Engineering Design Manager

Job Title:                       Engineering Design Manager

Location:                       Warrington, Cheshire + Hybrid Working Arrangements  

Compensation:             Attractive Salary + Benefits

Role Type:                     Full time / Permanent

Role ID:                         SF69565

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 an Engineering Manager at our Warrington, Cheshire site.

The role

As an Engineering Manager, you’ll have a role that is out of the ordinary. You’ll lead a multi-disciplinary engineering team to deliver technical solutions across complex projects from concept design through to full Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC). You’ll play a pivotal role in ensuring projects meet budget and performance targets, while acting as a Technical or Design Authority to provide assurance across a range of assets.

Day-to-day, you will

• Lead and manage engineering teams to deliver project scope effectively. 
• Oversee technical solutions and ensure compliance with safety and quality standards. 
• Act as Technical/Design Authority, providing assurance and governance. 
• Integrate multi-disciplinary tasks and work packages across the project lifecycle. 
• Support estimating and planning for engineering scope from concept to completion.

This is a permanent role, working 37 hours per week, based at Warrington, Cheshire, with at least three days onsite per week.

Essential experience of the Engineering Manager:

• Proven experience managing engineering scope and leading teams. 
• Strong background in project delivery across the full lifecycle, with an understanding of multi-disciplinary interfaces. 

Qualifications for the Engineering Manager:

• Degree (or equivalent) in a relevant engineering discipline or chartered status, with significant demonstrable experience.

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:  10/03/2026

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