Senior Electrical, Control and Instrumentation Designer

Babcock International; Warrington; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday allowance

Pension scheme

Digital GP

Share scheme

Flexible working

Job summary

Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International, seeks a Senior Electrical, Control and Instrumentation Designer to lead a design team across Warrington or Preston with hybrid working. You will provide technical guidance, ensure design governance and quality across the project lifecycle, from concept to in‑service support.

Key elements include coordinating multi‑discipline outputs, supporting customer engagement and delivering robust design solutions for high‑integrity systems in a nuclear

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 across the team.
• Allocate tasks and check outputs for Designers, ensuring cross‑discipline coordination.
• Support customer engagement, resolving technical and delivery issues and aiding business development.
• Contribute to design production, including drawings for basic, detailed and production stages.
• Lead low‑risk multi‑discipline projects and stay updated on industry tools and techniques.

Skills

Detailed design experience

CAD tools

Engineering drawing practice

Education

HNC/HND or equivalent

Job description

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

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) 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 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

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 are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.