Job Title: Electrical Control and Instrumentation Engineer
Location: Flexible, UK + Hybrid Working Arrangement
Compensation: Attractive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF72660
Bring Your Skills to Projects That Help Create a Safer World.
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 an Electrical Control and Instrumentation Engineer at one of our main Cavendish sites.
The role
As an Electrical Control and Instrumentation (EC&I) Engineer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll play a vital role in the safe, compliant and innovative design and delivery of electrical and control systems across the nuclear project lifecycle. From early concept design through to commissioning and decommissioning, your work will directly support regulatory compliance, safety case integration and technical excellence on some of the UK’s most critical programmes.
Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:
- Design and develop electrical, control and instrumentation systems for regulated nuclear projects
- Ensure designs meet safety, regulatory and technical standards throughout the project lifecycle
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams to deliver integrated technical solutions
- Support testing, commissioning and acceptance of systems to ensure safe and reliable operation
- Engage with clients, regulators and supply chain partners to support successful project delivery
This is a full‑time role working 37 hours per week, based at any of our main Cavendish locations including Warrington, Bristol, Leicester, Humberside or Cumbria. Hybrid working patterns are available, with a minimum of working 3 days on site.
Essential experience of the EC&I Engineer:
- Experience designing and delivering electrical, control and instrumentation systems within regulated industries
- Knowledge of safety, compliance and governance requirements in high‑hazard environments
- Familiarity with control systems, including programmable logic controllers, supervisory control and data acquisition and instrumentation software
- Experience working in project‑based environments, including documentation, testing and commissioning
- Strong communication and collaboration skills when working with internal and external stakeholders
Qualifications for the EC&I Engineer:
- Degree or equivalent qualification in an electrical, control, instrumentation or related engineering discipline
- Working towards, or willingness to work towards, professional engineering registration (preferred)
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) / Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
What we offer
- 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. 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
- Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
Cavendish
We’re Cavendish Nuclear — a team of c5,000 specialists and a core part of Babcock International Group.
Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. Across clean energy, defence, and civil decommissioning, your work will contribute to projects that are critical to energy security and national protection. Together, we’re shaping a future that lasts — not only through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.
Join us and discover how far we can go, together.
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.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. 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.
Closing date: 30/04/2026
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