Services Team Leader

Babcock Mission Critical Services España SA.; Carlisle; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering and nuclear services company is seeking a Services Team Leader in Seascale, Cumbria. In this role, you will ensure safety and quality in service delivery while managing a motivated team. Ideal candidates will have relevant engineering qualifications and experience within regulated industries. Enjoy competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and excellent career development opportunities in a vital sector.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP and health consultations

Employee share scheme

Holiday Trading options

Paid volunteering day

Development opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven experience in an engineering, technical service, or scientific discipline.
• Background in nuclear or other regulated/high-hazard industries.
• Strong track record in managing people and delivering work scope execution.

Responsibilities

• Lead and motivate a service delivery team to meet schedules and quality standards.
• Drive health, safety, environmental and security compliance.
• Manage resource planning and team development to maximize performance.

Skills

Leadership

Health and safety compliance

Technical service management

Resource planning

Education

Relevant scientific or engineering qualification

Job description

Services Team Leader

Location: Seascale, Cumbria

Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF69805

At Cavendish Nuclear we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Services Team Leader at our Sellafield, Cumbria site.

The role

As a Services Team Leader, you’ll take ownership of service delivery in one of the UK’s most critical sectors – nuclear. This is a role where leadership meets purpose: you’ll ensure safety, quality, and operational excellence while shaping the future of clean energy and national security. It’s an opportunity to make a tangible impact on society and accelerate your career in a dynamic, high‑hazard environment.

Day‑to‑day, you’ll be:

• Leading and motivating a service delivery team to meet schedules and quality standards.
• Driving health, safety, environmental and security compliance through example and accountability.
• Managing resource planning and team development to maximise performance.
• Ensuring training and technical compliance across all staff.
• Building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and is based on site at Sellafield, near Seascale, Cumbria.

Essential experience of the Services Team Leader

• Proven experience in an engineering, technical service, or scientific discipline.
• Background in nuclear or other regulated/high‑hazard industries.
• Strong track record in managing people and delivering work scope execution.

Qualifications for the Services Team Leader

• Relevant scientific or engineering qualification (e.g., apprenticeship or degree).
• Understanding of Radiological Protection (RPI) is highly desirable.
• 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 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.

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.

Closing Date: 28/11/2025