About this role
Job Title: Electrical, Control and Instrumentation Engineer
Location: Torness Power Station, East Lothian
Compensation: Attractive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF67035
Shape the Future of Nuclear Energy
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 an Electrical, Control and Instrumentation Engineer, at Torness Power Station, near Dunbar, East Lothian.
The role
As an Electrical, Control and Instrumentation (EC&I) Engineer, you’ll be at the heart of supporting EDF’s nuclear operations, ensuring the safe and efficient delivery of fuel route works. This is a hands-on, high-impact role where your technical expertise will directly contribute to the UK’s energy security and sustainability.
Day-to-day, you’ll be required to
- Apply high standards to fuel route work preparation and execution
- Provide technical fault finding, reporting and operational oversight
- Advise stakeholders including Senior Leadership, Operations and Engineering teams
- Prepare and execute fuel route work in line with safety policies
- Ensure compliance with site licence requirements and statutory regulations
This is a full-time, onsite role based at Torness Power Station near Dunbar, East Lothian, working 37 hours per week.
Essential experience of the EC&I Engineer:
- Working with industrial control systems (PLCs, SCADA, HMIs, drives, analogue systems)
- Delivering engineered solutions using electrical control equipment and instrumentation
- Fault finding and resolving engineering issues in a safe and effective manner
- Experience in nuclear or other regulated industries (e.g. petrochemical, pharmaceutical)
- Understanding of legislation, ACOP, Safe Systems of Work and industry standards
Qualifications for the EC&I Engineer:
- HNC / HND in relevant engineering discipline
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Counter Terrorist Check (CTC) 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
We’re Cavendish Nuclear — a team of c5,000 specialists and a core part of Babcock International Group.
Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. Across clean energy, defence, and civil decommissioning, your work will contribute to projects that are critical to energy security and national protection. Together, we’re shaping a future that lasts — not only through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.
Join us and discover how far we can go, 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 [email protected] 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: 04/02/2026
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Other facts
About Babcock
Babcock is a FTSE 100 defence company operating in our focus countries of the UK, Australasia, Canada, France and South Africa, with exports to additional markets.
Our Purpose, to create a safe and secure world, together, defines our strategy. We support and enhance our customers’ defence and security capabilities and critical assets through a range of product and service solutions. We meet our customers’ requirements of value for money, increased availability, modernisation and flexibility.
These projects take all different kinds of professionals, from chartered engineers and project managers, to naval architects, data analysts and everything in between. To bring through the next generation of engineering and business experts, we offer apprenticeships and roles for students, graduates and fully-qualified professionals.
There’s never been a better time to join us. Whether you’re looking for a new business management project or engineering role, join Babcock and grow with us.
Babcock is a Disability Confident, Committed Employer
What you'll do
- As an Electrical, Control and Instrumentation Engineer, you will support EDF’s nuclear operations and ensure the safe and efficient delivery of fuel route works. Your role will involve applying high standards to work preparation and execution, providing technical oversight, and ensuring compliance with safety policies.
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