Job Title: Commercial Administrator
Location: Glasgow, Scotland + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: £30,245 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF72364
Bring Your Commercial Skills to Projects That Help Create A Safer World
At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as aCommercial Administrator at Cadder Yard, near Glasgow, Scotland.
The role
As a Commercial Administrator you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. As a Commercial Administrator, you’ll support the full commercial lifecycle of major rail frameworks — from contract award to close‑out — helping us deliver on time, on budget and to the highest standards.
Day to day you'll be required to:
- Prepare variations, adjustment events and applications for payment, ensuring documentation is accurate and on time.
- Maintain robust commercial records and correspondence that protect our position throughout the contract lifecycle.
- Support cost control, cash collection, change control and subcontract administration activities.
- Attend project and client meetings, helping to produce cost reports, risk and opportunity updates and progress summaries.
- Build positive relationships with customers and internal teams, contributing to collaborative solutions across the Alliance.
This role is full‑time at 35 hours per week, based at Cadder Yard near Glasgow, Scotland. Hybrid working patterns are available with a minimum of three days on site.
Essential experience of the Commercial Administrator:
- Effective communicator with the confidence to engage colleagues, suppliers and customers.
- Strong attention to detail and numeracy, with the ability to manage documentation accurately.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office and comfortable learning new systems (SAP experience desirable).
- Organised and proactive, able to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
Qualifications for the Commercial Administrator:
- 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
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 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.
Application Guidance
Thank you for your interest in this opportunity. Early applications are encouraged, as we may close the advert ahead of the closing date if we receive a high volume of strong applicants.
Closing date: 06/04/2026