Job Title: Engineering Manager
Location: Flexible, UK + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Attractive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF
Shape The Future of Low‑Carbon Energy and National Security
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 an Engineering Manager at any of our main locations including Bristol, Warrington (Cheshire) Leicester (Leicester) and Preston (Lancashire).
The role
As an Engineering Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You play a pivotal role in shaping the engineering solutions that help us secure and deliver major programmes across the nuclear sector.
This is a full-time position, and you will work from any of our main locations including Bristol, Warrington (Cheshire) Leicester (Leicester) and Preston (Lancashire). Flexible working patterns are available.
Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:
1. Lead multidisciplinary engineering inputs for bids and live projects, ensuring safe, compliant and timely delivery.
2. Coordinate engineering scope, schedules, governance activities and resource planning.
3. Shape engineering solutions that are competitive, robust and aligned to customer requirements.
4. Manage engineering risks, safety considerations and verification and validation plans.
5. Work closely with internal stakeholders, partners and customers to ensure clear communication and technical alignment.
Essential experience of the Engineering Manager:
6. Experience working within a highly regulated industry such as nuclear, chemical, defence or aerospace.
7. Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams and delivering complex projects.
8. Ability to influence stakeholders and work effectively across diverse technical disciplines.
9. Strong commercial and business awareness in a technical environment.
10. Bids experience is not essential — development will be provided.
Qualifications for the Engineering Manager:
11. Degree in a relevant engineering discipline (or equivalent) with significant demonstrable experience.
12. Chartered Engineer status, or actively working towards it.
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 (
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.
Cavendish
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