Commercial Assistant

Babcock Mission Critical Services España SA.; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Healthcare via Aviva DigiCare+

Employee shopping portal

Payment of Professional Fees

10 days special leave for Reservists

Holiday Trading

Be Kind Day

Job summary

Babcock is seeking a Commercial Assistant at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site in Plymouth. The role focuses on commercial administration, contract support, governance, and business operations within a leading defence organisation.

You will help manage contracts, bids, governance activities, and commercial records while developing professional qualifications and exposure to senior commercial professionals.

Qualifications

• Works well in a team and follows established processes.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
• Attention to detail and strong organisational skills.
• Able to prioritise workload with accuracy.
• Willingness to study towards commercial qualifications in the future.

Responsibilities

• Support governance activities for bids, contracts, amendments, and approvals.
• Maintain contract records, correspondence logs, change registers, and commercial documentation.
• Prepare documentation for governance reviews, meetings, and reporting activities.
• Coordinate customer and stakeholder meetings and record outcomes.
• Collaborate with commercial, project, finance, procurement, and supply chain teams to support contract delivery.
• Learn to interpret subcontractor costs and billing.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication

Attention to detail

Organisational skills

Time management

Job description

Commercial Assistant

Location: Devonport, Plymouth, GB, PL2 2BG

Onsite or Hybrid: OnSite

Job Title: Commercial Assistant

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF75052

Launch Your Commercial Career Supporting Programmes That Help Keep the Nation Safe

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

As a Commercial Assistant, you’ll join 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, you’ll help ensure contracts, bids, governance activities, and commercial records are managed accurately and effectively. Your work will support the delivery of critical programmes that contribute to national security while giving you exposure to experienced commercial professionals, structured development opportunities, and the chance to work towards future professional qualifications.

• 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 of the Commercial Assistant

• 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 for the Commercial Assistant

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 then we would like to hear from you.

• A willingness to study towards relevant commercial or professional qualifications in the future.

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 United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) .

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 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

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 [e-mail] 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.

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