Senior Human Factors Consultant

Location: Flexible, UK + Hybrid Working Arrangement

Compensation: £51,500 - £63,500 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Shape the future of nuclear safety and innovation. 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 Senior Human Factors Consultant, at one of our key locations: Bristol, Warrington (Cheshire), Reading (Berkshire) or Leicester (Leicestershire).

The role:

• As a Senior Human Factors Consultant, you help shape the safety and performance of some of the UK’s most critical nuclear projects.
• From supporting high-profile programmes to influencing design decisions that protect lives and communities, your work will have a lasting impact.
• Day-to-day, you’ll lead the preparation and delivery of Human Factors activities across nuclear projects, including budgeting and scheduling.
• Provide expert Human Factors input to design projects, ensuring nuclear safety requirements are met.
• Manage delivery of work within agreed scope, cost and timelines, ensuring stakeholder satisfaction.
• Act as the key point of contact for stakeholders, facilitating communication across engineering, safety, and operations teams.
• Build strong customer relationships and identify opportunities to grow the business.

This is a permanent role, working 37 hours per week. You will be based at one of our key UK locations: Bristol, Warrington (Cheshire), Reading (Berkshire) or Leicester (Leicestershire), with hybrid working patterns available (two days on site).

Essential Experience:

• Applying Human Factors expertise within high-hazard industries.
• Leading or mentoring teams and managing project delivery.
• Communicating effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Developing and maintaining client relationships.
• Demonstrating a proactive and collaborative approach to problem-solving.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science Honours Degree (minimum) in Ergonomics, Human Factors or a related discipline such as Applied Psychology.
• Membership of the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors (Graduate, Associate or Technical).
• Ideally, you will have completed or be close to completing Registered Member or Chartered Status with the CIEHF.

Security Clearance:

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) 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 Nuclear is a leader within the UK nuclear industry, providing a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy, defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together, we’re innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle.

Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group – from Canada, the USA to Japan. Work with us to create a safe and secure world, 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: 25/11/2025