Commercial Specialist

We Served; Gloucester; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - GBP 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aviation company is seeking a Commercial Specialist to manage end-to-end commercial activities and support governance on major aviation programs. The role demands confidence in presentations, collaboration across functions, and experience in contract management. This full-time position offers hybrid working arrangements and a competitive salary of £42,000 - £50,000. The ideal candidate will have a degree-level qualification or equivalent in a commercial discipline and experience in commercial environments. Apply by 20/02/2026.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP

Employee shopping savings portal

Payment of Professional Fees

10-days special paid leave for reservists

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering work

Qualifications

• Experience in contract delivery and management in a commercial organization or public sector.
• Experience working collaboratively within cross-functional teams.
• Confidence presenting to internal and external audiences.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end commercial and contract activities across major aviation programs.
• Support governance, negotiations, and commercial decision-making.
• Provide commercial and legal insight.

Skills

Contract delivery

Cross-functional collaboration

Presentation skills

Education

Degree-level qualification in a commercial discipline

Tools

NEC4

PFI contracting

Joint Venture environments

Job description

Job Title: Commercial Specialist

Location: Flexible, UK + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: £42,000 - £50,000 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF71395

Create Impact That Lasts – Shape the Future of UK Aviation

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Commercial Specialist.

The role

As a Commercial Specialist, you’ll play a key role within our UK Aviation business—supporting the Senior Commercial Manager across high‑profile Joint Venture contracts. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute directly to programmes of national importance, helping deliver innovative commercial solutions while shaping how the UK’s military aviation capability is sustained. Your work will have a meaningful impact on operational readiness, stakeholder collaboration and long‑term strategic delivery, while accelerating your own development in commercial leadership

Day-to-day, you’ll have the following responsibilities:

• Managing end‑to‑end commercial and contract activities across major aviation programmes
• Supporting governance, negotiations and commercial decision‑making to deliver change on time, to cost and quality
• Providing commercial and legal insight that protects Babcock’s interests and informs senior leadership
• Building trusted relationships across customers, suppliers, JV partners and internal stakeholders
• Ensuring high‑quality commercial data is communicated effectively for strategic alignment.

This role is full time, working 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements within the UK.

Essential experience of the Commercial Specialist:

• Experience in contract delivery and management in either a commercial organisation or the public sector
• Experience working collaboratively within cross‑functional teams
• Confidence presenting to a wide range of internal and external audiences.

Qualifications for the Commercial Specialist:

• Degree‑level qualification or equivalent experience in a commercial discipline (Desirable)
• Knowledge of NEC4, PFI contracting or Joint Venture environments (Desirable)
• MCIPS/WCC Qualification (Desirable)

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) 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 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.

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: 20/02/2026

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