Job Title: Buyer - Construction
Location: Rosyth, Fife + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF
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 Buyer - Construction at our Rosyth site.
The role
As a Buyer – Construction, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. This offers an exciting opportunity for an experienced Buyer to utilise their procurement and contractual expertise in support of construction and capital investment projects.
Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with the project teams, subcontractors, and wider stakeholders ensuring contracts are administered effectively, risks are mitigated, and projects are delivered within scope, on time, and within budget.
1. Managing complex and high-profile projects to deliver quality procurement solutions, defining delivery strategy, minimising risk and ensuring value for money solution.
2. Conduct supplier due diligence, support technical specification preparation, and manage post-tender processes
3. Prepare, issue and review ITTs / RFQ’s and RFI’s
4. Bid evaluations, comparisons and recommendations ensuring to capture Total Cost of Ownership
5. Drafting, reviewing, approving and negotiating contracts, utilising the NEC4 suite of contract options, contract amendments (Early Warnings and Compensation Events) and contract extensions.
6. Interpretation and development of technical data sufficient to prepare scope documents for issue to market.
7. Develop and implement robust sourcing strategies, driving value and minimising total cost of ownership to support capex investment, bid activity and construction projects.
8. Experience and understanding of how the current supply chain is organised and how it is performing commercially by exploring internal and external cost drivers.
9. Defining the supply market; factors impacting the competitiveness and availability of qualified suppliers.
10. Compliance with any HSE Requirements and Site Policies and Procedures.
This role is full time, thirty-six hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with three days in the office/onsite and two days working from home and is based at Rosyth.
Essential experience of the Buyer - Construction
11. Demonstrable experience in managing contract delivery in construction, engineering, capital procurement or manufacturing sectors – Facilities
12. Management (Services) experience is highly desirable
13. Knowledge and Experience of Construction Contract Forms, e.g. NEC
14. Awareness of CDM (Construction, Design and Management) Regulations
15. Excellent communication skills and ability to liaise with multiple stakeholders, customers, project team and suppliers at all levels
16. Experience in using procurement tools, contract management systems and cost estimating tools.
Qualifications for the Buyer - Construction
17. A recognised degree level qualification and/or relevant engineering/supply chain/lean culture experience is advantageous
18. Membership of a relevant professional body e.g. CIPS at level 4 or above is advantageous
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.
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 .
What we offer
19. Generous holiday allowance
20. Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
21. Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
22. Employee share scheme
23. Employee shopping savings portal
24. Payment of Professional Fees
25. Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
26. 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.
27. ‘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
28. Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.