Overview

Join to apply for the Principal Safety Case Engineer role at Cavendish Nuclear.

Location: Flexible, UK + Hybrid Working Arrangements. Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits. Role Type: Full Time / Permanent. Role ID: SF61045. Cavendish Nuclear is committed to creating a safe and secure world, and this role contributes to that mission at one of our UK sites.

Closing Date: 31/10/25.

Role

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

Day To Day

• Develop hazard management strategies and participate in HAZID / HAZOP studies.
• Author radiological safety assessments, including Hazard Management Strategy, Safety Reports (PSRs and PCSRs, etc. and equivalents).
• Produce and check calculations, design basis documentation and technical reports.
• Manage the delivery for the work undertaken by the Supply Chain as appropriate and maintain an overview of progress against cost and programme, and the management of project risks for the work undertaken within their agreed remit.
• Maintain an overview of technical and safety case strategies being delivered, and the key arguments used, to share ‘best practice’ between projects.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and offers hybrid working. It is adaptable and can be delivered from various locations including Bristol, Warrington, Leicester.

Essential Experience Of The Principal Safety Case Engineer

• Chartered Engineer status (or actively working toward Chartered Status).
• 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 communications skills and the ability to interface with other disciplines.
• Previous experience of coaching or mentoring other Safety Case Engineers.

Qualifications For The Principal Safety Case Engineer

• Engineering degree (or equivalent qualification) in relevant engineering discipline, with significant demonstrable experience.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain SC Level security clearance for this role. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - 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 Nuclear 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.

About 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. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive. We are happy to discuss flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Additional Information

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”.