Job Title: Rigger
Location: Hinkley Point C, Bridgwater, Somerset
Vacancies: Multiple Positions Available
Compensation: ECSA pay rates + Excellent Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF64471
Ready to Trade Up? Join Cavendish Nuclear as a Rigger on Dayshift or Nightshift at Hinkley Point C and access competitive ECSA pay rates, enhanced overtime rates (when available) excellent benefits, and long‑term career growth.
Are you an experienced Rigger ready to Trade Up for your next adventure? Cavendish Nuclear are seeking skilled Day Shift and Night Shift Riggers to join our team on the prestigious Hinkley Point C project. This is your opportunity to step up to one of the UK’s most significant engineering projects and contribute to building the country’s first-ever 3rd generation nuclear power plant, shaping a sustainable future.
What is in it for me?
Want the biggest projects? Want ECSA pay rates? Want job security? Trade Up.
We offer a competitive salary aligned with ECSA pay rates and an exceptional benefits package that includes a generous holiday allowance, contributory pension scheme, 22.5% nightshift allowance, and more.
The Role
- Play a pivotal role in building the UK's clean energy future.
- Work within the MEH Alliance, collaborating effectively to deliver complex piping and cabling systems.
- Plan and manage lifts using subcontracted mobile cranes (including very heavy lifts cranes).
- Operate overhead cranes.
- Establish and execute complex lifting operations and critical tasks.
- Carry out structural steelwork erection and rigging activities.
- Work on arrangement / isometric drawings.
You are a great fit if you have proven experience in the following
- Experience following lift plans and working with mobile and/ or overhead cranes. Experience in establishing and executing heavy and complex lifting operations components such as pressure piping, pressure vessels, tanks, headers, drums and structural steelwork.
Qualifications
- Must hold a full Level 3 Apprenticeship in Moving Loads, Lifting and Position Steel Structures, Plant or Equipment or Steel Erection, or Level 3 Diploma in Moving Loads, Lifting and Position Steel Structures, Plant or Equipment or Steel Erection.
- Must have a CCNSG Safety Passport.
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 are 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.
Disability and Diversity
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 [email protected] 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.
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