Field Mechanical Technician

Babcock Canada Inc.; Leicester; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading nuclear services company in the UK is seeking a Field Mechanical Technician to maintain and restore mechanical systems. This role involves preparing tools, adhering to safety regulations, and documenting tasks. Candidates should have a Level 3 engineering qualification, with strong skills in maintenance and fault-finding in a regulated environment. Flexibility for travel and shift work is essential. Competitive salary plus benefits.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to a Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Holiday Trading

Be Kind Day

Development opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a mechanical technician or maintenance role.
• Strong skills on pumps, valves, and rotating equipment.
• Confident with working to RAMS in a regulated environment.
• Able to produce clear job records.

Responsibilities

• Operate and maintain high-integrity mechanical systems.
• Prepare and stage tools and equipment for tasks.
• Create and maintain accurate task documentation.
• Communicate progress and issues with teams.

Skills

Fault-finding

Mechanical maintenance

Reading engineering drawings

Flexible with travel

Education

Level 3 engineering qualification (Advanced Apprenticeship, City & Guilds, NVQ Level 3 or equivalent)

Job description

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Field Mechanical Technician

Location: Cleveland, GB, TS25 2BZ | Salisbury, GB, SP11 8HT | Lancaster, GB, LA3 2XQ | Edinburgh, GB, EH42 1QS | Hull, GB, HU13 0GD | Bristol, GB, BS16 1EJ | Leicester, GB, LE8 6LH

Onsite or Hybrid: Field based

Job Title: Field Mechanical Technician

Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF70748

Be The Hands‑On Engineer Who Keeps the UK’s Nuclear Power Moving

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 Field Mechanical Technician.

The role

As a Field Mechanical Technician, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll operate at the heart of clean energy and national resilience, building, maintaining and restoring high‑integrity mechanical systems that keep reactors and turbine halls performing safely and efficiently.

Day‑to‑day you’ll be required to:

• Prepare and stage the right tools, spares and equipment for each task, using site‑supplied tools where appropriate.
• Work safely to legislation, ACoPs and EDF/Cavendish Nuclear procedures—stopping or escalating when conditions aren’t safe.
• Interpret and execute work to required quality standards, finishing within agreed time and budget.
• Create and maintain accurate task documentation and records (for example, Assembly and Test Plans).
• Communicate progress, issues and resolutions clearly with site teams and the customer, asking for support when needed.

Set working times are 37 hours per week: Monday to Wednesday 07:30–18:00, Thursday 07:30–15:00. During outages, you work 12‑hour shifts with paid overtime (time‑and‑a‑half) and a premium (time‑and‑a‑third) for night hours. This is a roving role with regular travel and overnight stays to support EDF power stations at Heysham, Hartlepool and Torness, as well as our Whetstone Manufacturing site; travel and accommodation expenses are provided.

Essential experience of the Field Mechanical Technician:

• Proven experience in a mechanical technician or mechanical maintenance role in an industrial, utilities, energy or manufacturing setting.
• Strong fault‑finding, maintenance and repair skills on pumps, valves, gearboxes and associated rotating equipment.
• Confident with permits to work, isolations/LOTO and working to RAMS in a highly regulated environment.
• Able to read and work from engineering drawings and technical procedures, producing clear job records.
• Flexible to travel, work shifts (days/nights) and undertake 12‑hour patterns during outages.

Qualifications for the Field Mechanical Technician:

• Level 3 engineering qualification (for example, Advanced Apprenticeship, City & Guilds, NVQ Level 3 or equivalent).
• 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 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.

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 [e-mail] 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.

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