Industrial Placement Air Commercial
Location: Warton/Samlesbury (Lancashire)
Start Date: 23rd June 2025
BAE Systems offers a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements; however, during the Industrial Placement programme, you are expected to attend your site 3-4 days per week. Please note, this may change in line with business needs. Specific hybrid working arrangements will be outlined by your line manager.
Why BAE Systems?
This is a place where you’ll make a real difference. You'll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity and merit, and empowers you to fulfill your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds, especially those currently underrepresented in our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ individuals.
What You Will Be Doing
The principal purpose of the Commercial function is to manage and develop constructive, long-lasting relationships with customers, suppliers, and partners based on trust and proven operational excellence.
The function contains 2 disciplines, and you will experience both during your time on the graduate scheme:
* Contracts: This discipline disseminates Commercial policies and processes, delivers effective management of contracts, and supports the generation of bids and proposals to Customers that are priced, developed, and approved within the Business.
* Estimating: This discipline produces and collates cost estimates for determining bid prices and estimates to complete contract work. The estimating activity includes business winning and contract execution phases.
Duties and Responsibilities
* Preparing and drafting commercial bids and proposals.
* Supporting contract and price negotiations, customer audits, fact-finds, and contract closure with key internal/external customers.
* Administration and preparation of data to support Senior Management Reviews.
* Maintaining awareness of Governance processes and best commercial and governance practices.
* Interpreting contract requirements (including but not limited to terms and conditions).
* Validation or challenge of functional estimate returns through the compilation of independent views to drive affordable and profitable solutions.
* Deploying cost estimates used in the price build-up to work area budgets.
Skills and Qualifications
As a minimum requirement, you’ll need to be on track to obtain a 2.2 in your Bachelor’s or Master’s degree. All subjects are considered for this role.
To be considered for this role, you must be returning to university to complete your degree.
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