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 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: 19/02/2026
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