Electrical, Control and Instrumentation Designer
// Role Summary
Join Cavendish Nuclear as an Electrical, Control and Instrumentation Designer, delivering high-integrity EC&I design solutions crucial for safe and compliant nuclear operations. This permanent, full-time role offers flexible hybrid working across multiple UK sites.
// Key Responsibilities
- Deliver high-integrity EC&I design solutions for safety-critical systems.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and engage with clients and regulators.
- Ensure designs meet nuclear safety standards and regulatory requirements.
- Utilize expertise in functional safety standards (IEC 61508, IEC 61511).
- Requires HNC or equivalent in engineering and ability to obtain SC clearance.
// Role Specification
About the Role
At Cavendish Nuclear, we are seeking an Electrical, Control and Instrumentation Designer (EC&I) to play a vital role in creating a safe and secure world. This is an out of the ordinary role where you will be delivering high-integrity EC&I design solutions that enable safe, compliant, and efficient nuclear operations. Your work will directly support safety-critical systems, reduce project risk, and underpin regulatory approval within complex, highly regulated environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Producing detailed, compliant electrical, control, and instrumentation designs and drawings.
- Collaborating with engineers, project managers, safety case teams, and commissioning teams to deliver integrated solutions.
- Ensuring designs meet nuclear safety standards, regulatory requirements, and internal quality procedures.
- Engaging with clients, regulators, and suppliers to resolve technical queries and support assurance activities.
- Contributing to engineering delivery across operational and decommissioning programmes.
What We Offer
This is a full-time, permanent role working 37 hours per week. We offer flexible hybrid working arrangements, with an expectation of three days per week on site. You can be based at one of our key Cavendish Nuclear locations including Warrington, Leicester, Humberside, Cumbria, Preston, Newbury, or Bristol.
We provide an attractive salary and benefits package, including:
- Generous holiday allowance
- Matched contribution pension scheme with life assurance
- Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations
- Employee share scheme
- Employee shopping savings portal
- Payment of Professional Fees
- Special paid leave for reservists in the armed forces
- Holiday Trading scheme
- 'Be Kind Day' for volunteering
- Excellent development opportunities and an employee assistance programme
Essential Experience
- Delivering safety-related EC&I system design within a regulated industry.
- Applying IEC 61508 and IEC 61511 functional safety standards.
- Working across the nuclear functional safety lifecycle, including SIL determination and verification.
- Supporting or interfacing with nuclear safety case teams.
Qualifications
- Essential: HNC or equivalent in an engineering discipline.
- Also considered: BTEC Level 3 in an engineering discipline with relevant industry experience.
- Advantageous: Degree-level qualification in Electrical, Electronic, or Control Engineering and progress toward professional registration.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.