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Mechanical Engineer

Cavendish Nuclear

The Role

Overview

Perform mechanical fault finding, maintenance planning and safety compliance at Heysham 1 plant.

Key Responsibilities

  • procedure creation
  • fault finding
  • work packs
  • on‑site installation
  • compliance management
  • safe systems

Tasks

-Create procedures and task instructions -Oversee and support safe execution of fuel route tasks -Apply technical fault finding in a regulated environment -Create and specify work packs for maintenance activities -Support on-site installation and maintenance activities -Ensure compliance with site licence requirements, statutory regulations, and safety rules -Ensure compliance within a regulated industry -Deliver technical fault finding and reporting to support operational excellence -Apply operational and maintenance management procedures in daily practices -Work with safe systems of work

Requirements

  • hnc/hnd

What You Bring

-HNC/HND qualifications as minimum

Benefits

-Payment of Professional Fees -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. -Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+ -Employee shopping savings portal -Generous holiday allowance -Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave -Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance -Employee share scheme -‘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.

The Company

About Cavendish Nuclear

-Evolved through amalgamations into a global nuclear specialist. -Delivers projects across the full nuclear lifecycle, including reactor build support and radioactive waste clean-up. -Operates in civil new builds, military Continuous at Sea Deterrent, and complex decommissioning. -Known for high-tech services such as plutonium facility characterisation and advanced modular reactor collaborations. -Expanding UK nuclear expertise globally with offices in Japan and the US. -Leads cutting-edge partnerships, including high-temperature gas-cooled reactor research.

Sector Specialisms

Clean Energy

Defence

Civil Decommissioning

Nuclear New Build

Radiological Protection

Environmental Monitoring

Engineering Consultancy

Safety Consultancy

Waste Management

Decommissioning Planning

Environmental Restoration

Advanced Manufacturing

Project Management

Mechanical, Electrical, Heating and Ventilation (MEH)

Digital Engineering

Installation and Welding

Commissioning

Regulatory and Licence Compliance Advice

Human Factors

Radiation Protection

Shielding

Stress Analysis

Feasibility Studies

Environmental and Liabilities Consultancy

Training and Engineering Support

Security Clearance

-must obtain and maintain counter terrorist check (ctc) security clearance.