensure timely and high-quality delivery
• Strong understanding of contract terms and conditions, including the ability to manage flow-down requirements from customer contracts
• Experience in leading and supporting supplier negotiations to achieve the most effective outcomes
• Ability to safeguard Babcock’s commercial position throughout the contract lifecycle

Qualifications for the Buyer

• Experience managing contract delivery in construction, engineering, capital procurement, or manufacturing sectors
• MCIPS accreditation or a relevant degree
• Demonstrated success in developing procurement strategies and leading complex procurement projects, underpinned by strong project management skills

Security Clearance

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

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 .

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. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• ‘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.