Construction Senior Buyer

Dunfermline - UK

Monthly Salary: £ 45284 - 52872

Posted on: 9 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Title: Construction Senior Buyer

Location: Dunfermline Fife

Compensation: 45284.00 - 52872.00

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF70811

Shape the future of national defence and engineering

At Babcock were working to create a safe and secure world together. If you join us you can play your part as a Construction Senior Buyer at Rosyth near Dunfermline Fife.

The role

As a Construction Senior Buyer youll play a crucial role in delivering complex highprofile construction and capital investment projects that directly support the UKs defence capability. This is a career that places you at the heart of major engineering programmes where your procurement expertise drives value reduces risk and ensures our projects are delivered safely on time and to the highest standards.

Youll be part of a collaborative commercial and procurement function working closely with project teams engineering specialists and subcontractors to support the lifecycle of capital and construction activity. Its a role where youll make a visible differenceboth to the business and to your own professional growthdeveloping your experience across contract management supplier strategy stakeholder engagement and NEC4 commercial delivery.

Day-to-day youll have the following responsibilities:

Develop and deliver sourcing strategies that optimise value and support capex bid activity and construction programmes.
Conduct supplier due diligence and support the creation of technical specifications to ensure compliance and quality.
Prepare issue and evaluate ITTs RFQs and RFIs to support robust supplier selection.
Carry out bid evaluation comparison and recommendation processes considering full total cost of ownership.
Draft review negotiate and manage contracts using the NEC4 suite including amendments early warnings compensation events and extensions.

This is a fulltime 36hourperweek position based at Rosyth. Hybrid working patterns are available with two days per week onsite.

Essential experience of the Construction Senior Buyer:

Strong understanding and practical application of project management principles.
Demonstrable experience of contract terms and conditions including flowdown of customer requirements.
Proven ability to lead and support supplier negotiations.
Ability to protect the organisations commercial position through effective contract management.
Experience delivering contract and procurement activity in construction engineering capital procurement or manufacturing.

Qualifications for the Construction Senior Buyer:

Knowledge and experience of construction contract forms such as NEC4 or JCT.
MCIPS accreditation or relevant degree (or equivalent experience).
Proven experience developing procurement strategies and delivering complex projects.
Awareness of the RIBA Plan of Work and associated construction processes.
Understanding of multiple construction delivery methods (Design Design and Build Traditional).

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 - ().

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 days 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 with the subject header Reasonable adjustments requirement. Were committed to building an inclusive culture where everyones free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 04/02/2026

Required Experience:

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Job Title: Construction Senior BuyerLocation: Dunfermline FifeCompensation: 45284.00 - 52872.00Role Type: Full time / Permanent Role ID: SF70811Shape the future of national defence and engineeringAt Babcock were working to create a safe and secure world together. If you join us you ca...