Job Description The salary for this role is £32,729. This role requires employees to complete an online Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS), including The Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks for criminal convictions. UKAEA’s two-year graduate scheme is split by 80% of your time developing both your general work-related skills and professional qualifications and 20% of your working time dedicated to graduate training and development. Within the graduate training and development, there is a core suite of activities designed to develop your professional and business skills. Elements of this programme are flexible and can be tailored to your personal development needs and to those of your specific job role. 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 Graduate Mechanical Engineer, you will play a pivotal role and do a variety of engineering tasks designed to provide experience & familiarization with staff, methods, practices, & programs of the organisation. This may include, operating, maintaining & demonstrating equipment. The role holder will be expected to manage their own development continuously working towards building their knowledge & skills. System Analysis Design & Review Procure & Commission Operational Analysis Support the repair and recovery of existing equipment Report Plan & Coordinate Support Business Development Additional Responsibilities: System analysis: Remote compatibility & design assessments Requirements capture Market & technology surveys Design & Review: Writing functional specifications Concept generation & selection Preliminary design and component selection Structural, thermal, kinematic, fluid flow & vibrational analysis’ Integration Peer review Detailed design & drafting Procure & Commission: Co-ordinating the procurement ensuring value for money and budget compliance. Developing & writing assembly procedures & testing and commissioning procedures. Identifying key quality requirements and creating corresponding inspection documentation in line with UKAEA Monitoring progress and quality of both sub-contract and in-house manufacturing & assembly ensuring compliance to UKAEA site standards Identifying manufacturing non-conformances and discuss them with the associated stakeholders. Arranging or enacting inspection by relevant departments. Commissioning & trouble-shooting hardware builds Signing off completed work packages Writing maintenance and operator manuals Operational Analysis: Working with the VR Engineer to create simulations demonstrating the feasibility and efficiency of operations Operational Sequence descriptions RAMI analysis Support the repair and recovery of existing equipment: Analysing faults on equipment based on design information and anecdotal accounts of the failure form operational team. Determining and managing a methodical approach to problem diagnosis Identifying and agreeing appropriate corrective action in consultation with operational team and equipment experts. Organising and oversee corrective action Ensuring appropriate design files are updated and spare stock replenished. Report: Reporting work and results back to customer in project defined way Plan & Coordinate: Planning work programs and projects Coordinating, instructing and enabling assisting staff in execution of project work Support Business Development: Generating work proposals base on tender specifications and customer and bid team discussions Estimating resource effort and hardware costs Delivering conference presentations and publishing paper