Engineering Manager

Babcock Mission Critical Services España SA.; Warrington; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading nuclear solutions provider is seeking an Engineering Manager for its Warrington site. In this permanent full-time role, you will lead a multi-disciplinary engineering team to deliver complex projects from design to full build. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in project delivery and team leadership. Benefits include a matched contribution pension, digital health services, and opportunities for professional development, making this role attractive for ambitious engineers looking to advance their careers in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Digital health services

Employee share scheme

Holiday Trading benefits

Paid volunteer day

Development opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing engineering scope and leading teams.
• Strong background in project delivery across the full lifecycle.
• Understanding of multi-disciplinary interfaces.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage engineering teams to deliver project scope effectively.
• Oversee technical solutions ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards.
• Act as Technical/Design Authority providing assurance and governance.
• Integrate multi-disciplinary tasks across the project lifecycle.
• Support estimating and planning for engineering scope from concept to completion.

Skills

Project delivery management

Team leadership

Technical compliance

Budget management

Education

Degree in relevant engineering discipline

Job description

Location: Warrington, Cheshire + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: Attractive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF69565

Shape the Future of Clean Energy and National Security

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 an Engineering Manager at our Warrington, Cheshire site.

The role

As an Engineering Manager, you’ll have a role that is out of the ordinary. You’ll lead a multi-disciplinary engineering team to deliver technical solutions across complex projects from concept design through to full Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC). You’ll play a pivotal role in ensuring projects meet budget and performance targets, while acting as a Technical or Design Authority to provide assurance across a range of assets.

Day-to-day, you will

• Lead and manage engineering teams to deliver project scope effectively.
• Oversee technical solutions and ensure compliance with safety and quality standards.
• Act as Technical/Design Authority, providing assurance and governance.
• Integrate multi-disciplinary tasks and work packages across the project lifecycle.
• Support estimating and planning for engineering scope from concept to completion.

This is a permanent role, working 37 hours per week, based at Warrington, Cheshire, with at least three days onsite per week.

Essential experience of the Engineering Manager:

• Proven experience managing engineering scope and leading teams.
• Strong background in project delivery across the full lifecycle, with an understanding of multi-disciplinary interfaces.

Qualifications for the Engineering Manager:

• Degree (or equivalent) in a relevant engineering discipline or chartered status, with significant demonstrable experience.
• 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.

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.