Quality Control Engineer in England

Location: Warrington, Cheshire, WA3 6YD (Hybrid, minimum 3 days per week)

Job type: Full time / Permanent

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 Quality Control Engineer at our Warrington, Cheshire site.

The role

As a Quality Control Engineer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Your work protects people and the environment, strengthens national energy security, and builds your expertise in a highly regulated, mission‑critical sector. You grow your career by shaping quality strategies, partnering with suppliers and customers, and seeing your decisions make a tangible difference.

Day‑to‑day duties:

• Review contract documentation to ensure compliance with customers’ quality requirements and contract specifications.
• Ensure supplier quality arrangements meet project requirements and secure necessary approvals, including customer acceptance of up‑front manufacturing documentation (e.g., QCPs, weld schedules, NDT procedures).
• Attend supply chain kick‑off meetings to clarify project requirements, standards, expectations, and acceptance criteria for all parties.
• Produce and set inspection assignments for Quality Inspectors, arrange and carry out inspections, and liaise with third parties as required.
• Review and endorse supporting documentation throughout the contract life cycle in line with competency (e.g., NDT reports, weld schedules, EC&I test documentation).

This is a full‑time role at 37 hours per week, based near Warrington, Cheshire. Hybrid working patterns are available.

Essential experience:

• Experience creating and managing Quality Control Plans, Inspection & Test Plans, and verification packages within a regulated environment.
• Expertise in manufacturing, assembling, and testing turnkey specialist assemblies.
• Proven experience in a similar role, preferably within the Nuclear or another highly regulated industry, covering areas such as mechanical inspection of components, weld inspection, electrical inspection, and inspection of assemblies.

Qualifications:

• Completed manufacturing apprenticeship (e.g., NVQ or ECITB).
• Weld inspection certification (e.g., CSWIP 3.1 or PCN Level 2).

Benefits:

• 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 – allows employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their entitlement. Opens February through to March annually.
• Be Kind Day – allows one working day of paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work.
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

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 with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.