Senior Mechanical Engineer

6 months ago

Carlisle, United Kingdom Babcock International Group Full time

Job Title: Senior Mechanical Engineer
Location: Whitehaven, Cumbria + Hybrid Working Arrangement 
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent 
Role ID: SF

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 Senior Mechanical Engineer, at our Whitehaven, Cumbria site.

The role


As a Senior Mechanical Engineer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You'll manage the delivery of engineering and technical activities, through the application of process, domain knowledge and experience.

Day-to-day, you’ll assist in effective management of the customer, including liaison and relationship development with existing and new customers.

Ensure procedures, codes and standards are correctly identified and applied to engineering and technical activities. Contribute to Project Safety Assessment process. Ensure task and project risks are communicated and managed appropriately. Produce, review and approve calculations, analyses, drawings, models, design basis documentation and technical reports as assigned.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and is based at Whitehaven, Cumbria. This role provides hybrid working arrangements with 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home. 

Essential experience of the Senior Mechanical Engineer:

Experience in working collaboratively in multi-discipline teams to deliver activities on a range of project types. Demonstrable experience in covering a variety of tasks across a range of complexities. Good communication skills and the ability to interface with other disciplines.

Qualifications for the Senior Mechanical Engineer:

Minimum HNC/HND in Engineering, or equivalent experience in relevant engineering discipline, with significant demonstrable experience.


Security Clearance


The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) clearance for this role. Further details are available at

What we offer 

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 Growth opportunities Potential to develop skills

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