Job Title: Mechanical Engineer
Location: Heysham 1, Morecambe, Lancashire
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF
Help Shape the Future of Nuclear Engineering
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 Mechanical Engineer at Heysham 1 Power Station, near Morecambe, Lancashire.
The role
As a Mechanical Engineer, you play a vital role in supporting EDF to extend the operational life of Heysham 1 Power Station. You contribute to both generation and post-generation activities, helping ensure the safe and efficient operation of one of the UK’s key energy assets.
Day-to-day, you’ll
1. Deliver technical fault finding and reporting to support operational excellence
2. Create and specify work packs for maintenance activities
3. Oversee and support safe execution of fuel route tasks
4. Apply operational and maintenance management procedures in daily practices
5. Ensure compliance with site licence requirements, statutory regulations, and safety rules
This is a full-time role, working 37 hours per week, based on site at Heysham 1 Power Station, near Morecambe, Lancashire.
Essential experience of the Mechanical Engineer:
6. Apply technical fault finding in a regulated environment
7. Create procedures and task instructions
8. Work with safe systems of work
9. Ensure compliance within a regulated industry
10. Support on-site installation and maintenance activities
Qualifications for the Mechanical Engineer:
11. HNC/HND qualifications as minimum
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Counter Terrorist Check (CTC) security clearance for this role. 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