Job Title: Principal EC&I Engineer
Location: Warrington, Preston or Humberside
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
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 Principal EC&I Engineer.
The Role
As a Principal EC&I Engineer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Your work will be critical in shaping the future of nuclear fuels, supporting groundbreaking initiatives that advance energy security and sustainability including our Tails Management Facility (TMF) or our Reprocessed Uranium (RepU) project.
Day-to-day, you’ll provide leadership in the delivery of engineering and technical activities through the application of process, domain knowledge and experience.
1. Ensure timely and efficient delivery of engineering work
2. Supervise engineers / technical specialists
3. Produce, review, verify and approve outputs
4. Ensure delivery of technical solutions in line with agreed scope
5. Effective management of the customer
This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements.
Experience Required of the Principal EC&I Engineer
6. Strong EC&I Background
7. Experience of plant process control systems
8. Understanding of contractual processes and arrangements (NEC3 etc)
9. Ability to provide governance, oversight & strategic control
Qualifications for the Principal EC&I Engineer
10. Degree level qualified in relevant engineering subject
11. Chartered status preferred
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at
What We Offer
12. Generous holiday allowance
13. Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
14. Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
15. Employee share scheme
16. Employee shopping savings portal
17. Payment of Professional Fees
18. Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
19. 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
20. ‘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
21. 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