Services Team Leader

We Served; England; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading nuclear solutions provider is seeking a Services Team Leader to enhance service delivery at their Sellafield site in Cumbria. In this role, you will manage team performance, ensure safety and operational excellence in a high-hazard environment. The ideal candidate will have a background in nuclear or regulated industries and experience in managing teams. This full-time position offers significant benefits, including generous holidays and development opportunities.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP and health consultations

Employee share scheme

Special paid leave for reservists

'Be Kind Day' for volunteering work

Payment of Professional Fees

Qualifications

• Background in nuclear or other regulated/high-hazard industries.
• Strong track record in managing people and delivering work scope execution.
• Proven experience in an engineering, technical service, or scientific discipline.
• Understanding of Radiological Protection (RPI) is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of service delivery in the nuclear sector.
• Ensure safety, quality, and operational excellence.
• Motivate service delivery team to meet schedules and standards.
• Drive compliance through example and accountability.

Skills

Managing resource planning and team development

Ensuring training and technical compliance

Building strong relationships with stakeholders

Leading and motivating teams

Driving health and safety compliance

Education

Relevant scientific or engineering qualification

Job description

Job Title: Services Team Leader

Location: Seascale, Cumbria

Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

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 Services Team Leader, at our Sellafield, Cumbria site.

The role

As a Services Team Leader, you’ll take ownership of service delivery in one of the UK’s most critical sectors - nuclear. This is a role where leadership meets purpose: you’ll ensure safety, quality, and operational excellence while shaping the future of clean energy and national security. It’s an opportunity to make a tangible impact on society and accelerate your career in a dynamic, high-hazard environment.

Day-to-day, you’ll be:

• Managing resource planning and team development to maximise performance.
• Ensuring training and technical compliance across all staff.
• Building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Leading and motivating a service delivery team to meet schedules and quality standards.
• Driving health, safety, environmental, and security compliance through example and accountability.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and is based on site at Sellafield, near Seascale, Cumbria.

Essential experience of the Services Team Leader

• Background in nuclear or other regulated/high-hazard industries.
• Strong track record in managing people and delivering work scope execution.
• Proven experience in an engineering, technical service, or scientific discipline.

Qualifications for the Services Team Leader

• Understanding of Radiological Protection (RPI) is highly desirable.
• Relevant scientific or engineering qualification (e.g., apprenticeship or degree).

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Developed Vetting (DV) 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
• 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.
• Payment of Professional Fees

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

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.

Closing Date: 09/01/2026