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Job Title: Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Location: Bristol, Newbury, or Warrington + Hybrid Working Arrangement

Compensation: Attractive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF

Shape the Future of Engineering Excellence

At Cavendish Nuclear, we’re working to create a safe and secure world. Join us as a Senior Manufacturing Engineer at our Bristol, Newbury, Berkshire, or Warrington, Cheshire sites.

The role

As a Senior Manufacturing Engineer, you'll be at the heart of a major defence programme, shaping manufacturing strategies from the earliest design stages—driving innovation, efficiency, and impact across the business.

Day-to-day responsibilities include:

• Collaborating with design teams from the earliest stages to embed manufacturability into product designs, ensuring alignment with safety, quality, cost, delivery, and lead-time requirements.
• Defining and documenting manufacturing processes, including equipment selection, workflow design, and quality control procedures.
• Identifying and resolving potential production challenges, such as bottlenecks, material constraints, or process inefficiencies, through proactive analysis and problem-solving.
• Partnering with cross-functional teams, including design and quality, to deliver a seamless and efficient manufacturing process.

This is a full-time role based at our Bristol, Newbury, or Warrington site, with hybrid working patterns—typically 2–3 days in the office. Travel to other Cavendish Nuclear hubs and client sites is expected 1–2 times per quarter.

Essential experience for the Senior Manufacturing Engineer:

• Demonstrated expertise in Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) methodologies.
• Hands-on experience in design for manufacturability, ideally from the early stages of the production lifecycle.
• Proven success in introducing new products into manufacturing environments.
• Background in highly regulated or high-volume manufacturing sectors.
• Strong ability to collaborate across engineering disciplines to drive efficient production outcomes.

Qualifications:

• Degree (or equivalent) in Engineering or a related technical discipline.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance. Further details are available on request.

What we offer

• 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 of special paid leave.
• Holiday Trading allows UK Cavendish employees to buy additional leave or sell up to one working week of annual leave. This window opens February through March annually.
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave per year for volunteering.
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits, including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental, and financial wellbeing.

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