Quality Engineer

Babcock International; Bridgwater; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Shopping portal

Professional fees paid

Reservists paid leave

Be Kind Day

Holiday trading

Wellbeing programme

Job summary

Cavendish Nuclear, a major part of the Babcock International Group, seeks a Quality Engineer for the Hinkley Point C project near Bridgwater, Somerset. You will drive QA across the HVAC programme, ensuring compliance and quality excellence in a highly regulated environment.

Join a team delivering critical energy infrastructure with a strong focus on safety, quality systems, and continuous improvement. The role requires full site presence and a collaborative approach with delivery teams.

Qualifications

• Experience in quality engineering or quality assurance roles including Quality Management Systems, audits, non-conformance management, and quality records management.
• Experience on major engineering, construction, infrastructure, or energy projects.
• Understanding of QA processes, regulatory compliance 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 Assurance

Audits

Root cause analysis

Quality documentation

Engineering knowledge

Education

ONC/HNC/HND

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Quality Engineer

Location: Taunton, GB, TA5 1UD

Onsite or Hybrid: OnSite

Job Title: Quality Engineer

Location: Hinkley Point C, Bridgwater, Somerset.

Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF76676

Drive quality excellence on one of Europe’s largest clean energy projects

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.

The role

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

• 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.

Essential experience of Quality Engineer:

• 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 the interpretation of technical drawings, specifications, processes, and procedures.

Qualifications for the Quality Engineer:

• Ordinary National Certificate, Higher National Certificate, Higher National Diploma, or a recognised apprenticeship in a relevant engineering discipline.
• 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.

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.

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