Job Title: Services Team Leader
Location: Seascale, Cumbria
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 Services Team Leader, at our Sellafield, Cumbria site.
The role
As a Services Team Leader, you’ll take ownership of service delivery in one of the UK’s most critical sectors - nuclear. This is a role where leadership meets purpose: you’ll ensure safety, quality, and operational excellence while shaping the future of clean energy and national security. It’s an opportunity to make a tangible impact on society and accelerate your career in a dynamic, high-hazard environment.
Day-to-day, you’ll be:
1. Leading and motivating a service delivery team to meet schedules and quality standards.
2. Driving health, safety, environmental, and security compliance through example and accountability.
3. Managing resource planning and team development to maximise performance.
4. Ensuring training and technical compliance across all staff.
5. Building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
This role is full time, 37 hours per week and is based on site at Sellafield, near Seascale, Cumbria.
Essential experience of the Services Team Leader
6. Proven experience in an engineering, technical service, or scientific discipline.
7. Background in nuclear or other regulated/high-hazard industries.
8. Strong track record in managing people and delivering work scope execution.
Qualifications for the Services Team Leader
9. Relevant scientific or engineering qualification (e.g., apprenticeship or degree).
10. Understanding of Radiological Protection (RPI) is highly desirable.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Developed Vetting (DV) security clearance for this role. Further details are available at
What we offer
11. Generous holiday allowance
12. Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
13. Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
14. Employee share scheme
15. Employee shopping savings portal
16. Payment of Professional Fees
17. Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
18. 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.
19. ‘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
20. 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