Senior Electrical Control and Instrumentation Engineer
Location: Flexible, UK + Hybrid Working Arrangement
Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid
Compensation: Attractive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF72509
The role
As a Senior Electrical Control and Instrumentation (EC&I) Engineer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll play a vital leadership role in delivering high‑integrity engineering solutions within highly regulated, safety‑critical nuclear environments. Your expertise will directly support safe plant operations, regulatory compliance, and long‑term infrastructure resilience.
Day‑to‑day responsibilities
- Leading the design, specification, and integration of electrical, control, and instrumentation systems for nuclear projects
- Delivering technically robust solutions that meet safety, quality, and regulatory standards
- Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams across engineering, safety, commissioning, and project management
- Engaging with regulators, clients, and supply chain partners to ensure full technical and regulatory alignment
- Producing and reviewing high‑quality technical documentation, calculations, and safety case contributions.
This is a full‑time role working 37 hours per week, based at any of our main Cavendish locations including Warrington, Bristol, Leicester, Humberside or Cumbria. Hybrid working patterns are available, with a minimum of working 3 days on site.
Essential experience
- Proven experience designing and delivering EC&I systems within regulated or safety‑critical environments
- Strong knowledge of nuclear or comparable industry standards, including functional safety requirements
- Experience working across complex engineering projects from concept through delivery
- Confidence interfacing with internal teams and external stakeholders to resolve technical challenges
- Track record of producing high‑quality, auditable technical outputs
Qualifications
- Degree or equivalent qualification in Electrical, Control, Instrumentation, or Systems Engineering
- Professional registration or working toward chartership is advantageous
Benefits
- 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‑day special paid leave
- Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Cavendish 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
- Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
EEO statement
We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please emailcareers@babcockinternational.com 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.
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