Project Controller

Cavendish Nuclear; Taunton; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Matched pension scheme

Digital GP and health checks

Employee share scheme

Retail and lifestyle discounts

Professional fees paid

Leave for Reservists

Holiday Trading

Job summary

Cavendish Nuclear is recruiting a Project Controller for the MEH Alliance on the Hinkley Point C project in Bridgwater, Somerset. This permanent role is 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday, based at Hinkley Point C, and offers an attractive package with benefits.

You will develop and maintain project schedules, baselines, budgets and performance reports, plus manage risk, change control and forecasting to support successful delivery of a major clean energy programme.

Qualifications

• Extensive recent experience in a project controls/PMO or project support environment.
• Experience using project controls tools and techniques, including cost control, forecasting and reporting.
• Knowledge of project lifecycle delivery from bid phase through to project close-out.
• Experience working with enterprise project controls systems and reporting tools.
• Awareness of recognised contract forms and contracting methodologies, including NEC contracts.

Responsibilities

• Developing and maintaining project schedules, baseline budgets and project control documentation.
• Producing weekly and monthly project performance reports, including cost, schedule and variance analysis.
• Managing project risk and opportunity registers and supporting mitigation activities.
• Implementing and maintaining project change control processes and associated impact assessments.
• Supporting project teams with forecasting, budgeting, reporting and performance monitoring activities.

Skills

Project controls

PMO experience

Cost control

Forecasting

NEC contracts

Education

ONC/OND in engineering-related discipline

Level 3 NVQ

Job description

Job Title: Project Controller

Location: Hinkley Point C, Bridgwater, Somerset

Compensation: Attractive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF75859

Help Deliver Critical Clean Energy Projects That Power the Future At Cavendish Nuclear, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Project Controller at Hinkley Point C, near Bridgwater, Somerset.

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 Project Controller, you'll play an important role in supporting the successful delivery of major clean energy programmes.

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

Day-to-day, You’ll Be Required To

• Developing and maintaining project schedules, baseline budgets and project control documentation.
• Producing weekly and monthly project performance reports, including cost, schedule and variance analysis.
• Managing project risk and opportunity registers and supporting mitigation activities.
• Implementing and maintaining project change control processes and associated impact assessments.
• Supporting project teams with forecasting, budgeting, reporting and performance monitoring activities.

Essential Experience Of The Project Controller

• Extensive recent experience in a project controls, project management office or project support environment.
• Experience using project controls tools and techniques, including cost control, performance analysis, forecasting and reporting.
• Knowledge of project lifecycle delivery from bid phase through to project close-out.
• Experience working with enterprise project controls systems and reporting tools.
• Awareness of recognised contract forms and contracting methodologies, including NEC contracts.

Qualifications For The Project Controller

• Minimum Ordinary National Certificate or Ordinary National Diploma in an engineering-related discipline, or equivalent qualification.
• Level 3 National Vocational Qualification, or equivalent qualification.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) security clearance for this role. 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

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.

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: 24/09/2026 #CAVDESTNUC