Job Description

Job Title: Principal Configuration Management Engineer
Location: Location Flexible
Compensation: 61,500 - 80,000 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF65817
At Cavendish Nuclear we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Principal Configuration Management Engineer.
The Role
As a Principal Configuration Management Engineer, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You will ensure configuration information is clear and concise throughout a projects full lifecycle.
Day-to-day, you'll participate in the implementation and development of configuration management requirements and processes that satisfy contract and programme requirements.

• Maintenance of supply chain CM requirements
• Management of technical queries, change requests and concessions
• Establish and maintain project configuration baselines
• Contribute to design phase reviews
• Support configuration audits for the project and supply chain

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and is remote with occasional travel to sites.
Experience required of the Principal Configuration Management Engineer

• Prior experience in configuration management
• Experience of working on large scale projects
• Have worked across a full project lifecycle

Qualifications for the Principal Configuration Management Engineer

• Degree qualified preferred
• Member of the institute of process excellence (CM II) beneficial

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Further details are available at
What we offer

• 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.

Cavendish Nuclear
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. Together, we're innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group - from Canada, 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 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: 23/10/2025
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