Systems Handover Engineer

Babcock Canada Inc.; Taunton; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm is seeking a System Handover Engineer to join the team at Hinkley Point C, one of the UK’s most critical infrastructure projects. You will coordinate and deliver commissions, monitor quality reporting, and maintain handover databases among diverse teams. The ideal candidate has a background in mechanical, electrical, or civil engineering, and familiarity with handover databases. This full-time role offers competitive compensation and excellent benefits including a pension scheme, access to health services, and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to a Digital GP and annual health checks

Employee share scheme

Employee shopping savings portal

Payment of Professional Fees

Paid leave for reservists

Holiday Trading options

'Be Kind Day' for volunteering

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Background in mechanical, electrical, civil, structural, or instrumentation engineering.
• Understanding of CDM regulations.
• Experience working within multi-discipline teams.

Responsibilities

• Coordinating and delivering work packages from installation through to commissioning.
• Monitoring and driving quality reporting and evidence from contract partners.
• Maintaining system handover procedures, guidelines, and work instructions.
• Managing and updating the handover database.
• Collaborating with the OCC Manager and project teams.

Skills

Mechanical engineering

Electrical engineering

Civil engineering

Instrumentation engineering

Experience with handover databases

Working within multi-discipline teams

Tools

WinPCS

Opus

Switch Asset Suite

Job description

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Location: Taunton, GB, TA5 1UD

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Job Title: System Handover Engineer

Location: Bridgwater, Somerset

Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF 70483

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 System Handover Engineer, at our Hinkley site.

The role

As a System Handover Engineer, you’ll be at the heart of one of the UK’s most critical infrastructure projects - Hinkley Point C. This is a pivotal stage in the build process, where your expertise ensures that systems and equipment installations are commissioned to the highest safety and quality standards. Your work will make a tangible difference to national energy security and will accelerate your career development in the dynamic world of defence, aerospace, and engineering.

Day-to-day you’ll be:

• Coordinating and delivering work packages from installation through to commissioning
• Monitoring and driving quality reporting and evidence from contract partners
• Maintaining system handover procedures, guidelines, and work instructions
• Managing and updating the handover database
• Collaborating with the OCC Manager and engaging daily with project installers and completions teams

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and is based at Hinkley.

Essential experience of the System Handover Engineer

• Background in mechanical, electrical, civil, structural, or instrumentation engineering
• Experience working within multi-discipline teams
• Understanding of CDM regulations
• Familiarity with handover databases (e.g., WinPCS, Opus, Switch Asset Suite)

Qualifications for the System Handover Engineer

• 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 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.