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Commercial Manager

Hybrid in Kirkcaldy·Full-time·Added 7 days ago (last checked 8 Oct)

Overview

Job details

  • Full-time

    Per the ad.

  • Hybrid

    Office and home days — the ad has the split.

  • Apply by Monday 19 October

    The date the employer’s listing closes.

Requirements

  • Be near Kirkcaldy for hybrid days

    No relocation package mentioned.

Skills

Requirements

What we're looking for

  • Demonstrable commercial or contract management experience within a complex engineering, manufacturing, infrastructure, defence, or similarly regulated environment.
  • Strong understanding of commercial principles, contractual risk management, and different forms of commercial agreements.
  • Experience supporting bids, tenders, contract negotiations, or business growth activities.
  • Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and collaborate across multiple functions.
  • Excellent communication skills and the ability to deliver against demanding customer and governance deadlines.

Education & certifications

  • We value difference and don't have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

Compensation: Competitive + Benefits

  • 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 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

The role

Job Title: Commercial Manager

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.

As a Commercial Manager, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You'll play a key role in supporting a diverse portfolio of high-value UK and international opportunities across advanced manufacturing, civil nuclear, and international shipbuilding. Joining the Global Shipbuilding and Advanced Engineering Commercial Team at an exciting time of growth, you'll provide commercial leadership from early engagement and bid development through to contract negotiation and handover.

Day-to-day, you'll be required to:

What you'll do

  • Developing commercial strategies for new UK and international business opportunities.
  • Supporting bids and tenders from pre-sales engagement through to submission, negotiation, and contract award.
  • Reviewing and negotiating contracts, agreements, and commercial terms to achieve successful outcomes.
  • Identifying, assessing, and mitigating commercial and contractual risks across a varied portfolio.
  • Building strong working relationships with customers, partners, suppliers, and stakeholders across the business.

How you'll work

Location: Rosyth, Fife + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

This role is full time, 37 hours per week Monday to Friday and provides hybrid working arrangements.

Role ID

Role ID: SF76278

Hiring process

1 interview

  • If you will work on Ministry of Defence sites you also have to meet MoD security requirements.

About Babcock International

Industry
Engineering
Founded
1891
Employees
30,000–40,000
Headquarters
London, UK

In their own words

About the company & team

We're Babcock - a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 29,000 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 careers@babcockinternational.com 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: 19/10/2026

Additional information

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).

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