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Senior Mechanical Engineer & Team Leader, Culham
Client:
UK Atomic Energy Authority
Location:
Culham, Oxfordshire
Job Category:
-
EU work permit required:
Yes
Job Reference:
fcd429391127
Job Views:
4
Posted:
30.03.2025
Expiry Date:
14.05.2025
Job Description:
The salary for this role is £54,376 (inclusive of a Specialist Allowance). Onsite working is expected for 3 days each week, however, we actively support requests for flexible working.
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
Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to make a difference? Join our team and contribute to the future of fusion energy. As Senior Mechanical Engineer & Team Leader, you will play a pivotal role in providing line management, as well as research and development, and project management leading to proficiency in tritium, waste, and/or fusion fuel cycles.
Key Accountabilities:
* We are looking for a process engineer with modelling experience, capable of line managing a team.
* Line manage a team of capable process engineers working on various different projects, supporting their development, training, and wellbeing.
* Lead the engineering delivery of a Supplier Engineering Package, ensuring designs meet requirements and standards.
* Support the development of project strategies and prioritisation, contributing technical expertise to shape project direction.
* Prepare and manage procurement specifications, including scope of work, bid evaluations, supplier document reviews, and technical queries.
* Oversee supplier interactions, including factory acceptance tests (FATs), change management, contract support, and compliance with technical control standards.
Qualifications
Essential:
* Degree or equivalent level in mechanical engineering with demonstrable engineering experience.
* Experience of working on projects as a technical lead.
* Experience line managing and coaching technical individuals.
* Experience in building and leading technical teams.
* Mentoring engineers and scientists.
Desirable:
* Chartered status with a professional body (or equivalent demonstrable endorsement from peers).
* Demonstrated experience in relevant technology or research field.
Additional Information
A full list of our benefits can be found here employee benefits.
We welcome talented people from all backgrounds who want to help us achieve our mission. We encourage applications from under-represented groups, particularly from women in STEM, people from Black British Caribbean and African, Pakistani and Bangladeshi British, and other ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities, and neurodivergent individuals. Our Executive team, supported by our 'Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion' (EDI) and Wellbeing and our EDI Networks actively promote Inclusion and take steps to increase diversity within our organisation. We reinforce best practices in recruitment and selection and evaluate approaches to remove barriers to success.
Please note that vacancies are generally advertised for 4 weeks but may close earlier if we receive a large number of applications.
For applicants applying from outside the United Kingdom or those who have spent time outside the UK in the last five years, please visit the following link for information on criminal records checks: criminal records checks. If your country of residence or previous residence is not listed on the website or if the UK Government does not have information on obtaining a criminal records check from that state, we regret to inform you that we cannot process your application.
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