Project Procurement Specialist

weServed; Plymouth; Hybrid; GBP 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Matched pension scheme

Digital GP and health checks

Employee share scheme

Discount portal

Professional fees coverage

Special leave for Reservists

Be Kind Day volunteering leave

Development opportunities and EAP

Job summary

At Babcock's Devonport Royal Dockyard in Plymouth, the Project Procurement Specialist leads procurement across major capital projects and infrastructure programmes, building strong supplier relationships, negotiating terms, and ensuring NEC4 compliance to support programme delivery.

This permanent onsite role requires NEC3/NEC4 training, MCIPS or equivalent, ability to obtain SC clearance, and collaboration with engineering and commercial teams; benefits include pension, holidays, health

Qualifications

• NEC3 or NEC4 training.
• MCIPS qualification or working towards professional accreditation.
• Ability to obtain and maintain Security Check clearance.
• Degree qualification (Desirable).
• Lean Six Sigma qualification (Desirable).

Responsibilities

• Leading procurement activities across capital projects, infrastructure programmes, and new works initiatives.
• Establishing and managing framework agreements for professional services, construction works, and specialist suppliers.
• Building strong supplier relationships to drive performance, innovation, value, and continuous improvement.
• Negotiating commercial terms and supporting effective risk management in line with NEC4 contract requirements.
• Monitoring contract performance, resolving issues, and supporting change control and governance processes

Skills

Procurement

NEC4 contracts

Supplier relationships

Stakeholder collaboration

Digital procurement

Education

MCIPS or equivalent

Degree (Desirable)

Tools

Oracle ERP

e-tendering platforms

Job description

Job Title: Project Procurement Specialist

Location: Plymouth, Devon

Compensation: £33-900 - £42,400 Depending on Experience + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF76355

Shape The Future of Major Infrastructure and Defence Programmes

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 Project Procurement Specialist at our Devonport Royal Dockyard in Plymouth site.

The role

As a Project Procurement Specialist, you'll play a vital role in delivering procurement and contract management expertise across major capital investment and infrastructure programmes. Working at the heart of complex defence projects, you'll help ensure critical supply chain activities support programme delivery, regulatory compliance, and long‑term operational success.

Day-to-day, you’ll be required to

• Leading procurement activities across capital projects, infrastructure programmes, and new works initiatives.
• Establishing and managing framework agreements for professional services, construction works, and specialist suppliers.
• Building strong supplier relationships to drive performance, innovation, value, and continuous improvement.
• Negotiating commercial terms and supporting effective risk management in line with NEC4 contract requirements.
• Monitoring contract performance, resolving issues, and supporting change control and governance processes

This is a full-time, onsite role based at Devonport Royal Dockyard, Plymouth, working Monday to Friday.

Essential experience of the Project Procurement Specialist

• Extensive experience delivering procurement activities across capital projects, new works programmes, and framework agreements.
• Strong knowledge of NEC4 contracts, including negotiation, commercial risk management, and contract optimisation.
• Proven supplier relationship management experience, including performance improvement and issue resolution.
• Experience working collaboratively with engineering, project management, commercial, and technical stakeholders.
• Knowledge of procurement best practice, compliance processes, risk management, and digital procurement systems such as Oracle ERP and e‑tendering platforms

Qualifications for the Project Procurement Specialist

Essential:

• NEC3 or NEC4 training.
• MCIPS qualification, equivalent qualification, or working towards professional accreditation.
• Ability to obtain and maintain Security Check clearance.

Desirable:

• Degree qualified or equivalent.
• Lean Six Sigma qualification.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be a sole UK National who is 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. There is an annual Window to request this benefit. ‘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

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.

Closing date: 15/10/2026

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