Senior Electrical, Control and Instrumentation Designer

Babcock Mission Critical Services España SA.; Warrington; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading nuclear solutions provider is seeking a Senior Electrical, Control and Instrumentation Designer in Warrington or Preston. In this full-time role, you will provide technical guidance, support project delivery, and ensure adherence to design standards in a hybrid environment. Candidates should have experience in a detailed design setting, knowledge of CAD tools, and relevant qualifications. The position offers competitive compensation and a range of employee benefits.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Digital GP access

Employee share scheme

Holiday Trading benefit

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Qualifications

• Experience in a detailed design environment.
• Good knowledge of CAD tools.
• Knowledge of General Engineering Drawing Practice.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist technical advice and design governance.
• Allocate tasks and check outputs for a team of designers.
• Support customer engagement and resolve technical issues.
• Contribute to design production and assist in manufacturing queries.
• Lead low-risk multi-discipline projects and develop design solutions.

Skills

CAD tools

Detailed design environment experience

General Engineering Drawing Practice

Education

HNC/HND in a relevant discipline

Job description

Location: Warrington, GB, WA3 6YD Preston, GB, PR2 2YB

Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid

Job Title: Senior Electrical, Control and Instrumentation Designer
Location: Warrington, Cheshire or Preston, Lancashire + Hybrid Working Arrangement
Compensation: Competitive + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF59217

Lead the Design Behind the UK's Nuclear Innovation

At Cavendish Nuclear we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, as a Senior EC&I Designer, you’ll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact at either our Warrington (Cheshire) or Preston (Lancashire) sites, contributing to projects that truly matter.

The role

As a Senior Electrical, Control and Instrumentation Designer you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You'll provide support and technical guidance for a team of designers. The role will assure the quality of output to the required standards consistent with whole lifecycle from concept to in service support.

Day-to-day, you’ll

• Provide specialist technical advice and design governance, ensuring adherence to technical standards and promoting collaboration across Design and other functions.
• Allocate tasks and check outputs for a team of Designers, ensuring coordination across disciplines and compliance with company and regulatory standards.
• Support customer engagement, helping to resolve technical and delivery issues while building strong relationships to aid business development.
• Contribute to design production, including drawings for basic, detailed, and production stages, and assist in resolving manufacturing and installation queries.
• Lead low-risk multi-discipline projects, develop innovative design solutions, and stay informed on industry developments, tools, and techniques.

This role is full time role, based in either Warrington or Preston, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements.

Essential experience of the Senior EC&I Designer

• Experience in a detailed design environment
• Good knowledge of CAD tools
• Knowledge of General Engineering Drawing Practice

Qualifications for the Senior EC&I Designer

• HNC/HND minimum in a relevant discipline OR equivalent academic qualification
• 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 Nuclear 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

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.