Commercial Director

Babcock International; Plymouth; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job description

Job Title: Commercial Director
Location: Plymouth, Devon + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF63447

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 Director at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role
As a Commercial Director, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll lead commercial activities in relation to our Major Nuclear Capital Projects business (MNCP), supporting the design, construction, and support of major nuclear infrastructure programmes, predominantly at our operations at Devonport and Clyde.

Day-to-day, you’ll be responsible for leading and developing a commercial centre of excellence providing strategic and operational commercial support to the business across the portfolio of Infrastructure contracts we have with our principal customer, the UK Ministry of Defence.

• Provide strategic leadership for the MNCP Commercial function, advising the Nuclear Sector Executive Committee on all related matters.
• Drive innovation and compliance by leading negotiations with MOD and managing supply chain agreements in line with Babcock policies.
• Establish and enforce best practice commercial policies and processes, ensuring alignment with Babcock Group standards and Single Source Contract Regulations (SSCR).
• Represent Babcock in professional forums, boards, and committees, fostering industry collaboration.
• Lead and inspire a large team of Commercial and Quantity Surveyor professionals, ensuring effective customer and supply chain support with comprehensive risk management.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with regular travel to between our sites in Plymouth and Bristol.

Essential experience of the Commercial Director

• Extensive senior-level commercial experience in the construction and infrastructure sector, with a background advising organisations comparable to Babcock.
• Proven experience working with government and navigating regulated environments.
• In-depth knowledge of NEC4 contracting approaches and CDM regulations.
• Strong leadership track record, managing large teams of commercial and quantity surveying professionals.
• Expertise in negotiation and influencing within complex contractual frameworks, including familiarity with SSCR.

Qualifications for the Commercial Director

• You will be educated to degree level (or equivalent experience) and have demonstrated further professional development in the Construction and Infrastructure market.

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.

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 the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• ‘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: 22/04/2025