Cavendish Nuclear
Senior Procurement Specialist

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Job Title: Senior Procurement Specialist
Location
Warrington, Cheshire + Hybrid Working Arrangement
Compensation
Attractive Salary + Benefits
Role Type
Full time / Permanent
Role ID
SF 74876
Shape the supply chain behind projects that make a real difference
At Cavendish Nuclear, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Procurement Specialist at our Warrington, Cheshire site.
The role
As a Senior Procurement Specialist, you'll play a key role in delivering procurement excellence across complex engineering and major project environments.
Day-to-day, You’ll Be Required To
- Leading and supporting Procurement Specialists through coaching, mentoring and day-to-day guidance.
- Developing and implementing procurement strategies and sourcing plans that support project objectives.
- Managing end-to-end sourcing, tendering and supplier selection activities in line with company procedures.
- Negotiating contracts and commercial agreements to achieve the best outcomes for projects and the business.
- Collaborating with project management, engineering, planning and commercial teams to deliver successful project outcomes while managing supplier performance.
You will work 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday based in Warrington, Cheshire. Flexible working patterns are available.
Essential Experience Of The Senior Procurement Specialist
- Significant procurement experience within complex engineering, infrastructure, defence, construction, nuclear or major project environments.
- Strong knowledge of end-to-end procurement, strategic sourcing and supplier relationship management.
- Experience managing subcontracts and understanding contract flow-down requirements.
- Proven ability to draft and negotiate subcontract terms and conditions and lead supplier negotiations.
- Demonstrable experience working with NEC3 and/or NEC4 contracts, alongside strong commercial awareness and stakeholder management skills.
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Qualifications For The Senior Procurement Specialist
- Degree qualified or equivalent relevant professional experience.
- Member of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply or working towards Chartered status.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - 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 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 Cavendish 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
- Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.


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Cavendish
We’re Cavendish Nuclear — a team of c5,000 specialists and a core part of Babcock International Group.
Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. Across clean energy, defence, and civil decommissioning, your work will contribute to projects that are critical to energy security and national protection. Together, we’re shaping a future that lasts — not only through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.
Join us and discover 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
31/07/2026
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