Job Title: Operations Manager
Location: Hartlepool or Heysham or Torness + Hybrid Working Arrangement
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF66252
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 Operations Manager, at our Hartlepool, Heysham and Torness sites.
The Role
As an Operations Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Leading our multi-site and multi-disciplined operations team based on our client EDF’s Nuclear sites.
Day-to-day, you’ll managing the safe delivery of projects, tasks and services as required by EDF.
Develop and manage the operations capability across the portfolio of site-based teams. Provide operations leadership to the site teams, including communicating the vision and strategy for the operations site-based capability. Responsible for stakeholder management, establishing and maintaining effective communications between Cavendish Nuclear and the client. Accountable for managing multi-disciplinary teams based across multiple customer sites, carrying out various activities which may include engineering, installation, operations maintenance, commissioning, and decommissioning depending on the project site. Lead and coordinate Health, Safety, Security, Quality and Environmental for our site teams.
Please note that this position involves travel/working across a range of internal and customer sites, as a requirement of the role.
This role is full time, 37 hours per week and requires regular travel to Hartlepool, Heysham and Torness on a weekly / monthly basis alongside home working arrangements.
Essential Experience of the Operations Manager:
Strong interpersonal skills and effective communicator. Experience of works planning and oversight. Experience of managing and delivering projects within a complex environment. Experience of deploying teams safely within the engineering or construction industry.
Qualifications for the Operations Manager:
NEBOSH or IOSH health and safety qualification. MAPM is preferred but, not essential.
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 - 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 Nuclear
As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy, defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together, we’re innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group – from Canada, the USA to Japan. Work with us to create a safe and secure world, 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: 27/08/2025
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