Construction Piping Engineer

Cavendish Nuclear; Taunton; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Pension scheme with life assurance

Digital GP and health checks

Employee share scheme

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Cavendish Nuclear is seeking a Construction Piping Engineer for the Hinkley Point C project. This on-site role focuses on delivering piping and mechanical construction packages, coordinating with multiple stakeholders, and ensuring construction readiness across complex sites.

The successful candidate will contribute to safety, quality and continuous improvement while supporting project milestones within a regulated nuclear environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering mechanical and piping systems on large-scale construction or engineering projects.
• Experience in regulated sectors such as nuclear, power generation, oil and gas, defence, rail or petrochemical industries.
• Strong understanding of construction work packages, technical documentation and installation processes.
• Experience coordinating contractors, engineers and client stakeholders across complex project environments.
• Knowledge of safe systems of work and a strong commitment to health, safety and quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and delivery of piping and mechanical construction work packages for site installation activities.
• Coordinate with engineering teams, contractors and client stakeholders to ensure documentation is accurate, compliant and construction-ready.
• Support and guide construction personnel with technical expertise for safe and efficient project delivery.
• Monitor progress against project schedules and prioritise deliverables to meet milestones.
• Champion nuclear safety, quality standards and continuous improvement throughout the construction lifecycle.

Skills

Piping systems

Construction coordination

Regulated sectors

Technical documentation

Safety & quality

Education

Engineering qualification or equivalent

Job description

As a Construction Piping Engineer, you'll play a key role in the successful delivery of one of Europe's largest and most complex engineering programmes. Day-to-day, you'll be required to:

• Leading the development and delivery of piping and mechanical construction work packages to support site installation activities.
• Coordinating with engineering teams, contractors and client stakeholders to ensure documentation is accurate, compliant and construction-ready.
• Supporting and guiding construction personnel, providing technical expertise to enable safe and efficient project delivery.
• Monitoring progress against project schedules and prioritising key deliverables to achieve programme milestones.
• Championing nuclear safety, quality standards and continuous improvement throughout the construction lifecycle.

This is a full-time, onsite role based at Hinkley Point C. The working pattern is Monday to Friday. Accommodation and travel expenses are paid.

Essential experience of the Construction Piping Engineer:

• Proven experience delivering mechanical and piping systems on large-scale construction or engineering projects.
• Experience working within highly regulated sectors such as nuclear, power generation, oil and gas, defence, rail or petrochemical industries.
• Strong understanding of construction work packages, technical documentation and installation processes.
• Experience coordinating contractors, engineers and client stakeholders across complex project environments.
• Knowledge of safe systems of work and a strong commitment to health, safety and quality standards.

Qualifications for the Construction Piping Engineer:

• Relevant engineering qualification or equivalent industry experience., The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Further details are available at

At Cavendish Nuclear we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Construction Piping Engineer at our Hinkley Point C site.

This is a brilliant opportunity to work as part of the MEH Alliance on the prestigious Hinkley Point C Nuclear project. The alliance work across the project to integrate and coordinate the delivery of all main Mechanical, Electrical, Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning (MEH), cabling and associated support services. This innovative approach will help different contractors work as a single entity to deliver the complex installation of cabling and pipework in the power station's vast network of rooms., 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.

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.