Tendering Engineer

Babcock International; Kirkcaldy; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm is seeking a Tendering Engineer at their Rosyth site, offering a full-time position with hybrid working options. In this role, you'll deliver technical and commercial proposals that support marine engineering projects. The ideal candidate will have a degree in a relevant engineering field, strong collaboration skills, and proficiency in Microsoft Excel. This position also offers generous holiday allowances, matched pension contributions, and excellent development opportunities.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to a Digital GP and health consultations

Employee share scheme

Payment of Professional Fees

Volunteering leave

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience working in an engineering environment (commercial experience is advantageous but not essential).

Responsibilities

• Developing competitive, technically compliant tender submissions for core projects.
• Supporting the delivery of our commercial strategy and bidding processes.
• Engaging with customers, suppliers, and internal teams to define requirements and create winning proposals.
• Collaborating with Business Development and Sales teams to qualify opportunities and prioritise workloads.
• Building proposals from validated standard documents and estimates.

Skills

Ability to interpret engineering drawings

Strong collaboration skills

Proven ability to manage multiple tasks

Proficiency in Microsoft Excel

Exceptional attention to detail

Education

Degree-level qualification in a relevant engineering discipline

Job description

Job Title: Tendering Engineer

Location: Rosyth, Fife + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: Competitive + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Shape the Future of Marine Engineering

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 Tendering Engineer at our Rosyth site.

The role

As a Tendering Engineer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll be at the heart of delivering high-quality, customer-focused technical and commercial proposals that support our marine engineering projects. This is an exciting opportunity to influence major bids and contribute to projects that make a real difference to national security and global maritime operations.

Day-to-day you’ll be:

• Developing competitive, technically compliant tender submissions for core projects.
• Supporting the delivery of our commercial strategy and bidding processes.
• Engaging with customers, suppliers, and internal teams to define requirements and create winning proposals.
• Collaborating with Business Development and Sales teams to qualify opportunities and prioritise workloads.
• Building proposals from validated standard documents and estimates.

This role is full time, 37.5 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements.

Essential experience of the Tendering Engineer

• Ability to interpret engineering drawings and specifications.
• Strong collaboration skills across functions to achieve shared objectives.
• Proven ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Exceptional attention to detail when reviewing tender specifications and documents.

Qualifications for the Tendering Engineer

• Degree-level qualification in a relevant engineering discipline.
• Experience working in an engineering environment (commercial experience is advantageous but not essential).

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: 08/01/2026