Senior Electrical Control and Instrumentation Engineer

Job Title:                        Senior Electrical Control and Instrumentation Engineer

Location:                        Flexible, UK + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation:              Attractive Salary + Benefits

Role Type:                      Full time / Permanent

Role ID:                          SF72748

Design the systems that keep the UK’s most complex facilities safe and secure

At Cavendish Nuclear, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Electrical Control and Instrumentation Engineer at one of our specialist nuclear sites, near a range of commutable locations across the UK.

The role

As a Senior Electrical Control and Instrumentation Engineer, you’ll lead the delivery of complex, safety‑critical electrical, control and instrumentation solutions across the nuclear lifecycle, from new facilities through to operational support and decommissioning.

Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:

• Leading the design, specification and integration of electrical, control and instrumentation systems
• Delivering high‑quality engineering outputs that meet nuclear safety, quality and regulatory standards
• Collaborating with project teams, safety case authors, commissioning engineers and stakeholders
• Reviewing technical documentation, calculations and specifications for compliance and robustness
• Supporting continuous improvement and innovation within safety‑critical engineering solutions

This is a full‑time, permanent role working 37 hours per week. The role can be based at any of our main UK locations, depending on project demand including Glasgow, Leicester, Bristol, Newbury or Warrington. Hybrid working patterns are available. 

Essential experience of the Senior Electrical Control and Instrumentation Engineer:

• Extensive experience designing and delivering electrical, control and instrumentation systems
• Proven application of nuclear or highly regulated industry standards and safety requirements
• Experience contributing to complex, multidisciplinary engineering projects
• Ability to engage effectively with regulators, clients and technical stakeholders
• Experience producing and reviewing technical specifications, calculations and safety inputs

Qualifications of the Senior Electrical Control and Instrumentation Engineer:

• Degree qualified in an electrical, control or instrumentation engineering discipline, or equivalent experience
• Professional registration with a recognised engineering institution is desirable

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

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: 01/05/2026

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