Human Factors Consultant

Job Title:                     Human Factors Consultant

Location:                     Flexible, UK + Hybrid Working Arrangement

Compensation:            £40,000 - £50,000 + Benefits

Role Type:                   Full time / Permanent

Role ID:                       SF67578

Shape the Future of Nuclear Safety

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 Human Factors Consultant, at one of our key locations: Bristol, Warrington (Cheshire), Reading (Berkshire) or Leicester (Leicestershire).

The role

As a Human Factors Consultant, you help shape the safety and effectiveness of some of the UK’s most critical nuclear infrastructure. You contribute to high-impact projects, ensuring human factors are embedded into design and safety processes.

Day-to-day, you’ll

• Prepare and deliver human factors assessments to support nuclear safety cases and project design.
• Support the integration of human factors into design projects, ensuring compliance with nuclear safety standards.
• Manage delivery of your work scope to meet cost, schedule and stakeholder expectations.
• Participate in hazard identification studies and contribute to safety justifications.
• Coordinate the production of human factors deliverables across project teams.

This is a permanent role, working 37 hours per week. You will be based at one of our key UK locations: Bristol, Warrington (Cheshire), Reading (Berkshire) or Leicester (Leicestershire), with hybrid working patterns available (two days on site).

Essential experience of the Human Factors Consultant:

• Applying human factors principles in high-hazard industries.
• Undertaking assessments in support of hazard analysis and safety justification.
• Working towards or near completion of Registered Member or Chartered Status with the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors (CIEHF).
• Collaborating across multidisciplinary teams and managing stakeholder expectations.
• Delivering high-quality technical outputs in a regulated environment.

Qualifications for the Human Factors Consultant:

• Bachelor of Science Honours Degree (minimum) in Ergonomics, Human Factors or a related discipline such as Applied Psychology.
• Membership of the CIEHF (Graduate, Associate, or Technical).
• A higher-level qualification or Chartered Status would be advantageous.

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 careers@babcockinternational.com 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:   17/10/2025

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