Senior Commercial Officer role at BAE Systems supporting the Dreadnought Class submarine programme, focused on managing and negotiating customer proposals and contractual claims. You’ll draft and coordinate claims/proposals, maintain contractual artefacts, and help secure agreements aligned to business objectives. Standout perks include a competitive pension, share plans, private health options, and relocation support (eligibility-based).
- Competitive pension and share plans
- Flexible health and lifestyle benefits
- Relocation support (eligibility-based)
Job Title: Senior Commercial Officer
Location
Barrow-in-Furness. 3 days per week onsiteSalary
£42,215+ depending on skills and experienceWhat you’ll be doing :
- Supporting the internal impact assessment and contractual basis of claims
- Supporting/leading negotiation of proposals and claims with customers, ensuring this results in an acceptable agreement that aligns with business objectives
- Coordination and control of claims and proposals. Drafting and completion of claims and proposals
- Monitoring and maintenance of contractual data and artefacts, including liaison with wider functions to improve
Your skills and experiences:
Essential:
- Drafting of contracts and customer negotiation
- Ability to work unsupervised, manage own workload and prioritise
- Ability to understand commercial issues
Benefits
As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.
The team:
The Dreadnought Class will be the Royal Navy’s biggest, most powerful and technically advanced submarines when they begin to enter service in the early 2030s. Their construction is the biggest defence project underway in the UK today, involving new levels of innovation, technology and collaboration, and is also one of the largest and most complex engineering projects in the world. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.
Why BAE Systems?
This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.
Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.
Closing Date: 1st July 2026
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
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