Business Assurance Officer

Babcock International; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in the UK is seeking a Business Assurance Officer. This role involves managing an assurance process and supporting senior leaders in driving excellence. Candidates should have relevant nuclear sector experience and expertise in ISO standards. This position offers competitive salary and benefits with hybrid working arrangements available.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to a Digital GP and health consultations

Employee share scheme

Payment of Professional Fees

Holiday Trading benefit

'Be Kind Day' for volunteering

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

• Strong working knowledge of ISO standards, with experience auditing against these standards.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey complex information clearly.
• Understanding of Health & Safety and Project Management principles is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain the assurance process, including the three-year forward planner for assurance reviews.
• Monitor and report on KPIs related to the Assurance Programme.
• Act as the primary point of contact for the delivery of the Assurance Programme across Cavendish Nuclear.

Skills

UK experience in nuclear sector

Knowledge of ISO standards

Excellent communication skills

Education

Technical Degree or equivalent

Job description

Job Title: Business Assurance Officer

Location: UK, Flexible Location + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF66686

At Cavendish Nuclear, we're working together to create a safe and secure world. If you join us as an Business Assurance Officer, you'll be based at one of our UK sites, which include Bristol (South West), Leicester (East Midlands), Warrington (North West), Newbury (South East), or Westlakes (Cumbria).

The role

As a Business Assurance Officer, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. This is a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact by supporting senior leaders in driving excellence across the organisation. You'll play a key role in delivering a robust assurance framework and be an integral part of a dynamic, forward-thinking team committed to continuous improvement and operational integrity.

Day to day, you'll support the Senior Business Assurance Officers in the delivery of their responsibilities:

• Manage and maintain the assurance process, including the three-year forward planner for assurance reviews
• Monitor and report on KPIs related to the Assurance Programme, identifying trends and performance insights
• Act as the primary point of contact for the delivery of the Assurance Programme across Cavendish Nuclear

This role is full-time. The successful candidate can work compliantly from any Cavendish Nuclear site or location on a hybrid basis. Locations include Bristol (South West), Leicester (East Midlands), Warrington (North West), Newbury (South East), or Westlakes (Cumbria).

Essential experience of the Business Assurance Officer:

• Recent and relevant UK experience within the nuclear sector or other highly regulated industries
• Strong working knowledge of ISO standards, with experience auditing against these standards
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey complex information clearly and effectively.
• Understanding of Health & Safety and Project Management principles - desirable but not essential

Qualifications for the Business Assurance Officer:
• Technical Degree or equivalent is desirable

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. 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 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

As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, provides 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 [e-mail] 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: 21/08/2025

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