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Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid
Job Title: Trade Controls Advisor
Location: UK, Flexible + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF75650
Help enable critical defence programmes while developing a specialist compliance career
At Babcock, we're working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Trade Controls Advisor supporting our Land Sector business across multiple UK locations.
The role
As a Trade Controls Advisor, you'll provide specialist support and guidance across the business, helping to ensure compliance with import, export and international trade regulations. Working closely with project teams and key stakeholders, you'll help embed trade controls requirements into projects from the outset, reducing risk and enabling successful programme delivery.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to build or further develop a career in trade controls, export compliance and international regulations within a global defence, aerospace and engineering organisation.
Day-to-day, you will be:
Providing advice and support to project teams on trade controls and export compliance requirements.
Assisting with the preparation and management of import, export and transfer licence applications.
Supporting the identification and management of trade control risks across projects and business activities.
Working with engineering, commercial, procurement and business development teams to ensure compliance is considered throughout the project lifecycle.
Monitoring sanctions, embargoes and restricted party requirements while supporting audits, training and continuous improvement activities.
This role is full time working 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday. Hybrid working patterns are available. Regular travel to Babcock sites including Andover, Bovington, Bristol, Plymouth and Walsall will be expected.
Essential experience of the Trade Controls Advisor:
Strong organisational, communication and stakeholder management skills.
Ability to analyse complex information and present practical recommendations.
Confidence to challenge constructively and influence stakeholders to achieve compliant outcomes.
High levels of attention to detail, integrity and professionalism.
Willingness to learn and develop specialist knowledge in UK and international trade controls and export compliance.
Qualifications for the Trade Controls Advisor:
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
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) / 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.
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
[email protected] 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: 01/09/2026
Job Segment: Engineer, Engineering
