Job Title: Senior Electrical Commissioning Engineer
Location: Bridgwater, Somerset
Compensation: Attractive Salary + Travel and Accomodation Allowance
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF72940
Powering the Future of Clean Energy, Safely and Securely.
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 Senior Electrical Commissioning Engineer at our Bridgwater, Somerset site.
The role
As a Senior Electrical Commissioning Engineer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll take a leading role in the safe, compliant commissioning and energisation of either low (LV), high (HV) and extra‑high voltage (EHV) electrical systems at Hinkley Point C, Bridgwater, Somerset. Working within a highly regulated nuclear environment, you’ll help transition complex systems from construction into operational readiness — a milestone that directly supports fuel‑load readiness and long‑term energy security.
Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:
- Plan and coordinate electrical commissioning activities, ensuring resources, equipment and documentation are in place
- Lead and execute commission of either LV, HV and EHV systems in line with safety rules and commissioning instructions
- Apply and enforce nuclear, electrical and industrial safety standards through briefings, risk assessments and site oversight
- Review and validate commission results, managing deviations and resolving technical issues with designers, suppliers and contractors
- Produce and control commission documentation, evidence packs and system handover records.
The role is full‑time role working 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday with flexible hours available, based onsite in Bridgwater, Somerset.
Essential experience of the Senior Electrical Commissioning Engineer:
- Proven experience commissioning of either LV, HV or EHV electrical systems in highly regulated environments
- Hands‑on experience with electrical testing, energisation, protection relays, interlocks, Uninterruptable Power Supply and direct current systems
- Strong understanding of electrical safety rules, permits to work and lock‑out/tag‑out processes
- Experience analysing commissioning results and resolving technical or safety‑critical issues
- Background producing robust commissioning documentation and evidence for regulatory handover.
Qualifications for the Senior Electrical Commissioning Engineer:
- HND or higher qualification in Electrical Engineering or a closely related discipline
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) security 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
We’re Cavendish Nuclear — a team of c5,000 specialists and a core part of Babcock International Group.
Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. Across clean energy, defence, and civil decommissioning, your work will contribute to projects that are critical to energy security and national protection. Together, we’re shaping a future that lasts — not only through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.
Join us and discover how far we can go, 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: 30/04/2026
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