Mechanical Technician

Babcock; Lancaster; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as a Mechanical Technician at Heysham B Power Station, where you will enhance the power station's lifetime through technical support and maintenance. Enjoy a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package, including generous holidays and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to a Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Payment of Professional Fees

Holiday Trading

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in mechanical maintenance and fault finding.
• Apprenticeship preferred but relevant experience considered.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical fault finding, maintenance, and overhaul activities.
• Ensure compliance with site standards and EDF requirements.

Skills

Technical fault finding

Procedure/task instruction compliance

Safe systems of work

Compliance within regulated industry

Education

Apprenticeship in relevant discipline

Job description

Job Title: Mechanical Technician
Location: Morecambe, Lancashire
Compensation: £30,000 - £34,000 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF61427

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 Mechanical Technician, at our Heysham B Power Station site.

The Role
As a Mechanical Technician, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll provide support to EDF to enhance lifetime of power station and represent Cavendish Nuclear.

Day-to-day, you’ll provide technical fault finding, maintenance and overhaul activities.Role is part of Cavendish Nuclear site team at Heysham B Power Station working for the Site Manager albeit embedded within the client (EDF) organisation where the individual will report day to day to the client.

• Mechanical maintenance delivery as per EDF requirements.
• Compliance with site standards and expectations.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and is based on site at Heysham B Power Station, Morecambe.

Essential Experience of the Mechanical Technician

• Technical fault finding.
• Procedure/task instruction compliance.
• Safe systems of work.
• Compliance within regulated industry.

Qualifications for the Mechanical Technician

• Apprenticeship in relevant discipline preferred although will consider experience in similar field.

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintainCounter Terrorist Check(CTC) security clearance for this role. Further details are available atUnited Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

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 the majority of 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
• Potential to develop skills
• A dynamic working environment
• Opportunity to work on some of the most exciting engineering projects this country has to offer

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 [e-mail] 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: 26/05/2025

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