Job Title: Principal Mechanical Engineer
Location: Bristol, Leicester, Newbury or Warrington + Hybrid working
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Attractive Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF55336
At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Principal Mechanical Engineer at our Warrington or Bristol or Leicester or Newbury sites.
The role
As a Principal Mechanical Engineer, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. This role sits within our Cavendish Nuclear business, from decommissioning redundant nuclear facilities, through supporting the Continuous at Sea Deterrent, to supporting the operation and build of nuclear power plants, our role in Cavendish Nuclear is to clean up the nuclear legacy and create a world where nuclear plays a key contribution in protecting our nation, ensuring security of energy supply and meeting our net zero commitments.
Our highly skilled team tackles major defence, decommissioning, new build and nuclear generation projects and has won over 78% of its latest tenders. Together, we're innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. We're also bringing the UK closer to Net Zero, through our work with Hinkley C, Sizewell C and X Energy. As Cavendish Nuclear continues to expand, so do the possibilities.
Day to day, you could be creating cutting-edge designs, leading on project delivery or providing solutions to our many clients.
- Cross-functional Collaboration: Work effectively with other teams to understand their needs and ensure successful project delivery.
- Technical Expertise: Apply relevant procedures, codes, and standards to engineering activities and manage risks appropriately.
- Communication & Documentation: Clearly communicate technical information to customers and colleagues. Prepare and review technical documents.
- Problem-Solving: Analyze technical challenges, propose solutions, and recommend process improvements.
- Project Management Support: Support project managers in planning, controlling, and delivering tasks and projects.
- Technical Leadership: Make engineering decisions, act as a technical authority when authorized, and prioritize health and safety following company policies.
Essential experience of the Principal Mechanical Engineer
Nuclear experience is not a necessity, we welcome applications from all engineering backgrounds.
- You are someone who owns and delivers, who champions high performance and is courageous to challenge the status quo.
- Knowledge of CAD tools and General Engineering Drawing Practice.
- Ability to build strong and influential relationships with key stakeholders.
- Experience leading a team.
Qualifications for the Principal Mechanical Engineer
- Minimum HNC/HND in Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- Holds or has the ability to obtain Chartered status.
Our Benefits
- Generous holiday allowance
- Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
- 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 the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
- '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
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 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.
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