Construction Manager

Job Title:                     Construction Manager

Location:                     Hinkley Point C, Bridgwater, Somerset

Compensation:           Attractive Salary + Benefits

Role Type:                   Full time / Permanent

Role ID:                        SF72937

Lead One of the UK’s Most Important Infrastructure Projects

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 Construction Manager at our Hinkley Point C site.

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 Mechanical, Electrical, Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning (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 vast network of rooms.

The role

As a Construction Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll play a pivotal role in delivering one of the UK’s largest and most complex nuclear infrastructure programmes.

Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:

• Lead day-to-day construction activities within allocated buildings to deliver work safely, on programme and to quality standards
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams across mechanical, electrical, HVAC and supporting trades to enable efficient installation sequencing
• Manage interfaces with clients, contractors, subcontractors and joint venture partners to maintain safe access and progress
• Ensure materials, plant, documentation and access strategies are in place at point of work
• Monitor productivity, progress, risk and change, reporting performance and escalating issues as required

This is a full-time role, working 37 hours per week. Based on site at Hinkley Point C, Bridgwater, Somerset. 

Essential experience of the Construction Manager:

• Proven experience managing construction delivery on large, complex infrastructure or major building projects
• Strong background coordinating multidisciplinary construction teams, including mechanical, electrical and HVAC works
• Experience working within highly regulated environments such as nuclear, energy, heavy industry or major infrastructure
• Demonstrated ability to manage interfaces across multiple contractors and delivery partners
• A strong track record of safety leadership, quality assurance and programme delivery

Qualifications for the Construction Manager:

• HNC or higher in a relevant construction or engineering discipline, or equivalent site management experience
• Valid CCNSG or HSE MAPS Safety Passport (or ability to obtain)
• Professional accreditation is advantageous

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be a valid UK passport holder, with the ability 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: 28/04/2026

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