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Senior Control and Instrumentation Engineer

Hybrid in Hull·Full-time·Added today (last checked 15 Oct)

Overview

Work mode
Hybrid, Hull
Contract
Full-time
Experience
Senior level
Closing date
Apply by Wednesday 28 October

Skills

Requirements

What we're looking for

  • Proven experience designing, engineering and delivering control and instrumentation systems within nuclear, defence, energy, process or other highly regulated industries.
  • Strong knowledge of functional safety, nuclear safety requirements and industry standards such as IEC 61508, IEC 61511 or equivalent.
  • Experience working with PLCs, SCADA systems, Distributed Control Systems and field instrumentation technologies.
  • Ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary teams and manage relationships with clients, suppliers and key stakeholders.
  • Experience supporting engineering projects through design, testing, commissioning, technical documentation and lifecycle management.

Education & certifications

  • Degree in Electrical Engineering, Control Engineering, Instrumentation or a related discipline.

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

Shape the Future of Nuclear Engineering and National Infrastructure

As a Senior Control and Instrumentation Engineer, you'll play a leading role in the design, integration and delivery of high-integrity control and instrumentation systems across complex nuclear and highly regulated projects.

What you'll do

  • Designing, developing and integrating control and instrumentation systems for complex nuclear and highly regulated projects.
  • Ensuring compliance with nuclear safety requirements, technical standards, quality procedures and regulatory expectations.
  • Collaborating with multidisciplinary engineering teams to develop innovative technical solutions and resolve engineering challenges.
  • Supporting testing, verification, commissioning and handover activities to deliver reliable operational performance.
  • Engaging with clients, regulators, suppliers and stakeholders to ensure technical requirements are delivered successfully.

How you'll work

Location: North-East Lincolnshire or Hull + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

This role is full time working 37 hours per week and can be based at our Grimsby office in North East Lincolnshire or our Hessle office in Hull. Hybrid working patterns are available, and occasional travel to other business and customer sites may be required.

Job Title

Job Title: Senior Control and Instrumentation Engineer

Role ID

Role ID: SF 75850

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 Senior Control and Instrumentation Engineer at our Grimsby office or Hessle office, near Grimsby, Lincolnshire.

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: 22/09/2026

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