Payroll Administrator

Job Title:                        Payroll Administrator

Location:                        Hinkley Point C, Bridgwater, Somerset 

Compensation:              Attractive Salary + Benefits

Role Type:                      Full time / Permanent

Role ID:                          SF72507

Play a Key Role Supporting One of Europe’s Largest Construction 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 Payroll Administrator at Hinkley Point C, near Bridgwater, Somerset.

The role

As a Payroll Administrator, you support the smooth and accurate running of payroll processes for one of the UK’s most significant engineering and clean‑energy programmes. This is an exciting opportunity to work at the heart of a major industrial workforce operation, where your attention to detail, organisation, and people‑focused approach help ensure thousands of colleagues are paid correctly and on time. Your work contributes directly to the success of a nationally important infrastructure project and gives you hands‑on experience in payroll, HR operations, workforce systems, and data accuracy — all of which support your long‑term career development.

This role offers 37 hours per week and is based at Hinkley Point C, Bridgwater, Somerset. Set working times are Monday to Friday. 

Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:

• Managing daily payroll activity using Kronos Time and Attendance systems.
• Acting as the focal point for onsite payroll queries for blue‑collar personnel up to Superintendent level.
• Maintaining and updating payroll trackers, including new starters, leavers, and grade changes.
• Collecting, logging, and distributing payroll forms to payroll coordinators.
• Supporting payroll coordinators with generating payroll reports and accuracy metrics.

Essential experience of the Payroll Administrator:

• Recent experience working in a fast‑paced administrative environment.
• Demonstrated experience in administration.
• Ability to manage high volumes of information with strong organisational skills.
• Confident communicator, able to work with stakeholders at all levels.
• Strong prioritisation skills with the ability to work accurately and efficiently.
• Previous payroll experience is not a requirement, on the job training will be provided

Qualifications for the Payroll Administrator:

• Good standard of general education.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.

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 (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.

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 careers@babcockinternational.com 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:   16/04/2026

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