At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead teams to optimise performance and drive strategic growth in a dynamic environment.
- Company: Join Cavendish Nuclear, a leader in clean energy and national security.
- Benefits: Enjoy generous holidays, pension schemes, and health support.
- Other info: Flexible working options and excellent career development opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on the future of energy and resilience.
- Qualifications: Experience in managing financial performance and leading high-performing teams.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
Location: Flexible, UK + Hybrid Working Arrangements (Bristol, Warrington, Leicester)
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Lead Performance. Shape Strategy. Deliver Impact In A Highly Regulated Environment
At Cavendish Nuclear, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Business Manager based in Bristol, Warrington (Cheshire), or Leicester (Leicestershire).
The Role
As a Senior Business Manager, you will take on a pivotal leadership role with real influence over how a complex business unit performs and grows. This is far more than a planning role – you’ll have responsibility for operational delivery, commercial performance, and strategic direction, balancing immediate priorities with long-term growth.
You will work at the heart of critical nuclear programmes, supporting small and advanced modular reactor initiatives that are shaping the future of energy and national resilience. This is your opportunity to lead diverse teams, optimise performance, and build strong customer relationships in a highly regulated, high‑impact environment.
Day‑to‑Day Responsibilities
- Lead multi‑disciplinary teams to deliver operational performance against budgets, schedules, and key performance indicators
- Manage financial performance, including planning, forecasting, and driving profitability across the business unit
- Build and maintain strong customer relationships while supporting bids and contract delivery activities
- Coordinate business planning and reporting to provide clear, data‑driven insights for decision‑making
- Identify and drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency and overall performance
Essential Experience
- Proven experience managing or influencing profit and loss, budgets, and financial performance
- Experience delivering multiple projects or contracts simultaneously within a complex environment
- Strong track record of leading and developing high‑performing teams
- Ability to drive operational efficiency, performance improvement, and resource optimisation
- Experience managing customer relationships and commercial outcomes within regulated sectors such as nuclear, defence, or infrastructure
Qualifications
- A qualification in a relevant technical or project management discipline (or equivalent experience)
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
Benefits
- 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 – employees can buy additional leave or sell up to one working week of annual leave from their entitlement (available February through March annually)
- ‘Be Kind Day’ – a working day’s paid leave a year to undertake volunteering work with a chosen organisation or registered charity
- Excellent development opportunities and an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing
Cavendish
We’re Cavendish Nuclear – a team of 5,000 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.
Inclusion & Accessibility
We are a disability confident and inclusive employer. If you have a disability or need reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re happy to discuss flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.
Closing date: 07/07/2026
Contact Details:
Babcock International Group Recruitment Team
