Project Engineer

Job Title: Project Engineer

Location: Hinkley Point C, Bridgwater, Somerset or Aztec West, Bristol

Compensation: Attractive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF70024

Shape the Future of Critical Infrastructure

At Cavendish Nuclear we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Project Engineer at our Hinkley Point C or Aztec West, Bristol site.

The role

As a Project Engineer, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You'll be at the heart of delivering complex, safety-critical projects that make a real difference to national infrastructure. This is an exciting opportunity to lead multi disciplinary teams, drive innovation, and ensure projects are delivered safely, on time, and within budget. Your work will shape the future of clean energy and defence, while accelerating your own career development.

Day-to-day, you'll be

• Supporting the Project Manager to deliver projects safely, on time, and to budget.
• Leading multi disciplinary teams to deliver work packages on site.
• Preparing and maintaining project documentation, including plans and quality briefs.
• Monitoring progress against milestones and budgets, reporting to stakeholders.
• Chairing project meetings and ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards.

You'll work 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday, based at Aztec West, Bristol or Hinkley Point C, Bridgwater, Somerset with travel between the two sites. Accommodation and travel costs can be claimed if you live more than 1.5 hours from the HPC site.

Essential experience of the Project Engineer

• Proven experience in project delivery within engineering or construction.
• Demonstrated ability to lead projects from concept to operation.
• Strong health and safety knowledge and culture, with familiarity with legislation.

Qualifications for the Project Engineer

• HNC/ONC qualification as minimum within an engineering, construction, or related discipline.
• 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 days special paid leave.
• Holiday Trading allows UK Cavendish employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their entitlement. 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.

As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy, defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together, we're innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group - from Canada, the USA to Japan. Work with us to create a safe and secure world, together.

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 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.