Commissioning Environmental Engineer in Bridgwater

Location: Hinkley Point C, Bridgwater, Somerset

Compensation: Attractive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Protecting Our Environment While Shaping the UK’s Clean Energy Future

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 Commissioning Environmental Engineer, at our Hinkley Point C site.

The role

As a Commissioning Environmental Engineer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will play a key role in supporting the commissioning of the first new nuclear power station built in the UK for a generation. This is an opportunity to contribute to a nationally significant infrastructure programme while helping to ensure that commissioning activities are delivered safely, responsibly, and with minimal impact on the environment.

Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:

• Create, maintain, and improve environmental safety controls across the commissioning programme.
• Monitor, coordinate, and review environmental activities in line with the HPC Safety Management System and Environmental Management Plans.
• Produce environmental safety performance reports, identifying trends, early warnings and recommending improvements.
• Engage with and influence commissioning teams on environmental issues, hazards, and risks.
• Undertake assessments, inspections, and assurance activities to support compliance with legal and regulatory duties.

This is a full‑time role working 37 hours per week at Hinkley Point C.

Essential experience of the Commissioning Environmental Engineer:

• Experience or understanding of environmental compliance within a regulated industry.
• Experience of writing, implementing or reviewing environmental specifications and environmental risk assessments.
• Knowledge of the UK environmental permitting and waste management framework.
• Ability to present environmental data clearly and produce high‑quality reports and records.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to build effective working relationships.

Qualifications for the Commissioning Environmental Engineer:

• Degree in an environmental discipline or equivalent level of experience.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) security clearance for this role.

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.
• ‘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: 25/02/2026