Senior Electrical Control and Instrumentation Engineer

Company: Cavendish Nuclear
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Location: Bristol
Job Description:

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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Posted: May 24th, 2026