Job Title: Business Control Manager
Location: Bristol
Compensation: Attractive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF72224
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 Business Control Manager, at our Bristol site.
The role
As a Business Control Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. you play a vital role in shaping the performance, governance, and strategic direction of a rapidly expanding clean energy portfolio. This is an exciting opportunity to step into a high‑impact leadership position where your insight directly supports nationally significant projects, including new nuclear build, complex engineering programmes, and future‑focused clean energy initiatives.
Day-to-day, you’ll
- Guide programme and contract teams by providing clear expectations for reporting, data quality, and performance management.
- Lead resource forecasting, mobilisation, recruitment support, and utilisation tracking across project portfolios.
- Produce detailed monthly business reports covering delivery, commercial performance, quality, procurement, safety, finance, and resourcing metrics.
- Engage with Programme, Project, and Bid Managers to strengthen financial performance, revenue growth, and margin protection.
- Drive continuous improvement by introducing better systems, processes, and reporting methods, including supporting new platforms such as PMRS.
You will work 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday, based at Bristol. Flexible working options may be available in line with business need.
Essential experience of the Business Control Manager:
- Extensive and recent operational experience working across external projects, contracts, or tender environments.
- Practical experience in business finance controls, cost control, commercial controls, estimating, risk and contingency management, and revenue or margin forecasting.
- Proven ability to influence and support multi‑disciplinary programme teams.
- Strong analytical capability with experience interpreting complex business data.
- Demonstrable leadership experience with the ability to guide, develop, and motivate team members.
Qualifications for the Business Control Manager:
- NVQ Level 5 in Project Control or an equivalent qualification.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) 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: 19/03/2026
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