Quality Engineer

Cavendish Nuclear; Bridgwater; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Matched pension with life assurance

Digital GP and health checks

Employee share scheme

Shopping savings portal

Payment of professional fees

Reservists leave (10 days)

Holiday Trading

Be Kind Day

Wellbeing programme

Job summary

Cavendish Nuclear is seeking a Quality Engineer to support QA across the HVAC programme at Hinkley Point C, near Bridgwater, Somerset. You will guide delivery teams, conduct audits, and drive improvements in a highly regulated environment, ensuring compliance with quality standards and safety requirements.

This full-time role requires site presence, working 37 hours per week, with a focus on non-conforming issues, root cause analysis, and maintaining Quality Management System activities across

Qualifications

• Experience in a quality engineering or quality assurance role involving Quality Management Systems, audits, non-conformance management, and quality records management.
• Experience working on major engineering, construction, infrastructure, or energy projects.
• Understanding of quality assurance processes, procedures, and regulatory compliance requirements.
• Ability to investigate quality issues, undertake root cause analysis, and implement effective corrective actions.
• Strong engineering knowledge, including interpretation of drawings, specifications, processes, and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Developing and maintaining quality assurance arrangements and Quality Management System activities across the HVAC programme.
• Conducting audits, inspections, and assurance activities to verify compliance with project, regulatory, and industry requirements.
• Managing non-conformances, supporting root cause analysis investigations, and driving corrective actions and lessons learned.
• Reviewing quality documentation including procedures, work instructions, quality plans, Inspection and Test Plans, and Lifetime Quality Records.
• Supporting project teams through quality coaching, risk management activities, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Quality management

Auditing

Non-conformance

Root cause analysis

Documentation

Education

ONC/HNC/HND

Recognised apprenticeship

Job description

As a Quality Engineer, you'll support quality assurance activities across the HVAC programme, providing expert guidance to delivery teams and supporting the successful installation and construction of safety-critical systems. This is an opportunity to work within a highly regulated environment where quality, compliance, and continuous improvement are fundamental to project success. You will work 37 hours per week, with set working times of Monday to Thursday 8:00am to 4:30pm and Friday 8:00am to 1:00pm. This role is based at Hinkley Point C and requires a full-time site presence. Day-to-day, you'll

Responsibilities

• Developing and maintaining quality assurance arrangements and Quality Management System activities across the HVAC programme.
• Conducting audits, inspections, and assurance activities to verify compliance with project, regulatory, and industry requirements.
• Managing non-conformances, supporting root cause analysis investigations, and driving corrective actions and lessons learned.
• Reviewing quality documentation including procedures, work instructions, quality plans, Inspection and Test Plans, and Lifetime Quality Records.
• Supporting project teams through quality coaching, risk management activities, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Experience & Requirements

• Experience in a quality engineering or quality assurance role involving Quality Management Systems, audits, non-conformance management, and quality records management.
• Experience working on major engineering, construction, infrastructure, or energy projects.
• Understanding of quality assurance processes, procedures, and regulatory compliance requirements.
• Ability to investigate quality issues, undertake root cause analysis, and implement effective corrective actions.

Qualifications

• Strong engineering knowledge, including the interpretation of technical drawings, specifications, processes, and procedures.
• Ordinary National Certificate, Higher National Certificate, Higher National Diploma, or a recognised apprenticeship in a relevant engineering discipline.
• 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)

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 Quality Engineer at Hinkley Point C, near Bridgwater, Somerset.

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.