Job Title
Senior Electrical Control and Instrumentation Engineer
Location and Working Arrangements
Flexible, UK + Hybrid Working Arrangement. Base at any of our main Cavendish sites including Glasgow, Leicester, Bristol, Newbury, and Warrington. Hybrid working patterns available with a minimum of 3 days on site.
Overview
At Cavendish Nuclear, 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.
Responsibilities
- Deliver electrical, control and instrumentation engineering solutions across complex nuclear and defence projects.
- Produce high‑quality EC&I deliverables including control philosophies, requirements specifications, interlock definitions and software management plans.
- Manage engineers and designers to ensure accurate, compliant and timely production of technical outputs.
- Support hazard studies, design risk assessments and regulatory assurance activities.
- Work closely with project managers, safety teams, customers and supply chain partners to integrate solutions successfully.
Essential Experience
- Strong experience delivering EC&I engineering within regulated or safety‑critical environments.
- Proven background working with control systems, automation or instrumentation solutions.
- Experience supporting nuclear, defence, energy or comparable highly regulated industries.
- Ability to manage technical deliverables and support multidisciplinary project teams.
- Clear understanding of safety, quality and compliance obligations.
Qualifications
- Degree‑qualified in Electrical Engineering, Control Engineering, Instrumentation Engineering or a related discipline.
- Chartered Engineer status or progress toward professional registration is advantageous.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) / Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels – GOV.UK.
Benefits
- 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
- 10‑day special paid leave for reservists in the armed forces
- Holiday Trading benefit that allows UK Cavendish employees to buy additional leave or sell up to one working week from their annual entitlement (available February through to March annually)
- Be Kind Day for volunteering leave
- Excellent development opportunities and employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
Equal Employment Opportunity 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 email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive.
Closing Date
16/06/2026
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