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Electrical Control and Instrumentation Production Engineer

On-site in Leicester·Full-time·Added 11 days ago (last checked 10 Nov)

Babcock International

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Our summary

Work mode
On-site, Leicester
Contract
Full-time
Closing date
Apply by Monday 23 November

Skills

Nice to have

Requirements

What we're looking for

  • Experience working within a highly regulated production, manufacturing, assembly or test environment.
  • Experience producing engineering documentation, manufacturing instructions or production plans.
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Office and Material Requirements Planning software, ideally SAP.
  • Experience supporting continuous improvement initiatives and Lean manufacturing practices.
  • Ability to investigate technical faults and provide effective engineering solutions

Education & certifications

  • Higher National Certificate in Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering or a related discipline with significant relevant industry experience.

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

Compensation: Attractive Salary + Benefits

  • 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 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
  • Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Visa & relocation

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

The role

Help build technology that supports safety, security and critical national infrastructure

At Cavendish Nuclear, we're working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as an Electrical Control and Instrumentation Production Engineer at our Leicester, Leicestershire site.

As an Electrical Control and Instrumentation (EC&I) Production Engineer, you'll play a vital role in delivering specialist electrical and electronic equipment used within highly regulated nuclear environments.

What you'll do

Day-to-day, you'll be required to:

  • Supporting technicians with the assembly, wiring and testing of electrical and electronic equipment.
  • Creating production plans and SAP routings covering assembly, inspection and testing activities.
  • Delivering toolbox talks and promoting learning from experience activities across the production environment.
  • Investigating faults, identifying root causes and producing detailed technical reports and recommendations.
  • Driving continuous improvement activities to maximise efficiency, quality and operational performance.

How you'll work

This role is based at Whetstone, Leicester. You will work 37 hours per week, Monday to Thursday 07:30-16:15 and Friday 07:30-12:00. Occasional travel to customer and subcontractor sites will be expected.

The role

Job Title: Electrical Control and Instrumentation Production Engineer

Location: Leicester, Leicestershire

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF74011

Cavendish

Closing date: 30/10/2026

Hiring process

1 interview

  • If you will work on Ministry of Defence sites you also have to meet MoD security requirements.

About Babcock International

Industry
Engineering
Founded
1891
Employees
30,000–40,000
Headquarters
London, UK

In their own words

About the company & team

We're Cavendish Nuclear - a team of c5,000 specialists and a core part of Babcock International Group.

Here, you'll be part of something bigger. Across clean energy, defence, and civil decommissioning, your work will contribute to projects that are critical to energy security and national protection. Together, we're shaping a future that lasts - not only through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

Join us and discover how far we can go, 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 careers@babcockinternational.com 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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