Building Manager

Building Manager

Location: Taunton, GB, TA5 1UD

Onsite or Hybrid: OnSite

Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF58950

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 Construction Manager at our Hinkley Point C site.

This is a brilliant opportunity to work as part of the MEH Alliance on the prestigious Hinkley Point C Nuclear project. The alliance works across the project to integrate and coordinate the delivery of all main Mechanical, Electrical, Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning (MEH), cabling and associated support services. This innovative approach will help different contractors work as a single entity to deliver the complex installation of cabling and pipework in the power station’s vast network of rooms.

The role
As a Senior Construction Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Being part of the MEH Alliance working on Hinkley Point C is a chance to be involved in a major project with national significance. You will ensure that the building is delivered on time, budget, and quality whilst promoting onsite health and safety including inspections to ensure safety rules are being implemented in support of a positive Nuclear Safety Culture.

Day-to-day, you’ll:

• Provide and demonstrate a positive HSE leadership, building a strong and compliant HS&E culture throughout the whole construction life cycle of the Project.
• Manage all the day-to-day aspects of construction and site engineering ensuring that safe systems of work are adhered to.
• Manage the interfaces between the MEH partners and subcontractors to ensure building delivery.
• Lead, manage and motivate the building construction team through implementation of best practice.
• Ensure productivity reviews are being carried out and reports are available Review of engineering design deliverables, procedures & RAMs.
• Ensure Management of Change for all Site activities are identified, justified and issued promptly via the Change Process.
• Ensure the early implementation of Completions (ORBIT) with direct interfacing with Completions leads.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week, and is based on site at Hinkley Point C.

Essential experience of the Senior Construction Manager:

• Relevant engineering qualification or equivalent working experience.
• Relevant Professional Accreditation or equivalent working experience.
• IOSH or NEBOSH.
• Experience of operating within a highly regulated industry.
• Ability to build strong relationships with employees and contractors.

Desirable experience of the Senior Construction Manager:

• Previous experience of Joint Venture Partnerships.

Security Clearance:
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) clearance for this role.

What we offer:

• 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 the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement.
• ‘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.

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: 22/04/2025