Field Mechanical Technician

Hartlepool - UK

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 18 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Title: Field Mechanical Technician

Location: Various Sites

Compensation: Competitive Salary overtime and lodge allowance

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF70748

Be The Hands-On Engineer Who Keeps the UKs Nuclear Power Moving

At Cavendish Nuclear were working to create a safe and secure world together and if you join us you can play your part as a Field Mechanical Technician.

The role

As a Field Mechanical Technician youll have a role thats out of the ordinary. Youll operate at the heart of clean energy and national resilience building maintaining and restoring highintegrity mechanical systems that keep reactors and turbine halls performing safely and efficiently.

Daytoday youll be required to:

Prepare and stage the right tools spares and equipment for each task using sitesupplied tools where appropriate.
Work safely to legislation ACoPs and EDF/Cavendish Nuclear proceduresstopping or escalating when conditions arent safe.
Interpret and execute work to required quality standards finishing within agreed time and budget.
Create and maintain accurate task documentation and records (for example Assembly and Test Plans).
Communicate progress issues and resolutions clearly with site teams and the customer asking for support when needed.

Set working times are 37 hours per week: Monday to Wednesday 07:3018:00 Thursday 07:3015:00. During outages you work 12hour shifts with paid overtime (timeandahalf) and a premium (timeandathird) for night hours. This is a roving role with regular travel and overnight stays to support EDF power stations at Heysham Hartlepool and Torness as well as our Whetstone Manufacturing site; travel and accommodation expenses are provided.

Essential experience of the Field Mechanical Technician:

Proven experience in a mechanical technician or mechanical maintenance role in an industrial utilities energy or manufacturing setting.
Strong faultfinding maintenance and repair skills on pumps valves gearboxes and associated rotating equipment.
Confident with permits to work isolations/LOTO and working to RAMS in a highly regulated environment.
Able to read and work from engineering drawings and technical procedures producing clear job records.
Flexible to travel work shifts (days/nights) and undertake 12hour patterns during outages.

Qualifications for the Field Mechanical Technician:

Level 3 engineering qualification (for example Advanced Apprenticeship City & Guilds NVQ Level 3 or equivalent).

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 United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - ()

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 days 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 were 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. Were committed to building an inclusive culture where everyones free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 06/02/2026

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Job Title: Field Mechanical TechnicianLocation: Various Sites Compensation: Competitive Salary overtime and lodge allowanceRole Type: Full time / Permanent Role ID: SF70748Be The Hands-On Engineer Who Keeps the UKs Nuclear Power MovingAt Cavendish Nuclear wer...