Principal Planner
Warrington, Cheshire + Hybrid Working Arrangement
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Drive Precision, Performance, and Progress
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 Planner at our Warrington, Cheshire site.
As a Principal Planner, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Working on the PP&E project, you’ll be stepping in at a pivotal moment, where your expertise will help shape the long-term direction and success of the programme. As a visible leader, you’ll mentor fellow planners, promote consistency across planning outputs, and help define the strategic direction of the planning function. Day-to-day, you’ll play a key role in influencing long-term outcomes across a major programme, with significant opportunities for leadership, innovation, and career progression.
Oversee planning governance across the PP&E programme
Support onboarding, mentoring, and development of planning professionals
Manage and develop a team of planners, working closely with Project Control Leads
This is a full-time role (37 hours per week) with flexible and hybrid working arrangements, typically involving two days on-site at our Warrington (Cheshire) location and three days working remotely.
Essential experience of the Principal Planner:
Demonstrable leadership in a planning function within engineering or defence programmes
Strong understanding of planning governance, assurance and quality
Qualifications for the Principal Planner:
~ 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.Generous holiday allowance
~ Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
~ Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
~ Employee share scheme
~ Employee shopping savings portal
~ Payment of Professional Fees
~ Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
~ 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. 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
~ 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 Babcock International Group, provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy, defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together, we’re innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.