At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead innovative projects in nuclear waste management and consultancy.
- Company: Join Cavendish Nuclear, a leader in energy security and national protection.
- Benefits: Enjoy generous holidays, pension schemes, and health support.
- Other info: Flexible working options and excellent career development opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on the future of nuclear materials and waste management.
- Qualifications: Degree in Science or Engineering and experience in nuclear disciplines required.
The predicted salary is between 49057 - 59959 £ per year.
Location: Warrington, Cheshire + Hybrid Working Arrangement
Compensation: Attractive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
The role
As a Principal Waste Consultant, you'll combine technical expertise, consultancy leadership, business development and project delivery to support key defence and civil nuclear customers.
Day-to-day, you'll be required to:
- Lead strategic and technical consultancy projects across spent fuels management, nuclear materials management and waste management programmes.
- Develop and maintain strong client relationships to identify opportunities, understand priorities and support long-term growth.
- Manage business development activities, including opportunity identification, pipeline development and business-winning initiatives.
- Prepare and review technical reports, proposals, presentations and bid documentation to support project delivery and contract awards.
- Mentor and develop colleagues while providing technical leadership across multidisciplinary project teams.
This role is based in Warrington and is 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday. Hybrid working patterns are available. Travel to customer and Cavendish Nuclear sites will be expected, typically around once per month.
Essential Experience of the Principal Waste Consultant:
- Extensive experience delivering and leading technical projects within spent fuels management, nuclear materials management or closely related nuclear disciplines.
- Strong experience working with United Kingdom civil or defence nuclear industry clients.
- Proven success operating within a consultancy or client-facing environment, including developing scopes of work, preparing proposals, bidding and tendering activities.
- Demonstrable experience developing client relationships and securing new business opportunities.
- Experience leading technical teams, supporting project delivery and mentoring developing professionals.
Qualifications for the Principal Waste Consultant:
- Bachelor Honours Degree, or equivalent, in a Science or Engineering discipline.
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 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're 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: 12/07/2026
We’re Hiring: Principal Waste Consultant in Warrington employer: Cavendish Nuclear
Cavendish Nuclear is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters collaboration and innovation in the nuclear sector. With opportunities for professional growth and a generous benefits package, employees can thrive while contributing to critical national projects from flexible locations like Bristol, Warrington, or Leicester. Join us to be part of a team that values your expertise and empowers you to make a significant impact.
