Construction Planner Mechanical
Likely
Sponsorship likelihood
This employer has issued visas recently
Not disclosed
Salary
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£41,700
Going rate
Skilled Worker going rate
This role may qualify for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 2481 is an eligible occupation, but we are only 56% sure that is the right code. Cavendish Nuclear is a licensed sponsor, so if the code fits, the role should qualify. Check the occupation eligibility rules against what the job actually involves.
We pick the code from the advert's text, so it is our best guess, not the employer's. Each code it could be has its own likelihood:
- Likely 2481 (Quality control and planning engineers) · 56% match
- Possible 3116 (Planning, process and production technicians) · 18% match
- Likely 2127 (Engineering project managers and project engineers) · 11% match
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New graduate or PhD holder? Pick one of the lower rates.
What each route needs for this job
| Occupation code | New entrant 70% of going rate | STEM PhD 80% of going rate | Relevant PhD 90% of going rate | Standard rate 100% of going rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2481 Quality control and planning engineers Most likely code | £33,400 | £33,400 | £37,500 | £41,700 |
3116 Planning, process and production technicians Also possible | £33,400 | £33,400 | £37,500 | £41,700 |
2127 Engineering project managers and project engineers Also possible | £36,300 | £41,500 | £46,700 | £51,900 |
We use the lowest threshold across the plausible codes. Likelihood is Possible at most when the pay clears only a lower rate, or only under a less likely code. How the Home Office picks the code
About the role
Location: Hinkley Point C, Bridgwater, Somerset
Compensation: Attractive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF75407
Help power one of the UK's most significant clean energy projects
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 Construction Planner at Hinkley Point C, near Bridgwater, Somerset.
The role
This is your opportunity to play a key role in delivering one of the largest and most complex infrastructure projects in Europe. Working at the heart of a major nuclear new-build programme, you'll help ensure construction activities are planned, coordinated, and delivered safely and efficiently.
This is a full-time role working 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday, based at Hinkley Point C. Flexible working arrangements are available, with the potential for a working pattern of four days onsite and one day remote.
Day-to-day, You’ll Be Required To
- Developing and maintaining detailed mechanical construction schedules aligned to programme objectives.
- Preparing and updating four-week lookahead plans and supporting longer-term planning activities.
- Monitoring progress against planned outputs and providing accurate, evidence-based schedule updates.
- Integrating engineering, materials, resources, access, quality and commissioning requirements into construction plans.
- Confirming activity readiness and collaborating with construction and delivery teams to identify and mitigate risks.
- Significant experience within a construction planning environment.
- Experience producing and maintaining detailed project schedules.
- Higher National Certificate (HNC) in an Engineering discipline.
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)
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.
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.
Closing date: 29/10/2026
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Where this offer sits in the market
Quality control and planning engineers (SOC 2481) · UK · ONS ASHE 2025 · basic pay · ~52k in sample- Middle half £35,620–52,676
- Median £43,576
- Going rate £41,700
- Threshold £41,700
- New entrant £33,400–37,100
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Does this job guarantee visa sponsorship?
Not necessarily. Cavendish Nuclear holds a sponsor licence, but sponsorship for a specific hire is always the employer's decision. Be upfront in your application that you'll require it.
What salary is needed for this role to be eligible?
The offer must clear both the general threshold and the SOC 2481 going rate of £41,700. New-entrant and shortage discounts can lower it.