At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead engineering teams to shape the future of clean energy and nuclear services.
- Company: Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, focused on clean energy.
- Benefits: Attractive salary, flexible working, health benefits, and professional development opportunities.
- Other info: Join a diverse team with excellent career growth and a commitment to inclusivity.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in the clean energy sector while enjoying work-life balance.
- Qualifications: Degree in engineering and experience leading complex engineering teams.
The predicted salary is between 44557 - 54459 £ per year.
Location: Bristol, GB, BS16 1EJ; Warrington, GB, WA3 6YD; Leicester, GB, LE3 1UF; Reading, GB, RG14 2PZ
Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid
Compensation: Attractive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF75843
Shape the Future of Clean Energy and Nuclear Services
At Cavendish Nuclear, we're working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part at any of our Cavendish Nuclear hubs, near Warrington, Cheshire; Bristol; Leicester, Leicestershire; Newbury, Berkshire; or Moor Row, Cumbria.
The role:
As a Head of Engineering, you'll play a pivotal leadership role in helping shape the future of clean energy in the United Kingdom. This is an exciting opportunity to influence major engineering programmes, strengthen technical capability across the business, and build trusted relationships with customers and key stakeholders. This is a permanent, 37-hour-per-week role based at any of our main UK locations. Flexible working arrangements are available, and travel across Cavendish Nuclear hubs and customer sites will be expected.
Day-to-day, you'll be required to:
- Building and maintaining strategic relationships with customers, partners, and industry stakeholders.
- Providing technical leadership and assurance to ensure engineering activities meet programme and customer requirements.
- Developing future engineering capability to support business growth, innovation, and emerging nuclear opportunities.
- Representing Cavendish Nuclear through external presentations, conferences, networking events, and industry forums.
- Supporting business development activities by promoting technical capability and identifying opportunities for growth.
Essential experience:
- Demonstrable experience leading engineering teams and functions within a complex engineering environment.
- Strong relationship-building skills with the ability to engage and influence customers, stakeholders, and senior leaders.
- Recognised credibility as a technical or engineering leader within your field.
- Experience driving innovation, continuous improvement, and organisational change.
- Passion for the nuclear, clean energy, or highly regulated engineering sector, with a commitment to shaping its future.
Qualifications:
- Degree or equivalent qualification in an engineering discipline.
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 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.
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 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.
Head of Engineering employer: Babcock Mission Critical Services España SA.
Babcock is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment where innovation and leadership thrive. With hybrid working arrangements and a strong focus on employee development, you will have access to excellent benefits, including a matched pension scheme, health consultations, and opportunities for volunteering. Join us in Plymouth, Bristol, or Helensburgh, and be part of a global organisation dedicated to making a meaningful impact on national security and public infrastructure.
Contact Details:
Babcock Mission Critical Services España SA. Recruitment Team
