Senior Planning Engineer

Job Title: Senior Planning Engineer

Location: Warrington Bristol Newbury OR Leicester Hybrid Working Arrangement

Compensation: Attractive Salary Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF66478

Shape the future of Nuclear Engineering with Cavendish Nuclear.

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 Senior Planning Engineer at our Warrington Cheshire or Bristol.

The role

As aSenior Planning Engineer youll be at the heart of some of the UKs most critical nuclear projects. Youll play a vital role in shaping and maintaining robust project schedules that drive delivery excellence across the full project lifecycle. This is your opportunity to make a real impacton national infrastructure on your career and on the future of clean energy and defence.

This is afull-time permanentposition working37 hours per weekon ahybrid basis with flexibility to work from home and on-site at Warrington (Cheshire) or Bristol.

Day-to-day youll

• Support Project Managers to ensure delivery on time within scope and budget.
• Produce clear concise reports and updates for internal and external stakeholders.
• Track progress identify deviations and propose recovery actions.
• Manage schedule changes in line with NEC4 commercial requirements.
• Create and maintain detailed project schedules from initiation through to completion.

Essential experience of the Senior Planning Engineer:

• Familiarity with NEC4 contracts and commercial scheduling.
• Proven experience in planning within engineering nuclear or other highly regulated sectors.
• Strong working knowledge of Primavera P6.
• Ability to produce monthly programme updates for customers.
• Experience delivering high-value complex projects across the full lifecycle.

Qualifications for the Senior Planning Engineer:

• Professional certifications in planning or project controls would be advantageous.
• A relevant engineering or project management qualification is desirable.

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.
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical mental and financial wellbeing.
• 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

Cavendish

Were Cavendish Nuclear a team of c5000 specialists and a core part of Babcock International Group.

Here youll 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 were 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 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: 02/02/2026

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