Senior Electrical, Control and Instrumentation Designer

Senior Electrical, Control and Instrumentation Designer

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• Location:
  
  Warrington, Cheshire or Preston, Lancashire – Hybrid Working Arrangement
• Compensation:
  Competitive + Benefits
• Role Type:
  Full time / Permanent
• Role

At Cavendish Nuclear we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. As a Senior EC&I Designer you’ll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact at either our Warrington or Preston sites, contributing to projects that truly matter.

As a Senior Electrical, Control and Instrumentation Designer you’ll provide support and technical guidance for a team of designers. The role will assure the quality of output to the required standards consistent with the whole lifecycle from concept to in‑service support.

• Provide specialist technical advice and design governance, ensuring adherence to technical standards and promoting collaboration across Design and other functions.
• Allocate tasks and check outputs for a team of Designers, ensuring coordination across disciplines and compliance with company and regulatory standards.
• Support customer engagement, helping to resolve technical and delivery issues while building strong relationships to aid business development.
• Contribute to design production, including drawings for basic, detailed and production stages, and assist in resolving manufacturing and installation queries.
• Lead low‑risk multi‑discipline projects, develop innovative design solutions, and stay informed on industry developments, tools and techniques.

This full‑time role is based in either Warrington or Preston, requires 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements.

• Experience in a detailed design environment
• Good knowledge of CAD tools
• Knowledge of General Engineering Drawing Practice

• HNC/HND minimum in a relevant discipline or equivalent academic qualification

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

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check and nutritional consultations through Aviva Digi Care+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10‑days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading allows employees to buy additional leave or 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.

As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear (part of Babcock International Group) provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy, defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group – from Canada to the USA to Japan. Work with us to create a safe and secure world, 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 car 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: 05/02/2026

• Mid‑Senior level

• Full‑time

• Engineering and Information Technology