Basildon, East of England, England • Posted 2 weeks ago

Contract Support Engineer

UK United Kingdom Competitive Pay Company - Public Machinery Manufacturing
Offered SalaryCompetitive Pay
Job TypeCompany - Public
Location / ModeBasildon, East of England, England
Sector / CategoryMachinery Manufacturing

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Direct ATS application. Include measurable achievements and core keywords from the job description.

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Initial recruiter screening → Hiring Manager interview → Role-specific practical assessment.

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Compensation benchmarked against current UK market rates (GBP).

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UK Right-to-Work verified for direct application.

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Role Overview & Responsibilities

Job Details

What you will do

Working within the Global Marine and Navy Business Unit and reporting to the contract support manager you will handle cost estimate and product quality of the solutions proposed to our Marine & Naval customers. You will participate in the procurement strategy for main buys, lead on export control and support the sales team by producing cost estimate design solution.

How you will do it

  • Build cost estimates based on technical solution designed by Design team

  • Creating and sending request for quotations from small component items to sub-assemblies, complete units, and services

  • Supplier quotation negotiations in line with project requirements

  • Raising all project purchase requisitions ensuring correct wording, T&C's, approvals, and any payment

  • Manage product non-conformity

  • Research & benchmarking for current suppliers that supply projects

  • Research for new suppliers that can competitively meet project requirements

  • Participate to supplier audits

  • Participate to internal KOM and internal & external audit

  • Creating and checking packing lists to customer requirements

  • Creating commercial invoices in line with export legislation

  • International shipments (Courier & freight forwarding) as to project procedure

  • Manage export control license request and follow-up

  • Monitor and enforce export licensing process

What we look for

  • Experience working as a buyer or project coordinator with relevant history of supplier management

  • Degree educated ideally in business or procurement

  • Excellent interpersonal skills

  • Experience working to deadlines and exceptionally high standards of work

  • Computer literate

If you are successful we can offer you a company culture that promotes work life balance, a dedication to continued learning and development, access to mental health support, a fantastic benefits package which includes a competitive salary, pension, life assurance, employee assistance program, employee referral scheme, discount on Johnson Controls security products including ADT Smart Home, plus voluntary schemes for cycle to work vouchers, eye care vouchers and holiday purchase. For this role Johnson Controls offer hybrid home-office working.

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