Job Description

Senior Cost Engineer

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Location:
Warrington, GB, WA3 6YD
Company: Cavendish Nuclear
Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid

Job Title: Senior Cost Engineer

Location: Warrington, Cheshire + Hybrid Working Arrangement

Compensation: Attractive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF66536

Shape the Future of Clean Energy and Defence

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 Senior Cost Engineer at our Warrington, Cheshire site.

The role

As a Senior Cost Engineer, you'll have a role that is out of the ordinary. You'll provide vital cost engineering support across high-profile projects that underpin national energy security and defence. This is an opportunity to make a tangible impact while advancing your career in a dynamic environment.





Day-to-day, you will


Provide cost engineering support for complex projects Manage project controls and earned value processes Handle resourcing applications for payments Support subcontract management activities Collaborate with commercial, procurement, planning, and engineering teams




This is a permanent position, working 37 hours per week, based in Warrington, Cheshire. Hybrid working patterns are available, with a minimum of three days in the office per week.

Essential experience of the Senior Cost Engineer:

Strong IT proficiency, including Excel and SAP Proven experience in cost engineering Awareness of P6 or Risk Hive Experience with systems and cost capture Risk awareness and planning capability

Qualifications for the Senior Cost Engineer:

We value difference and don't have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) security clearance for this role. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

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 careers@babcockinternational.com 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: 03/12/2025

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