Commercial Manager

weServed; Chatham; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension with life

Digital GP, annual health check, Aviva

Employee shopping savings portal

Payment of Professional Fees

Reservists paid leave (10 days)

Holiday Trading (buy/sell leave)

Be Kind Day — paid volunteering leave

Job summary

Babcock is seeking a Commercial Manager for the Chatham site to support the Royal School of Military Engineering contract, drive commercial excellence and manage risk. The role involves governance, commercial negotiations and enabling growth across the Training Business Unit.

The position is based at Chatham with a hybrid pattern (three days onsite, two days remote) and requires SC security clearance eligibility. This is a full-time permanent role with a competitive package.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering commercial support for contracts in defence or similar complex environments.
• Experience in governance, audits, and compliance activities.
• Proven ability to manage commercial risks, opportunities, variations and obligations.
• Ability to build strong relationships with operational teams, customers and stakeholders.
• Experience contributing to bids, proposals and new business opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Providing commercial support and guidance to ensure the successful delivery of the Royal School of Military Engineering contract.
• Managing commercial risks, opportunities, contract changes, variations and contractual obligations.
• Supporting governance activities, contract audits, approvals and compliance requirements.
• Building strong relationships with operational teams, customers and key stakeholders.
• Contributing to bids, proposals, commercial negotiations and new business opportunities across the Training Business Unit.

Skills

Commercial management

Governance

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Bid support

Education

Degree qualified

Job description

Job Title: Commercial Manager

Location: Chatham, Kent + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF76818

Shape Commercial Success in Defence Training

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Commercial Manager at Chatham site.

The role

As a Commercial Manager, you'll play a key role in supporting the commercial delivery, governance and growth of the Royal School of Military Engineering contract. This is an opportunity to work at the heart of a high-profile defence training programme, helping to drive commercial excellence, manage risk, identify growth opportunities, and deliver value for both Babcock and our customers. Your expertise will directly contribute to sustainable business performance while supporting projects that help train the next generation of military personnel.

Day-to-day you'll be:

• Providing commercial support and guidance to ensure the successful delivery of the Royal School of Military Engineering contract.
• Managing commercial risks, opportunities, contract changes, variations and contractual obligations.
• Supporting governance activities, contract audits, approvals and compliance requirements.
• Building strong relationships with operational teams, customers and key stakeholders.
• Contributing to bids, proposals, commercial negotiations and new business opportunities across the Training Business Unit.

The role is based at Chatham, and the working pattern is 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday. Hybrid working patterns are available, with three days onsite and two days working from home, while maintaining flexibility to meet business needs.

Essential experience of the Commercial Manager:

• Providing commercial support and guidance to ensure the successful delivery of the Royal School of Military Engineering contract.
• Managing commercial risks, opportunities, contract changes, variations and contractual obligations.
• Supporting governance activities, contract audits, approvals and compliance requirements.
• Building strong relationships with operational teams, customers and key stakeholders.
• Contributing to bids, proposals, commercial negotiations and new business opportunities across the Training Business Unit.

Qualifications for the Commercial Manager:

• Degree qualified, or able to demonstrate equivalent experience and impact.

However we value difference and are open to applications whatever background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and impact.

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

• 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 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 29,000 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 [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.

Closing date: 05/11/2026