Commissioning Planning Engineer

Job Title: Commissioning Planning Engineer

Location: Hinkley Point C Bridgwater Somerset

Compensation: Attractive Salary Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF72508

Craft Precision. Shape The Future of Clean Energy.

At Cavendish Nuclear were working to create a safe and secure world together. If you join us you can play your part as a Commissioning Planning Engineer at Hinkley Point C near Bridgwater Somerset.

The role

As a Commissioning Planning Engineer you play a central part in one of Europes most ambitious infrastructure programmes. This is an opportunity to influence the planning sequencing and delivery of major commissioning activities at Hinkley Point C a project vital to the UKs longterm energy security. You will help shape schedule intelligence guide decisionmaking and work within an environment where your expertise contributes directly to national infrastructure safety and cleanenergy progress.

This role offers 37 hours per week and is based at Hinkley Point C Bridgwater working times are Monday to Friday.

Day-to-day youll be required to:

• Manage and maintain Level 2/4 schedules within Primavera P6 ensuring accurate logiclinked plans.
• Align contractor schedules with client schedules to maintain programme consistency.
• Provide data analysis and schedule insights that support project and programme leaders.
• Coordinate and produce projectlevel schedule reports and performance dashboards.
• Engage with delivery teams to identify risks opportunities and corrective actions.

Essential experience of the Commissioning Planning Engineer

• Proven experience in a project controls or scheduling role on major construction or infrastructure projects.
• Strong capability using Primavera P6 to build and analyse detailed construction schedules.
• Experience producing timerelated insights schedule reports or performance dashboards.
• Experience collaborating across project control disciplines such as cost risk or estimating.
• Ability to interpret complex project data and clearly communicate findings to stakeholders.

Qualifications for the Commissioning Planning Engineer

• Degree or Higher National Diploma in Engineering Construction Project Management or a similar discipline.
• Professional qualification or chartered status (or working towards).

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) security clearance for this role. Further details are available atUnited 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

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: 27/03/2026

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