Project Controller at Babcock International Group in Taunton, GB, TA5 1UD
- Company: Babcock International Group
- Location: Taunton, GB, TA5 1UD
- Posted: Sep 18, 2026
- Type: Full-time
- Experience: 6+ years
Overview
Help Deliver Critical Clean Energy Projects That Power the Future At Cavendish Nuclear, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Project Controller at Hinkley Point C, near Bridgwater, Somerset.
Job description
- Help Deliver Critical Clean Energy Projects That Power the Future
- At Cavendish Nuclear, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Project Controller at Hinkley Point C, near Bridgwater, Somerset.
- This is a brilliant opportunity to work as part of the MEH Alliance on the prestigious Hinkley Point C Nuclear project. The alliance work across the project to integrate and coordinate the delivery of all main Mechanical, Electrical, Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning (MEH), cabling and associated support services. This innovative approach will help different contractors work as a single entity to deliver the complex installation of cabling and pipework in the power station’s vast network of rooms.
Responsibilities
- As a Project Controller, you'll play an important role in supporting the successful delivery of major clean energy programmes.
- This is a permanent role working 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday, based at Hinkley Point C, Bridgwater, Somerset.
- Developing and maintaining project schedules, baseline budgets and project control documentation.
- Producing weekly and monthly project performance reports, including cost, schedule and variance analysis.
- Managing project risk and opportunity registers and supporting mitigation activities.
- Implementing and maintaining project change control processes and associated impact assessments.
- Supporting project teams with forecasting, budgeting, reporting and performance monitoring activities.
Requirements
- Extensive recent experience in a project controls, project management office or project support environment.
- Experience using project controls tools and techniques, including cost control, performance analysis, forecasting and reporting.
- Knowledge of project lifecycle delivery from bid phase through to project close-out.
- Experience working with enterprise project controls systems and reporting tools.
- Awareness of recognised contract forms and contracting methodologies, including NEC contracts.
- Minimum Ordinary National Certificate or Ordinary National Diploma in an engineering-related discipline, or equivalent qualification.
- Level 3 National Vocational Qualification, or equivalent qualification.
- The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) security clearance for this role. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Skills
Required
- Project controls
- Project management office
- Project support
- Cost control
- Performance analysis
- Forecasting
- Reporting
- Project lifecycle delivery
- Enterprise project controls systems
- NEC contracts
Benefits
- 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.
About Babcock International Group
We’re Cavendish Nuclear — a team of c5,000 specialists and a core part of Babcock International Group. Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. Across clean energy, defence, and civil decommissioning, your work will contribute to projects that are critical to energy security and national protection. Together, we’re shaping a future that lasts — not only through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance. Join us and discover how far we can go, together.