Construction Engineer

Cavendish Nuclear; Bridgwater; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Matched pension scheme

Digital GP & health checks

Employee share scheme

Be Kind Day (paid volunteering)

Job summary

Cavendish Nuclear invites applications for a Construction Engineer role on the Hinkley Point C site, Bridgwater. You will join the Equipment Installation Team, coordinating mechanical installation activities and maintaining project documentation on site.

Working on one of Europe’s largest energy projects, you will lead safety-focused site work, align with stakeholders, and support delivery per programme while complying with CDM and security clearance requirements.

Qualifications

• Requires Higher National Certificate, Higher National Diploma or Degree in mechanical engineering.
• Alternatively, engineering apprenticeship with significant experience considered.

Responsibilities

• Support planning, coordination and execution of mechanical equipment installation on HPC site.
• Manage construction work packs and ensure installation documentation meets project requirements.
• Monitor installation progress, identify blockers and drive actions to maintain schedule.
• Collaborate with internal teams, subcontractors, client representatives and contractors to resolve challenges.
• Provide health, safety and environmental leadership with compliance to CDM and site regulations.

Skills

Site construction coordination

Safety leadership

Mechanical installation

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Higher National Certificate / Diploma or Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Engineering apprenticeship option

Job description

As a Construction Engineer, you'll join the Equipment Installation Team supporting Cavendish Nuclear's work within the MEH Alliance at Hinkley Point C. Working on one of Europe's largest and most complex engineering programmes, you'll play a key role in the planning, coordination and delivery of mechanical equipment installation activities across the site. This role is based on site at Hinkley Point C, Bridgwater. You will work 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday. Day-to-day, you'll be required to:

• Supporting the planning, coordination and execution of mechanical equipment installation activities across the HPC site.
• Managing construction work packs and ensuring installation documentation is completed, reviewed and maintained in line with project requirements.
• Monitoring installation progress, identifying blockers and driving actions to maintain delivery against programme schedules.
• Collaborating with internal teams, subcontractors, client representatives and contractors to resolve technical and construction challenges.
• Providing strong health, safety and environmental leadership while ensuring compliance with site licence conditions, CDM requirements and project procedures.
  Experience within construction, engineering, nuclear, oil and gas, energy, infrastructure or other highly regulated industries.
• Experience supporting the installation of mechanical equipment, mechanical systems or HVAC systems.
• Experience coordinating activities across multiple stakeholders and project teams.
• Knowledge of construction processes, installation planning and project delivery requirements.
• Experience supervising or coordinating construction activities would be advantageous.

Qualifications for the Construction Engineer

• Higher National Certificate, Higher National Diploma or Degree in a mechanical engineering discipline.
• Alternatively, a relevant engineering apprenticeship supported by significant experience in a similar role.
• The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Help deliver one of the UK's most significant clean energy projects and play a vital role in shaping the future of nuclear infrastructure.

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.

About Cavendish Nuclear

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.