Principal Contracts Specialist

Raytheon UK; Livingston; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salaries

25 days holiday + statutory holidays +

Buy/Sell up to 5 days

Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.

Discretionary bonus

6x salary Life Assurance

Flexible Benefits (Health Cashplan, Dm

Job summary

Raytheon UK is seeking a highly skilled Principal Contracts Specialist to enable bidding and delivery of profitable programmes. You will provide contractual and commercial governance to bid and project teams, supporting multiple contracts and collaborating with cross-functional UK-wide teams.

A baseline security clearance and occasional travel are expected. The role emphasizes drafting and negotiating complex contracts, risk management, and ensuring compliant contract flow-downs while acting as

Qualifications

• Relevant degree or equivalent experience.
• Experience in reviewing and drafting contractual documents.
• Strong commercial awareness and governing law.
• Experience of commercial risk management.
• Ability to respond to tasks with tenacity and flexibility while working cross functionally.

Responsibilities

• Provide full contractual and commercial support to bids and proposals.
• Identify commercial risk and input to risk plan with mitigation.
• Lead in the negotiation of contracts.
• Manage new and existing contracts including change control.
• Resolve commercial issues promptly and effectively.
• Manage financial aspects of the contract including forecasting and milestones.
• Be the commercial face of the organisation to the customer.
• Ensure successful contract completion, closeout and archiving.
• Champion change and improvement.

Skills

Legal contracts

Contract negotiations

Commercial awareness

Risk management

Financial acumen

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Travel flexibility

Education

Relevant degree or equivalent experience

Tools

IPDS

SAP

Job description

Job Description

Date Posted: 2026-08-10

Country: United Kingdom

Location: Harlow, Essex

Position Role Type: Unspecified

Role

01864007 Principal Contracts Specialist

Function: Commercial

Location: Glenrothes, Harlow or Livingston will be considered as a base site

Hybrid working (3 days on-site at base site)

There is likely to be business travel to UK sites etc

Working with UK wide teams

Security: Clearance Required

Baseline & SC

For further information on security clearance requirements and eligibility please visit this website: National security vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK

Duration: Permanent

Hours: 37hrs

Key Skills & Experience

Legal contracts, commercial, contractual agreements, contract negotiations, admin, other business skills such as financial, project management, risk management

Benefits and Work Culture

• Competitive salaries.
• 25 days holiday + statutory public holidays, plus opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days (37hr)
• Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution)
• Company bonus scheme (discretionary).
• 6 times salary 'Life Assurance' with pension.
• Flexible Benefits scheme with extensive salary sacrifice schemes, including Health Cashplan, Dental, and Cycle to Work amongst others.
• Enhanced sick pay.
• Enhanced family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity & shared parental leave.

About Raytheon UK

At Raytheon UK, we take immense pride in being a leader in defence and aerospace technology. As an employer, we are dedicated to fuelling innovation, nurturing talent, and fostering a culture of excellence.

Joining our team means being part of an organisation that shapes the future of national security whilst investing in your growth and personal development. We provide a collaborative environment, abundant opportunities for professional development, and a profound sense of purpose in what we do. Together, we are not just advancing technology; we're building a community committed to safeguarding a safer and more connected world.

About The Role

As a highly valued contracts and commercial specialist you are expected to be a business enabler, supporting both the winning and subsequent delivery of a profitable business. Making our company one that our customers see as easy to contract with and work with through the delivery of their programmes. You will provide contractual and commercial governance and advice to the bid and project teams as the subject matter expert in your contracting area, support multiple contracts and provide flexibility as the business requires.

Skills And Experience

Essential

• Relevant degree or equivalent experience.
• Experience in reviewing and drafting contractual documents
• Strong commercial awareness, business principles and governing law
• Experience of commercial risk management
• An ability to respond to tasks with tenacity and flexibility, whilst working cross functionally in a multi-disciplinary team
• Strong communicator and relationship builder with both internal and external customers
• An ability to remain calm under pressure and collaborate with others
• Positive, self-motivated and the ability to work independently.
• A willingness and ability to travel occasionally.

Desirable

• Previous experience of contracting in the Defence sector
• Accreditation in Commercial and Supply Chain management
• Eligible to obtain security clearance (SC) beyond baseline personnel security standard (BPSS)
• Basic programme management skill set – Risk Management/Programme Gating/ Metrics
• Strong record of problem solving and dispute resolution
• Experience of working with international suppliers or customers
• Experience of Financial Management
• Awareness of Data Protection and other relevant commercial and contract legislation
• Familiarity with business process management tools (IPDS, SAP or similar) and the competitive bidding process

Responsibilities

• Provide full contractual and commercial support to development, approval and issuance of bids and proposals, whether in response to RFP/ITN etc or as part of the company strategy
• Identify any commercial risk, provide input to the overall risk plan and implement effective risk mitigation.
• Lead in the negotiation of contracts.
• Manage new and existing contracts effectively, including all contract change control and support to the other functions, including contract flow-downs
• Resolve all commercial issues promptly and effectively
• Manage the financial aspects of the contract, including forecasting and milestone plans (including timely claim submission)
• Be the commercial face of the organisation to the customer, as the day to day contact and subject matter expert
• Assure the successful completion, closedown and archive of contracts
• Be the champion of change and improvement

RTX

Raytheon UK is a landed company and part of the wider RTX organisation. Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, USA, but with over 180,000 employees globally across every continent, RTX provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide and comprises three industry-leading businesses – Collins Aerospace Systems, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon.

Supporting over 35,000 jobs across 13 UK sites, RTX is helping to drive prosperity. Each year our work contributes over £2.7bn to the UK economy and offers a wealth of opportunities to 4,000 suppliers across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. We're investing in all corners of the country, supporting 29,040 jobs in England, 3,040 in Northern Ireland, 1,900 in Scotland and 1,600 in Wales.

RTX adheres to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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