Job Title: Piping Construction Engineer
Location: Hinkley Point C, Bridgwater, Somerset
Compensation: Attractive Salary + Travel and Living Allowance.
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF
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 Piping Construction 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 Piping Construction 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 is your opportunity to make a tangible impact on the future of clean energy and national infrastructure, while developing your career in a dynamic and highly regulated environment.
Day-to-day, you’ll be
1. Coordinating and delivering piping specific construction documentation to support installation activities.
2. Monitoring work progression and team time allocation using project systems.
3. Reporting on installation progress and managing works scope in line with the project schedule.
4. Supporting and enabling other MEH teams to ensure a coordinated approach across disciplines.
5. Providing positive HSE leadership and ensuring compliance with nuclear safety and site licence requirements.
This is a permanent, full-time position based at Hinkley Point C, Bridgwater, Somerset.
Essential experience of the Piping Construction Engineer:
6. Demonstrate a proven track record of working in highly regulated sectors.
Qualifications for the Piping Construction Engineer:
7. Hold a HNC qualification as minimum or equivalent vocational training in a relevant discipline.
8. CCNSG Safety Passport or ability to gain prior to starting.
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
9. Generous holiday allowance
10. Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
11. Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
12. Employee share scheme
13. Employee shopping savings portal
14. Payment of Professional Fees
15. Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
16. 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
17. 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