Payroll Team Leader

Babcock International; Taunton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading nuclear solutions provider is seeking a Payroll Team Leader at Hinkley Point C. This permanent role involves managing payroll processing for a blue-collar workforce, ensuring compliance, and leading a team. Candidates should have NVQ Level 3 or equivalent, and strong IT skills. The position offers generous benefits and the opportunity to contribute to a significant infrastructure project.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to a Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Employee shopping savings portal

Holiday Trading

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience working in a payroll department managing multiple payrolls.
• Demonstrable competency through assessment/interview.
• Ability to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support Payroll Co‑ordinators in workload management.
• Coordinate payroll activities using Kronos Time and Attendance system.
• Act as focal point for on-site payroll matters for personnel.

Skills

Strong IT skills

Data analysis

Payroll management experience

Team leadership

Education

NVQ Level 3 or equivalent

Tools

Kronos Time and Attendance

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Job Title: Payroll Team Lead

Location: Hinkley Point C, Bridgwater, Somerset

Compensation: Attractive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF68753

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 Payroll Team Leader 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.

The role

As a Payroll Team Leader, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Being part of the MEH Alliance working on Hinkley Point C is a chance to be involved in a major project with national significance. This is a dynamic and rewarding opportunity to lead a team of Payroll Co‑ordinators and ensure accurate, timely payroll processing for a large blue‑collar workforce. Your work will directly contribute to employee wellbeing, industrial harmony, and operational efficiency.

Day‑to‑day, you’ll be:

• Leading and supporting the Payroll Co‑ordinators, managing workload distribution and acting as an escalation point.
• Coordinating payroll activities using Kronos Time and Attendance system in line with approved procedures.
• Acting as the MEH focal point for all on‑site payroll matters for blue‑collar personnel up to Superintendent level.
• Resolving pay queries efficiently to support positive industrial relations and employee engagement.
• Collaborating with HR and IR teams to ensure compliance with operative agreements and payroll processes.

This is a permanent role, based at Hinkley Point C, Bridgwater, working 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

Essential experience of the Payroll Team Leader:

• NVQ Level 3 or equivalent, or demonstrable competency through assessment/interview.
• Strong IT skills across the full Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel and data analysis.
• Experience working in a payroll department managing multiple payrolls and pay types.

Qualifications for the Payroll Team Leader:

• NVQ Level 3 or equivalent qualification.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS). Further details are available at United 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 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: 07/11/2025