Job Title: Buyer
Location: Plymouth, Devon + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: £28,300 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF74195
Power critical projects through smart procurement and supply chain expertise
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 at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.
As a Buyer, you’ll play a vital role in supporting major nuclear infrastructure and defence programmes by sourcing and procuring materials, plant and equipment. You will ensure procurement activities are delivered efficiently and in line with project schedules, while meeting strict safety, quality, regulatory, and commercial standards.
Day-to-day, you’ll help secure reliable and cost-effective supply solutions that keep complex projects on track. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to critical national programmes while developing your procurement and supply chain career in a highly regulated, fast-paced environment.
- Sourcing and procuring materials, plant, equipment, and services to support infrastructure and construction projects
- Preparing and issuing requests for quotation and purchase orders in line with procurement plans
- Evaluating supplier tenders against technical, commercial, quality, and delivery requirements
- Managing supplier performance, expediting deliveries, and supporting project milestones
- Collaborating with project stakeholders to manage demand, risks, and procurement priorities
This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with a minimum of 2 days in the office/onsite.
Essential experience of the Buyer
- Proven experience in a Buyer or Procurement role within construction, infrastructure, energy, defence or regulated industries
- Experience sourcing materials, plant and equipment.
- Strong understanding of procurement processes, commercial principles, and contract terms
- Experience working within quality-controlled or highly regulated environments
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
Qualifications for the Buyer
- Degree, HNC, HND, or equivalent experience in Procurement, Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or a related discipline
- Working towards or holding a professional procurement qualification such as Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply - Desirable
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 - 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
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 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: 07/07/2026
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