Commercial Manager

Babcock; Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, Rosyth; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Commercial Manager, where you will play a crucial role in supporting high-value infrastructure projects. This dynamic position involves providing commercial expertise, fostering strong customer relationships, and navigating complex contract negotiations. You will be part of a dedicated team, contributing to national defense and infrastructure development while enjoying hybrid working arrangements and a comprehensive benefits package. If you thrive in a collaborative environment and are passionate about making a difference, this role offers excellent opportunities for growth and professional development.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP and health check

Employee share scheme

Payment of Professional Fees

10-days special paid leave for reservists

Holiday Trading

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Experience in NEC contracts and developing customer relationships.
• Strong negotiation and communication skills required.

Responsibilities

• Provide commercial expertise for prime contract tenders and reviews.
• Develop positive customer relationships and negotiate terms.

Skills

NEC contracts knowledge

Customer relationship development

Negotiation skills

Communication skills

Commercial experience in regulated sectors

Education

WCC or RICS qualifications

Job description

Job Title: Commercial Manager
Location: Rosyth, Fife + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Up to £59,110 (Dependent on Experience) + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF63683

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 Manager at our Rosyth site.

The Role
As a Commercial Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Join our Naval Nuclear Commercial Team, providing support to the £1bn+ Major Infrastructure Project (MIP) portfolio.

Day-to-day, you’ll support to NEC4 construction projects where we are a key strategic partner to our customers, the MOD and the Royal Navy:

• Provide commercial expertise and governance to internal stakeholders (finance, project teams, supply chain, senior management) for all prime contract (MoD) tenders and contract reviews, processes, policies and commercial risks.
• Be competent and confident when interacting with stakeholders and will work to develop positive customer relationships in order to represent the company to negotiate price, NEC4 terms and scope.
• Oversee the production of change orders to a Qualifying Defence Contract (QDC) together with gathering and assessing robust Appropriate Attributable and Reasonable (AAR) evidence to support contract change.
• Act as an escalation point for high risk, commercial issues.
• Provide advice and drafting in relation to client and supplier NEC4 terms and conditions, ensuring compliance with all internal processes.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and requires regular travel to Rosyth on a weekly / monthly basis alongside home working arrangements.

Essential Experience of the Commercial Manager:

• Knowledge of NEC contracts.
• Demonstrable evidence of developing effective customer relationships and confident at negotiating independently within agreed delegations.
• Good communication, presentation, networking and negotiation skills.
• Ideally, working knowledge of MoD contract terms but, this is not essential.
• Commercial experience in a regulated sector, preferably in a large and complex environment.

Qualifications for the Commercial Manager:

• World Commerce and Contracting (WCC) (previously IACCM) or RICS qualifications are highly desirable.

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 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.

Babcock International
For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

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.

Closing Date: 14/05/2025

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