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Process Engineering Manager

Hybrid in Warrington·Full-time·Added 2 days ago (last checked 22 Oct)

Our summary

Work mode
Hybrid, Warrington
Contract
Full-time
Closing date
Apply by Thursday 29 October

Skills

Requirements

What we're looking for

  • Proven experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams on complex process-led projects.
  • Strong background within chemical, pharmaceutical, petrochemical, oil and gas, or similarly regulated industries.
  • Experience managing engineering projects through the full lifecycle from concept and design to commissioning and delivery.
  • Strong stakeholder management and communication skills with the ability to influence across multiple disciplines.
  • Experience applying engineering governance, safety, quality, and technical assurance standards within complex environments.

Education & certifications

  • Degree, or equivalent qualification, in Process Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
  • Chartered Engineer status or working towards professional registration.

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

Job Title: Process Engineering Manager

Lead complex engineering projects that shape the future of nuclear infrastructure

As a Process Engineering Manager, you'll provide leadership across complex engineering programmes, guiding projects from concept and design through to delivery and commissioning.

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

What you'll do

  • Leading and coordinating multidisciplinary engineering teams to deliver projects safely, on time, and within budget.
  • Managing engineering activities throughout the full project lifecycle, from concept design through to construction and delivery.
  • Collaborating with customers, stakeholders, and project teams to resolve complex technical and delivery challenges.
  • Ensuring engineering outputs comply with quality, safety, regulatory, and technical assurance requirements.
  • Developing engineering capability through mentoring, resource planning, and continuous improvement initiatives.

This is a full-time role based at either our Warrington or Preston site. Hybrid working patterns are available with an expectation of three days per week on site.

How you'll work

Location: Warrington or Preston + Hybrid Working Arrangement

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID

Role ID: SF 72964

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

At Cavendish Nuclear, we're working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Process Engineering Manager at our Warrington or Preston sites.

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.

Closing date: 05/10/2026

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