Work Pack Engineer - Mechanical/Piping

Babcock Mission Critical Services España SA.; Sunderland; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Babcock Mission Critical Services as a Work Pack Engineer in Sunderland and support the Hinkley Point C Nuclear project. You will manage design coordination, risk assessments, and ensure compliance across key engineering tasks. This full-time role offers competitive salary and comprehensive benefits, including accommodation expenses for regional employees.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to a Digital GP and health check

Employee share scheme

Holiday Trading benefits

Volunteering day off

Qualifications

• Experience of working on major construction projects required.
• Proven track record in a highly regulated sector.
• Willingness to learn and grow in the role.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with clients and leads to define design requirements.
• Ensure adherence to legacy documentation.
• Assist execution team in the implementation of designs.

Skills

Design Coordination

Risk Management

Compliance

Job description

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Location:

Sunderland, GB, DH4 5RA

Onsite or Hybrid: OnSite

Job Title: Work Pack Engineer – Mechanical/Piping
Location: EDF Energy, Rainton Bridge Business Park, Sunderland
Compensation: Competitive Salary + benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Job ID: SF58562

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 Work Pack Engineer supporting Hinkley Point C new nuclear build.

This is a brilliant opportunity to work as part of the MEH Alliance on the prestigious Hinkley Point C Nuclear project. The alliance work across the project to integrate and coordinate the delivery of all main MEH, cabling and associated support services. This innovative approach will help different contractors work as a single entity to deliver the complex installation of cabling and pipework in the power station’s 2,500 rooms.

The role

As a Work Pack Engineer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll liaise with client/Leads to ensure the design requirements are prepared and understood pre commencement of design.

Day to day, you’ll consult/assign the appropriate Design Category with Temporary Works based on the risks presented by the design, ensuring that any residual risks are included in the design brief.

• Design Coordination & Risk Management: Liaise with clients and leads to define design requirements and assign appropriate Temporary Works (TW) Design Categories based on risk assessments.
• Compliance & Documentation: Ensure adherence to legacy documentation and maintain accurate records of drawings, calculations, and other TW design documents.
• Temporary Works Development: Support the growth of TW disciplines, including voids, openings, and scaffolding designs to meet operational needs.
• Design Verification & Communication: Facilitate design checks (CAT 2 and CAT 3) by independent parties and share designs with relevant external stakeholders.
• Execution Support: Assist the execution team before and during the erection of bespoke structures, ensuring safe and effective implementation of designs.

This is a full-time role, 37 hours per week based within the EDF Energy officers in Sunderland. You will be required to visit site initially for a 4-week induction period and then periodic site visits thereafter. All expenses will be paid including accommodation.

Essential experience of the Work Pack Engineer

• Experience of working on major construction projects
• Nuclear site experience is not a requirement
• Proven track record of working in a highly regulated sector
• Previous experience within a role relating to Mechanical or Piping Work Packs

Qualifications for the Work Pack Engineer

We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) security clearance for this role.

What we offer

• Accommodation and travel expenses paid for those outside of the region
• 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 the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• ‘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 [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.

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