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Location: Leicester, GB, LE8 6LH

Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid working arrangements (3 days in the office)

Job Title: Mechanical Engineer

Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role Overview

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 Mechanical Engineer at our Whetstone site, near Leicester, Leicestershire.

The role

As a Mechanical Engineer, you’ll be part of a team that’s shaping the future of nuclear engineering. This exciting role within Cavendish Nuclear offers the opportunity to contribute to major defence, decommissioning, new build, and nuclear generation projects. You’ll help clean up the nuclear legacy and support the UK’s energy security and net zero commitments.

Day-to-day, you’ll

  • Promote effective cooperation across Engineering and other functional teams
  • Interface with customers and supply chain on design issues and assist with procurement specifications
  • Ensure correct application of procedures, codes, and standards to technical and engineering activities
  • Contribute to Product Safety Assessment and provide technical interface with stakeholders
  • Conduct technical investigations and analysis for problem resolution and design improvements

Essential experience of the Mechanical Engineer:

  • Minimum HNC/HND in Engineering, or equivalent experience
  • Knowledge of CAD tools and General Engineering Drawing Practice
  • The ability to build strong and influential relationships with key stakeholders

Qualifications for the Mechanical Engineer:

  • Minimum HNC/HND in Engineering or equivalent experience
  • Preferred: Experience in nuclear or highly regulated industries

Benefits:

  • 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
  • ‘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

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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