Systems Handover Engineer

Babcock International; Taunton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering company is seeking a System Handover Engineer for a pivotal role at Hinkley Point C in Taunton. The role involves coordinating system installations and ensuring they meet safety and quality standards, crucial for national energy security. Candidates must have project engineering experience and familiarity with handover databases, alongside a Project Management qualification. The position offers competitive salary, benefits, and excellent career development opportunities.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to a Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Payment of Professional Fees

Holiday Trading benefits

Paid leave for volunteering (Be Kind Day)

Development opportunities and support programmes

Qualifications

• Experience in mechanical, electrical, civil, structural, or instrumentation engineering.

Responsibilities

• Coordinating and delivering work packages from installation through to commissioning.
• Maintaining system handover procedures, guidelines, and work instructions.
• Managing and updating the handover database.

Skills

Previous project engineering experience

Experience working within multi-discipline teams

Understanding of CDM regulations

Familiarity with handover databases (e.g., WinPCS, Opus, Switch Asset Suite)

Education

Project Management qualification (APM PPQ or Prince2)

Degree beneficial but not essential

Job description

Job Title: System Handover Engineer

Location: Bridgwater, Somerset

Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF 70483

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 System Handover Engineer, at our Hinkley site.

The role

As a System Handover Engineer, you’ll be at the heart of one of the UK’s most critical infrastructure projects - Hinkley Point C. This is a pivotal stage in the build process, where your expertise ensures that systems and equipment installations are commissioned to the highest safety and quality standards. Your work will make a tangible difference to national energy security and will accelerate your career development in the dynamic world of defence, aerospace, and engineering.

Day-to-day you’ll be:

• Coordinating and delivering work packages from installation through to commissioning
• Monitoring and driving quality reporting and evidence from contract partners
• Maintaining system handover procedures, guidelines, and work instructions
• Managing and updating the handover database
• Collaborating with the OCC Manager and engaging daily with project installers and completions teams

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and is based at Hinkley.

Essential experience of the System Handover Engineer

• Previous project engineering experience
• Background in mechanical, electrical, civil, structural, or instrumentation engineering
• Experience working within multi-discipline teams
• Understanding of CDM regulations
• Familiarity with handover databases (e.g., WinPCS, Opus, Switch Asset Suite)

Qualifications for the System Handover Engineer

• Project Management qualification (APM PPQ or Prince2)
• Degree beneficial but not essential

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 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 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: 30/12/2025

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