Software engineer contract Work, Jobs in Edinburgh (with Salaries)

Buyer
Babcock International —Dunfermline
- £39,327 - £46,064 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- No degree
- Contracts
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
4d
Technical Director – Ports and Maritime Engineering
Amentum —Edinburgh
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Civil engineering
- Analysis skills
- Contracts
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Annual leave
Head of Supply Chain & Strategic Partnerships
Exergy3 —Edinburgh
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Bachelor's degree
- No degree
- Contracts
- Annual leave
Quick apply
5d
Principal Water Quality Scientist/ Modeller
AECOM —Edinburgh
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Master's degree
- Project management
- Scripting
Senior/Principal Mechanical Engineer
Leonardo UK Ltd —Edinburgh
- £44,171 - £62,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- CAD
- Engineering
- ERP systems
- Flexible schedule
- Referral programme
2d
Maritime Civil Engineer
Royal HaskoningDHV —Edinburgh
- Part-time
- CAD
- Analysis skills
- Travel
11d
Blast Technical Lead
AECOM —Edinburgh
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- AutoCAD
- Analysis skills
- Project management
Senior Quantity Surveyor
AtkinsRéalis —Edinburgh
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Office
- Bachelor's degree
- Contracts
Senior Security Consultant
Leonardo UK Ltd —Edinburgh
- £44,171 - £63,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Engineering
- IT
- Flexible schedule
- Referral programme
Senior Maritime Civil Engineer
Royal HaskoningDHV —Edinburgh
- Part-time
- Hybrid work
- Engineering
- Master's degree
- Bachelor's degree
Software Engineer (Senior Levels)
Leonardo UK Ltd —Edinburgh
- £38,000 - £70,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Java
- Software development
- Agile
- Flexible schedule
- Referral programme
3d
Systems Engineer (All Levels) – Integration, Verification & Validation
Leonardo UK Ltd —Edinburgh
- £38,000 - £75,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Engineering
- Bachelor's degree
- Communication skills
- Flexible schedule
- Referral programme
Junior Hub Developer
Ember —Edinburgh
- £40,000 - £50,000 a year
- Full-time
- Flexible schedule
Quick apply
11d
Scrum Master
Leonardo UK Ltd —Edinburgh
- £45,000 - £70,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Engineering
- Agile
- Leadership
- Flexible schedule
- Referral programme
Back End - PHP Laravel Developer
Cyberhawk —Edinburgh
- Remote
- Azure
- SQL
- AWS
Quick apply
2d
Assistant Project Controller
Berkshire Engineering Supplies Ltd. —Edinburgh
- £35,000 - £40,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Excel
- Engineering
- Analysis skills
- Annual leave
- Flexitime
Quick apply
11d
Mainframe Hardware Infrastructure Engineer
National Westminster Bank PLC —Edinburgh
- £40,248 - £56,820 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Azure
- Java
- Hotel
- Annual leave
2d
Senior Engineer
Barclays —Edinburgh
- JavaScript
- Mentoring
- Agile
Radar Trials Systems Engineer
Leonardo UK Ltd —Edinburgh
- £38,000 - £75,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Bachelor's degree
- No degree
- Travel
- Flexible schedule
- Referral programme
8d
Project Engineering Lead
Leonardo UK Ltd —Edinburgh
- £60,000 - £84,995 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- System design
- Travel
- Leadership
- Flexible schedule
- Referral programme

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Buyer

Babcock International -
Dunfermline

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Job details

Permanent | Full-time
£39,327 - £46,064 a year
4 days ago

Benefits

Annual leave
Company pension
Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

Contract management
Procurement
Facilities management
Contracts

Full job description

Location:
Rosyth, Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, GB, KY11 2YD

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Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid

Job Title: Buyer

Location: Rosyth, Fife – Hybrid Working Available

Compensation: £39,327 - £46,064

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF75036

Shape the supply chain behind projects that help create a safe and secure world

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Buyer at Rosyth, near Dunfermline, Fife.

The role

As a Buyer within our Marine Engineering & Systems business, you'll play a key role in delivering strategic procurement and facilities management solutions that support complex and high-profile projects. This is an exciting opportunity to influence project success through effective sourcing, supplier management and contract delivery, ensuring best value while minimising risk. Your work will directly contribute to critical infrastructure and operational excellence, offering excellent opportunities for professional development within a dynamic defence, aerospace and engineering environment.

Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:
Conducting supplier due diligence and supporting the development of technical specifications for market engagement.
Preparing, issuing and evaluating Invitations to Tender, Requests for Quotations and Requests for Information.
Delivering bid evaluations, commercial comparisons and recommendations that consider total cost of ownership.
Negotiating, drafting and managing contracts, amendments and extensions, including NEC4-based agreements.
Ensuring compliance with health, safety, environmental and site-specific policies and procedures.

This is a 36-hour per week role based at Rosyth. Hybrid working patterns are available, with two days per week onsite.

Essential experience of the Buyer:
Demonstrable experience applying procurement and facilities management principles and best practice.
Good understanding of contract terms and conditions, including the management of flow-down customer requirements.
Experience working within a facilities management or site-based operational environment.
Knowledge of day-to-day facilities management operations and commercial delivery.
Experience using procurement systems, eTendering platforms, contract management tools and cost estimation software.

Qualifications for the Buyer:
Essential:
MCIPS accreditation, a relevant degree, or equivalent professional experience.
Proven experience developing procurement strategies and leading complex procurement projects.
Experience managing contract delivery within facilities management, manufacturing or related sectors.

Desirable:
Knowledge of NEC4 contracts.
Experience working within defence, engineering or major infrastructure environments.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be a sole UK National who is able to achieve and maintain 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 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 Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. There is an annual Window to request this benefit. ‘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.

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: 21/07/2026

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