By 2050, the planet could be using twice as much electricity compared to today. Are you interested in contributing and helping to shape the future of the world’s energy? If so, read on.
Fusion, the process that powers the Sun and Stars, is one of the most promising options for generating the cleaner, carbon-free energy that our world badly needs.
UKAEA leads the way in realizing fusion energy, partnering with industry and research for groundbreaking advancements. Our goal is to bring fusion electricity to the grid, supported by tomorrow's power stations. In pursuit of our mission, UKAEA embraces core values: Innovative, Committed, Trusted, and Collaborative.
As an employee of UKAEA you will benefit from:
* Outstanding defined benefit pension scheme, details of which can be found at the end of this advert.
* Corporate bonus scheme up to 7% and a Relocation allowance (if eligible).
* Flexible working options including family friendly policies and the right to request flexible working from the start of your employment.
* Employee Assistance Programme and trained Mental Health First Aiders,
* Generous annual leave allowance starting with 25 days, plus 3 days Christmas closure and 2.5 privilege days, in addition to UK bank holidays
* Wide range of career development opportunities
* A vibrant culture committed to equality and being fully inclusive
Job Description
The salary for this role is £54,376 (inclusive of a Market Premium Payment (MPP)). Onsite working is expected for 3 days each week, however, we actively support requests for flexible working.
The role will be based in Culham, Oxfordshire.
This role requires employees to complete an online Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS), including The Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks for criminal convictions and possibly a search of open source data.
The Role
The safety case engineering team is growing and has a role available for experienced Safety Case Engineer to join UKAEA on a permanent basis.
The team provide safety case services and expertise to existing and future fusion facilities at UKAEA and the wider fusion community, providing assurance to UKAEA that all process hazards are identified to meet organisational and legislative requirements.
You will work with projects developing novel and unique technologies and processes, assessing the impacts to people from a radiological and industrial hazard’s perspectives. The team provides a service to a wide range of end users, from small lab scale experiments to complete fusion power plants.
The role carries opportunities to engage with a wide range of projects and technical areas. This presents you with a breadth of technical and project related opportunities to increase your expertise and enabling for career enrichment and development.
You will be responsible for
Producing, managing, developing and maintaining multiple Safety Cases for UKAEA Facilities; working with ATO holders and with the Chief Engineer function in the fitness for service assessment of implemented safety related equipment.
You will manage the assessment and modifications of established safety cases and provide advice to designers on the safety implications of their proposals as well as determining whether the safety limits are being challenged
You will need to engage and respond to external peer reviewers to independently assure the effectiveness of UKAEA safety cases and safety arguments.
Qualifications
Essential skills, experience and competence required
Technical
* Degree or equivalent in Science or Engineering
* Safety Case writers training
* Experience in Safety Case Production
* Training and experience in undertaking HAZOP studies
* Experience of Fault Schedule production
* Extensive experience in performing Design Basis Analysis (DBA) and Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA)
* Knowledge of radiation physics
* Knowledge and experience of using HTML and XML
Managerial
* Experience of managing a highly technical team including matrix management of small teams of 3-4 professionals including contractors, responsible for motivation, performance and project completion.
Desirabale:
Ability to calculate internal/external doses for radiation
Additional Information
A full list of our benefits can be found here
UKAEA's mission is clean energy for all, and we welcome talented people from all backgrounds who want to help us achieve our mission. We are under-represented from some groups and so want to encourage applications in particular from women in STEM, people from Black British Caribbean and African backgrounds and from Pakistani and Bangladeshi British backgrounds. Our Executive team, supported by our 'Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion' (EDI) and Wellbeing and our EDI Networks actively promote Inclusion and takes steps to increase diversity within our organization. We reinforce best practices in recruitment and selection and evaluate approaches to remove barriers to success.
UK Atomic Energy Authority is committed to being accessible. Please email talent@ukaea.uk if you have any questions or require help or adjustments to compete on a fair basis, for example, changes to the way we interview or share information.
Please note that vacancies are generally advertised for 4 weeks but may close earlier if we receive a large number of applications.