Job Title: Engineering Manager
Location: Flexible UK
Compensation: Attractive salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF
Bring Your Commercial Skills to Projects That Help Create A Safer World.
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 Engineering Manager.
The role:
As an Engineering Manager you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. lead the planning, coordination and integration of multi‑discipline engineering on complex, high‑impact projects. You’ll help accelerate advanced reactor deployment and modern nuclear facilities—work that strengthens national security, supports energy resilience and advances your leadership career through exposure to cutting‑edge engineering challenges
Day-to-day, you’ll be expected to:
1. Lead multi‑discipline engineering planning, integration and delivery to time, cost and quality.
2. Set technical direction, manage interfaces and assure design, safety and regulatory compliance.
3. Collaborate with reactor vendors, supply chain and internal stakeholders to solve complex problems.
4. Manage risks, change control and configuration to maintain scope, schedule and quality baselines.
5. Coach engineers and cultivate a high‑performance, inclusive team culture.
This is a 37‑hour role based at any of our main UK locations. Hybrid working patterns are available, and travel to other Babcock and customer sites will be expected (with regular travel to Warrington, Bristol and Manchester).
Essential experience of the Engineering Manager:
6. Direct experience in small modular, advanced modular or modular reactor development (SMR/ AMR)
7. Senior‑level engineering/technical leadership within complex projects.
8. Background with reactor vendors or nuclear engineering organisations.
9. Strong understanding of nuclear technologies, decommissioning or fuel‑cycle engineering.
10. Demonstrable experience of the UK regulatory licensing process and working within the UK regulatory regime.
Qualifications for the Engineering Manager:
11. Engineering degree (or equivalent qualification) in relevant engineering discipline, with significant demonstrable experience
12. Chartered Engineer status
Security Clearance:
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain a Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Further details are available at
What we offer:
13. Generous holiday allowance
14. Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
15. Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
16. Employee share scheme
17. Employee shopping savings portal
18. Payment of Professional Fees
19. Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
20. 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.
21. ‘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
22. Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
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