Group Category Lead Construction and Infrastructure

Job Title:

Group Category Lead Construction and Infrastructure

Location:

Flexible UK Locations + Hybrid Working Arrangements Compensation:
Competitive Salary + Benefits Role Type:
Full time / Permanent Role :
SF73966

Shape the future of strategic procurement in construction and infrastructure

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Group Category Lead Construction and Infrastructure at any of our main UK locations.

The role

As a Group Category Lead Construction and Infrastructure, you’ll play a critical role in shaping and delivering procurement strategies across major construction, civil engineering, and infrastructure programmes. Acting as a subject matter expert, you will influence high-value sourcing decisions, optimise supply chain performance, and build strong supplier partnerships that deliver long-term value.

This is a career-defining opportunity to operate at group level, working across diverse and complex projects that support national infrastructure and defence programmes.

Day-to-day, you’ll collaborate with senior stakeholders, contribute to strategic decision-making, and drive innovation and sustainability across the supply chain.

Developing and delivering end-to-end category strategies for construction, infrastructure and civil engineering

Leading complex procurement activities including tendering, negotiation, and contract award

Building and managing strategic supplier relationships and performance frameworks

Advising stakeholders on commercial models, sourcing approaches, and contract best practice

Identifying opportunities for cost optimisation, risk reduction, and sustainable value creation

This role is full time, 37.5 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with days onsite and days working from home.

Essential experience of the Group Category Lead Construction and Infrastructure Extensive experience in sourcing and procurement, with a strong track record in complex environments

Proven expertise within construction and infrastructure categories, including civil engineering

Demonstrable experience managing framework agreements and supplier performance at scale

Strong knowledge of commercial contracts, including NEC and JCT forms

Experience working within matrix organisations, managing multiple senior stakeholders

Qualifications for the Group Category Lead Construction and Infrastructure Degree qualified or equivalent experience

Professional accreditation such as CIPS, RICS, CIOB or similar (desirable)
Security Clearance The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) and 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 -  ().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 Digi Care+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 the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement‘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

Flexible working – we give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are metA dynamic working environment

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 emailcar 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 sing date: 24/08/2026