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Senior Manufacturing Engineer Location: Reading (GB, RG14 2PZ), Warrington (GB, WA3 6YD), Bristol (GB, BS16 1EJ). Working arrangement: Hybrid (2-3 days in office each week). Role type: Full time / Permanent. Role ID: SF65801. Compensation: Attractive salary + benefits. About the role At Cavendish Nuclear we're working to create a safe and secure world. If you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Manufacturing Engineer at our Bristol, Newbury (Berkshire) or Warrington (Cheshire) site. Responsibilities - Collaborate with design teams from the earliest stages to embed manufacturability into product designs, ensuring alignment with safety, quality, cost, delivery, and lead time requirements.
- Define and document manufacturing processes, including equipment selection, workflow design, and quality control procedures.
- Identify and resolve potential production challenges, such as bottlenecks, material constraints, or process inefficiencies, through proactive analysis and problem solving.
- Partner with cross functional teams, including design and quality, to deliver a seamless and efficient manufacturing process.
Experience - Demonstrated expertise in Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) methodologies.
- Hands on experience in design for manufacturability, ideally from the early stages of the production lifecycle.
- Proven success in introducing new products into manufacturing environments.
- Background in highly regulated or high volume manufacturing sectors.
- Strong ability to collaborate across engineering disciplines to drive efficient production outcomes.
Qualifications - Degree (or equivalent) in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
- Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+.
- Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance.
- Employee share scheme.
- Employee shopping savings portal.
- Payment of Professional Fees.
- Reservists in the armed forces receive 10 days special paid leave.
- Holiday Trading benefit that allows UK Cavendish employees to buy additional leave or sell up to one working week of annual leave.
- 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one paid day a year 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.
Benefits - Hybrid working: typically 2-3 days in the office each week.
- Occasional travel to other Cavendish Nuclear hubs and client sites, approximately 1-2 times per quarter.
Company 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, the USA to Japan. EEO and Inclusion 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 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.  |
