Project Engineer

This is your opportunity to contribute to the delivery of a flagship nuclear new-build programme that will play a critical role in the United Kingdom's energy future. Working as part of the Hinkley Point C Commissioning Alliance, you'll help drive complex commissioning work from planning through to delivery, gaining invaluable experience on one of the largest engineering and infrastructure projects in Europe. Day-to-day, you'll be required to:

• Supporting the Project Manager to deliver commissioning activities in line with safety, quality, schedule and cost objectives
• Defining work scope, coordinating interfaces and ensuring effective project execution across multidisciplinary teams
• Preparing, maintaining and reviewing project documentation, plans, contractor submissions and technical drawings
• Monitoring project progress, managing risks and issues, and providing accurate reports to key stakeholders
• Facilitating project meetings and ensuring contractual, regulatory, environmental and quality requirements are achieved

This is a full-time, permanent role based at Hinkley Point C, Somerset. The role is primarily site-based, with flexibility to work across project offices when required. Travel to other Babcock and customer sites will be expected.

Essential experience of the Senior Project Engineer (Commissioning):

• Quality leadership experience within the nuclear sector or another highly regulated industry.
• Experience supporting large-scale manufacturing and construction projects.
• Proven experience leading, mentoring and developing quality professionals.
• Experience managing supplier quality activities and working directly with suppliers and subcontractors.
• Strong knowledge of ISO 9001 quality management systems and quality governance principles., Higher National Certificate, Higher National Diploma or equivalent qualification in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing or a related discipline., The successful candidate must be a sole UK national and able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) security clearance for this role. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (

At Cavendish Nuclear, we're working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Project Engineer at Hinkley Point C, near Bridgwater, Somerset.

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. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with your 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.

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