Procurement Specialist

Babcock International; Warrington; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday allowance

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Digital GP

Annual health check

Employee share scheme

Shopping portal

Professional Fees paid

Reservists leave

Holiday trading

Be Kind Day

Wellbeing programme

Job summary

Cavendish Nuclear is seeking a Procurement Specialist to support major UK programmes, including nuclear, defence, and clean energy sectors. You will drive sourcing, tendering, supplier negotiations, and strategic procurement across multi-disciplinary teams to deliver value and risk management on critical projects.

The role offers hybrid working patterns with locations at Bristol/Bristol Business Park or Warrington, with occasional travel to sites.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified or equivalent professional experience.
• Ability to obtain SC security clearance.
• Experience in end-to-end procurement within complex engineering projects.

Responsibilities

• Manage sourcing and tendering to deliver cost-effective supply chain solutions.
• Lead supplier negotiations to maximise commercial value.
• Develop procurement strategies through early engagement with stakeholders and project teams.
• Monitor supplier performance and manage supply chain risks.
• Collaborate with Quality, Engineering, Planning, Project Management and commercial teams to ensure delivery of materials and services.
• Engage and influence internal stakeholders and suppliers to achieve commercial outcomes.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Supplier management

Tendering

Contract negotiations

Procurement processes

Influencing stakeholders

Education

Degree educated

Job description

As a Procurement Specialist, you'll play a pivotal role in supporting some of the United Kingdom's most exciting clean energy and infrastructure programmes. Working across major projects, you'll partner with stakeholders, suppliers, and project teams to deliver innovative procurement solutions that drive value, performance, and operational success. This is an opportunity to influence critical procurement decisions across complex engineering projects while developing your expertise within the nuclear, defence, and clean energy sectors. Your work will directly contribute to projects that support national infrastructure, energy security, and the transition to a more sustainable future. With opportunities to broaden your experience across major programmes, including future secondment opportunities within the MEH Alliance, this role offers excellent scope for professional growth and career progression. Day-to-day, you'll be required to:

• Managing sourcing and tendering activities to deliver cost-effective and technically robust supply chain solutions.
• Leading supplier negotiations to maximise commercial value and secure successful project outcomes.
• Developing procurement strategies through early engagement with stakeholders and project teams.
• Monitoring supplier performance, managing supply chain risks, and driving continuous improvement initiatives.
• Collaborating with Quality, Engineering, Planning, Project Management, and commercial teams to ensure successful delivery of materials and services.
  Demonstrable experience in end-to-end procurement, sourcing, tendering, contract award, and supplier management activities.
• Experience managing supplier performance, delivery schedules, and commercial relationships within a complex project environment.
• Strong understanding of procurement processes, commercial principles, and contract terms and conditions.
• Experience within an engineering, nuclear, construction, manufacturing, aerospace, energy, utilities, oil and gas, or similar technical industry.
• Proven ability to engage and influence internal stakeholders and suppliers to achieve successful commercial outcomes.

Qualifications for the Procurement Specialist

• Degree qualified or equivalent professional experience. The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
  At Cavendish Nuclear, we're working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Procurement Specialist at Bristol Business Park, near Bristol, Gloucestershire, or at our Warrington site.
  This is a full-time, permanent role working 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday, based at Bristol Business Park, Bristol or Warrington. Hybrid working patterns are available. Travel to Bristol and Hinkley Point C will be expected approximately once per month.

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 Cavendish 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.

Cavendish We're Cavendish Nuclear - a team of c5,000 specialists and a core part of Babcock International Group. Here, you'll be part of something bigger. Across clean energy, defence, and civil decommissioning, your work will contribute to projects that are critical to energy security and national protection. Together, we're shaping a future that lasts - not only through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.