Engineering Manager- Modular Reactor in Warrington

Job Location: Flexible UK (Warrington, Manchester, Bristol)

Compensation: Attractive salary + benefits

Job type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF70872

Responsibilities

• Lead multi‑discipline engineering planning, integration and delivery to time, cost and quality.
• Set technical direction, manage interfaces and assure design, safety and regulatory compliance.
• Collaborate with reactor vendors, supply chain and internal stakeholders to solve complex problems.
• Manage risks, change control and configuration to maintain scope, schedule and quality baselines.
• Coach engineers and cultivate a high‑performance, inclusive team culture.

Essential Experience

• Direct experience in small modular, advanced modular or modular reactor development (SMR/ AMR).
• Senior‑level engineering/technical leadership within complex projects.
• Background with reactor vendors or nuclear engineering organisations.
• Strong understanding of nuclear technologies, decommissioning or fuel‑cycle engineering.
• Demonstrable experience of the UK regulatory licensing process and working within the UK regulatory regime.

Qualifications & Benefits

• Engineering degree (or equivalent qualification) in a relevant engineering discipline, with significant demonstrable experience.
• 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 benefit: UK Cavendish employees can buy additional leave or sell up to one working week of annual leave from their entitlement. This window opens February through to March annually.
• ‘Be Kind Day’: employees can take one working day’s paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with a chosen organisation or registered charity.
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package, including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Equal Opportunity

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.