Senior Mechanical CAD Designer

Babcock International Group; Preston; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering company in the UK seeks a Senior Mechanical Designer to support high-impact public sector projects. This full-time position offers a hybrid working model and a comprehensive benefits package, including generous holiday allowance and pension scheme. Ideal candidates will demonstrate strong CAD skills, the ability to lead multidisciplinary teams, and proven experience in complex design environments.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to digital health consultations

Employee share scheme

Volunteering leave under 'Be Kind Day'

Qualifications

• Experience in producing and reviewing design outputs across the full lifecycle.
• Ability to lead and coordinate design teams, ensuring compliance with standards.
• Strong technical knowledge and experience in resolving design challenges.

Responsibilities

• Guide and support a team of mechanical designers.
• Allocate and oversee design tasks ensuring quality outputs.
• Contribute to the creation and review of design documentation.

Skills

CAD proficiency

Stakeholder engagement

Multidisciplinary design coordination

Problem-solving in complex design

Education

HNC / HND in a relevant discipline or equivalent

Job description

Job Title : Senior Mechanical Designer

Location : Flexible, UK + Hybrid Working Arrangement

Compensation : Competitive Salary+ Benefits

Role Type : Full time / Permanent

Role ID : SF

Play Your Part in Securing the Future of UK Defence

At Cavendish Nuclear, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you’ll play your part as a Senior Mechanical Designer based at one of our key locations: Warrington (Cheshire), Bristol, Newbury (Berkshire) or Preston (Lancashire).

The role

As a Senior Mechanical Designer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. This role will contribute to a high-impact public sector Defence Nuclear infrastructure initiative focused on enhancing operational resilience and sustainability across critical systems. The project involves complex mechanical systems integration, requiring innovative engineering solutions within a multidisciplinary team.

Day-to-day, you’ll guide and support a team of mechanical designers, resolving complex design challenges, assuring the quality of outputs, and applying your specialist CAD and technical expertise to deliver solutions that meet engineering standards across the full project lifecycle.

• Allocate and oversee design tasks across a multidisciplinary team, ensuring drawing outputs meet quality standards and are well-coordinated across disciplines.
• Provide technical guidance and support to designers, advising on appropriate tools, methods, and best practices throughout the design lifecycle.
• Liaise with customers and stakeholders to resolve technical issues, maintain progress visibility, and support business development opportunities.
• Contribute to the creation and review of design documentation, including drawings and specifications, in line with ISO standards and project requirements.
• Lead design reviews, resolve production and technical queries, and promote continuous improvement through learning from experience and industry best practice.

This role is full time (37 hours per week) and provides hybrid working arrangements with three days onsite / office, based at one of our key locations: Warrington (Cheshire), Bristol (Bristol), Newbury (Berkshire) or Preston (Lancashire).

Essential experience of the Senior Mechanical Designer :

• Significant experience in producing and reviewing design outputs across the full lifecycle, including concept, detail, and production design stages.
• Proven ability to lead and coordinate multidisciplinary design teams, ensuring quality, consistency, and compliance with industry standards.
• Strong CAD proficiency and technical knowledge within a specialist design discipline, with a track record of resolving complex design challenges.
• Demonstrated experience in stakeholder engagement, including managing technical queries and contributing to design reviews and customer communications.

Qualifications for the Senior Mechanical 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

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 Nuclear

As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of