Trades Workforce Manager

Job Title:                    Trades Workforce Manager

Location:                    Bridgwater, Somerset or Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangement

Compensation:          £63,100- £81,000 + Benefits

Role Type:                  Full time / Permanent

Role ID:                      SF72506

Bring Your Commercial Skills to Projects That Help Create a Safer World.

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 Trades Workforce Manager at our Bridgwater, Somerset or Bristol sites. 

The role:

As a Trades Workforce Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll play a vital role in ensuring our technical trade personnel are fully supported, prepared and able to excel as they join and work within the MEH Joint Venture (MEH JV) at Hinkley Point C. This is a role with real impact — shaping the standards, skills and development of the workforce delivering one of the UK’s most important clean energy projects.

Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:

• Lead the full onboarding and induction process for trade personnel joining Cavendish Nuclear.
• Set standards and expectations that align with Cavendish Nuclear and MEH JV requirements.
• Assess skills and competence to ensure only suitable individuals are deployed into the MEH JV.
• Develop, implement and monitor training and career development programmes.
• Coach, mentor and support apprentices, trainees and experienced trade professionals throughout their deployment.

This is a 37‑hour‑per‑week position and can be based from either Bridgwater, Somerset or Bristol. Hybrid working patterns are available with 2-3 days onsite per week. Occasional travel to other Cavendish Nuclear or customer sites will be expected.

Essential experience of the Trades Workforce Manager: 

• Experience managing multidisciplinary technical trade workforces.
• Background working within a trade environment or as a qualified tradesperson (e.g., Welder, Pipefitter, Rigger, Plater) at management level.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience delivering training, coaching or workforce development programmes.
• Ability to lead, influence and collaborate across multiple teams.

Qualifications for the Trades Workforce Manager:

• Preferable Relevant Professional Accreditation (Diploma/City and Guilds Level 3 in Relevant Discipline (Ideally Welding). However, 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. 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

We’re Cavendish Nuclear — a team of c5,000 specialists and a core part of Babcock International Group.

Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. Across clean energy, defence, and civil decommissioning, your work will contribute to projects that are critical to energy security and national protection. Together, we’re shaping a future that lasts — not only through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

Join us and discover how far we can go, 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: 07/04/2026

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