Electrical Control and Instrumentation Production Engineer
The advert says the job needs UK security clearance:
“The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.”
SC clearance usually needs five years of living in the UK, and DV clearance usually needs ten. If you have lived here that long, for example on a Student and then a Graduate visa, you may be able to get it. Most people applying from outside the UK cannot, so the highest likelihood we give this job is Unlikely. Ask Cavendish Nuclear whether they would sponsor you.
Unlikely
Sponsorship likelihood
The advert asks for security clearance
Not disclosed
Salary
Not disclosed by employer
£58,700
Going rate
Skilled Worker going rate
This role may qualify for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 2123 is an eligible occupation, but we are only 42% 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:
- Unlikely 2123 (Electrical engineers) · 42% match
- Unlikely 2125 (Production and process engineers) · 37% match
- Unlikely 3113 (Engineering technicians) · 9% match
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2123 Electrical engineers Most likely code | £41,100 | £47,000 | £52,900 | £58,700 |
2125 Production and process engineers Also possible | £33,400 | £36,000 | £40,500 | £45,000 |
3113 Engineering technicians Also possible | £33,400 | £34,000 | £38,300 | £42,500 |
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: Leicester, Leicestershire
Compensation: Attractive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF74011
Help build technology that supports safety, security and critical national infrastructure
At Cavendish Nuclear, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as an Electrical Control and Instrumentation Production Engineer at our Leicester, Leicestershire site.
The role
As an Electrical Control and Instrumentation (EC&I) Production Engineer, you'll play a vital role in delivering specialist electrical and electronic equipment used within highly regulated nuclear environments.
Day-to-day, You’ll Be Required To
- Supporting technicians with the assembly, wiring and testing of electrical and electronic equipment.
- Creating production plans and SAP routings covering assembly, inspection and testing activities.
- Delivering toolbox talks and promoting learning from experience activities across the production environment.
- Investigating faults, identifying root causes and producing detailed technical reports and recommendations.
- Driving continuous improvement activities to maximise efficiency, quality and operational performance.
Essential Experience Of The EC&I Production Engineer
- Experience working within a highly regulated production, manufacturing, assembly or test environment.
- Experience producing engineering documentation, manufacturing instructions or production plans.
- Higher National Certificate in Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering or a related discipline with significant relevant industry experience.
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) 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: 30/10/2026
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Where this offer sits in the market
Electrical engineers (SOC 2123) · UK · ONS ASHE 2025 · basic pay · ~36k in sample- Middle half £41,392–68,380
- Median £55,432
- Going rate £58,700
- Threshold £41,700
- New entrant £41,100–52,900
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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 2123 going rate of £58,700. New-entrant and shortage discounts can lower it.