At a Glance
- Tasks: Join a specialist team overseeing HVAC systems on a major clean energy project.
- Company: Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, focused on energy security.
- Benefits: Generous holiday allowance, matched pension scheme, and health consultations.
- Other info: Flexible working options and commitment to inclusivity.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on the UK's energy future while developing your engineering skills.
- Qualifications: Degree in Engineering and experience in large-scale projects required.
The predicted salary is between 42556 - 52012 £ per year.
Location: Bridgwater, Somerset.
Compensation: Competitive + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Help deliver one of the UK's most significant clean energy projects. At Babcock, we're working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as an Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning Test Engineer at Hinkley Point C, near Bridgwater, Somerset. This is an exciting opportunity to join a specialist team helping to oversee the design, installation, testing and commissioning of critical HVAC systems on one of Europe's largest and most complex infrastructure projects. Working at the heart of a major nuclear construction programme, you'll help ensure essential systems are delivered safely, efficiently, and to the highest quality standards. In return, you'll gain exposure to industry-leading engineering expertise, collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, and develop your career in a sector that plays a vital role in supporting the UK's energy security and net zero ambitions.
The role:
- Support the safe and successful delivery of HVAC systems across a designated area of the Hinkley Point C project.
- Drive construction and commissioning activities, ensuring technical requirements are met and helping to maintain the highest standards of safety, quality and performance.
- Supporting Building Leads in delivering project scope safely, efficiently and to programme.
- Producing weekly progress reports and providing updates against project milestones.
- Reviewing productivity and monitoring resource utilisation to drive project performance.
- Developing and implementing construction method improvement plans.
- Raising technical queries, monitoring progress and ensuring compliance with quality, safety and engineering standards.
This role is based at Hinkley Point C and is a 37-hour per week, Monday to Friday position, with five days per week on site.
Essential experience:
- Demonstrable experience delivering large-scale construction or engineering projects safely and effectively.
- Minimum five years' experience in a major project engineering or construction environment.
- Experience monitoring compliance with engineering codes, specifications and quality requirements.
- Proven ability to understand and manage complex technical issues within multidisciplinary teams.
- Experience within heavy industrial environments; nuclear sector experience would be advantageous.
Qualifications:
- Essential: Degree in Construction Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related discipline.
- Desirable: Higher National Certificate or Higher National Diploma in Construction, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering. CCNSG Safety Passport or HSE MaPs Safety Passport.
Security Clearance: The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) / Security Check (SC) / Counter Terrorist Check (CTC) 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 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: 24/08/2026
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At Babcock, we pride ourselves on being an excellent employer, offering a dynamic work environment in Hawthorn, Corsham, where innovation meets collaboration. Our commitment to employee growth is reflected in our generous benefits package, including a matched contribution pension scheme, professional development opportunities, and initiatives like Be Kind Day for volunteering. Join us to be part of a supportive culture that values diversity and encourages flexible working arrangements, ensuring you can thrive both personally and professionally.
