Engineering Manager- Modular Reactor

Engineering Manager – Modular Reactor

Job Location:

Flexible UK (Warrington, Manchester, Bristol)

Compensation:
Attractive salary + benefits

Job type:
Full time / Permanent

Role

• Lead multi‑discipline engineering planning, integration and delivery to time, cost and quality.
• Set technical direction, manage interfaces and assure design, safety and regulatory compliance.
• Collaborate with reactor vendors, supply chain and internal stakeholders to solve complex problems.
• Manage risks, change control and configuration to maintain scope, schedule and quality baselines.
• Coach engineers and cultivate a high‑performance, inclusive team culture.

• Direct experience in small modular, advanced modular or modular reactor development (SMR/ AMR)
• Senior‑level engineering/technical leadership within complex projects.
• Background with reactor vendors or nuclear engineering organisations.
• Strong understanding of nuclear technologies, decommissioning or fuel‑cycle engineering.
• Demonstrable experience of the UK regulatory licensing process and working within the UK regulatory regime.

• Engineering degree (or equivalent qualification) in a relevant engineering discipline, with significant demonstrable experience.
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance.
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva Digi Care+.
• Employee share scheme.
• Employee shopping savings portal.
• Payment of Professional Fees.
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10–days special paid leave.
• Holiday Trading benefit: UK Cavendish employees can buy additional leave or sell up to one working week of annual leave from their entitlement. This window opens February through to March annually.
• ‘Be Kind Day’: employees can take one working day’s paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with a chosen organisation or registered charity.
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package, including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please emailcar 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.