Job Title: Solicitor
Location: Bristol or Warrington, Cheshire + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Attractive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF
Shape The Future of Nuclear and Defence
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 Solicitor at our Bristol or Warrington, Cheshire site.
The role
As a Solicitor, you’ll have a role that is out of the ordinary. You’ll provide expert legal advice and support on complex commercial contracts that underpin some of the UK’s most critical projects.
Day-to-day, you will
1. Advise on complex commercial and contractual matters across multiple projects.
2. Draft and review agreements including MOUs, joint ventures, and confidentiality agreements.
3. Collaborate with commercial teams to ensure contracts meet strategic and legal requirements.
4. Support negotiations and provide risk-based legal guidance to stakeholders.
5. Contribute to governance activities, including co-secretarial duties and compliance processes.
You’ll work 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday, based at our Bristol or Warrington, Cheshire site. Hybrid working patterns are available, with two days in the office.
Essential experience of the Solicitor:
6. Legal background, ideally with in-house experience.
7. Proven ability to advise on complex commercial and contractual matters.
8. Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
9. Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
Qualifications for the Solicitor:
10. Solicitors newly qualified or up to 3 years PQE - those with more PQE should not be discouraged from applying. Trainees due to qualify within the next 3 months are encouraged to apply.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (
What we offer
11. Generous holiday allowance
12. Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
13. Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
14. Employee share scheme
15. Employee shopping savings portal
16. Payment of Professional Fees
17. Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
18. 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.
19. ‘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
20. 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