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Job description
Job Title: HVAC Test Engineer
Location: Bridgwater, Somerset.
Compensation: Competitive + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF73736
Help deliver one of the UK's most significant clean energy projects
At Babcock, we're working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a HVAC Test Engineer at Hinkley Point C, near Bridgwater, Somerset.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a specialist team helping to oversee the design, installation, testing and commissioning of critical HVAC systems on one of Europe's largest and most complex infrastructure projects. Working at the heart of a major nuclear construction programme, you'll help ensure essential systems are delivered safely, efficiently, and to the highest quality standards. In return, you'll gain exposure to industry-leading engineering expertise, collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, and develop your career in a sector that plays a vital role in supporting the UK's energy security and net zero ambitions.
The role
As a HVAC Test Engineer, you'll support the safe and successful delivery of HVAC systems across a designated area of the Hinkley Point C project. You'll play a key role in driving construction and commissioning activities, ensuring technical requirements are met and helping to maintain the highest standards of safety, quality and performance.
Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:
Supporting Building Leads in delivering project scope safely, efficiently and to programme.
Producing weekly progress reports and providing updates against project milestones.
Reviewing productivity and monitoring resource utilisation to drive project performance.
Developing and implementing construction method improvement plans.
Raising technical queries, monitoring progress and ensuring compliance with quality, safety and engineering standards.
This role is based at Hinkley Point C and is a 37-hour per week, Monday to Friday position, with five days per week on site.
Essential experience of the HVAC Test Engineer:
Demonstrable experience delivering large-scale construction or engineering projects safely and effectively.
Minimum five years' experience in a major project engineering or construction environment.
Experience monitoring compliance with engineering codes, specifications and quality requirements.
Proven ability to understand and manage complex technical issues within multidisciplinary teams.
Experience within heavy industrial environments; nuclear sector experience would be advantageous.
Qualifications for the HVAC Test Engineer:
Degree in Construction Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related discipline.
Security Clearance
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 (
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.
Cavendish
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.
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 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.
Closing date: 02/10/2026
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Worksite address
taunton, MA, 02780, US
Who can apply
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