Job Title: Project Engineer
Location: Hinkley Point C, Bridgwater, Somerset
Compensation: Competitive + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF66056
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 site.
This is a brilliant opportunity to work as part of the MEH Alliance on the prestigious Hinkley Point C Nuclear project. The alliance work across the project to integrate and coordinate the delivery of all main Mechanical, Electrical, Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning (MEH), cabling and associated support services. This innovative approach will help different contractors work as a single entity to deliver the complex installation of cabling and pipework in the power station’s vast network of rooms.
The role
As a Project Engineer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Being part of the MEH Alliance working on Hinkley Point C is a chance to be involved in a major project with national significance. This offers an exciting opportunity to utilise your experience in a cross-functional site-based project environment to facilitate communications, track progress and help achieve project goals.
Day-to-day, you’ll be supporting the planning, execution and monitoring of Site Wide projects which involves assisting the Leads by coordinating project activities, managing project documentation and ensuring tasks are completed on time and within scope.
- Assist in the development and maintenance of project plans, schedules, and timelines.
- Coordinate project activities, ensuring tasks are completed on time and aligned with project goals.
- Monitor project progress and report any issues or delays to the Project Manager.
- Schedule and organize project meetings, prepare agendas, and record minutes.
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date project documentation, including project plans, schedules, and reports.
- Prepare regular status reports and update project stakeholders on progress.
- Serve as a point of contact for project team members, stakeholders, and external partners.
Please note that the successful candidate will be required to pass a targeted medical questionnaire and/or medical examination as a condition of employment for this role.
This role is full time, thirty-seven hours per week, and is based on site at Hinkley Point C, Bridgwater.
Essential experience of the Project Engineer
- Demonstrable experience with maintaining project documentation, plans, scheduled and reports
- Excellent communication and stakeholder (internal & external) engagement skills
- Experience working on complex projects or within Joint Ventures is greatly advantageous
- Experience with the use of reporting tools and MS Application, incl. Excel
Qualifications for the Project Engineer
- Degree in Engineering Based subject or relevant experience is highly advantageous
- CCNSG/MAPS is required upon starting role
We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) clearance for this role. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
What we offer
- 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
- Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days 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.
Cavendish Nuclear
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 careers@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.
Closing date: 29/08/2025
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