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 a Graduate Mechanical Engineer within the Integrated Engineering Division, you will play a pivotal role in performing a variety of engineering tasks designed to provide experience & familiarization with staff, methods, practices, & programs of the organisation. The role holder will be expected to manage their own development continuously working towards building their knowledge & skills. The Integrated Engineering Division has opportunities for Graduate Mechanical Engineers to join teams specialising in the following areas: Mechanical Design Mechanical Project Engineering Analysis and Qualification Mechanical Engineering for fusion specialist components Magnet Engineering The Integrated Engineering Division provides Mechanical Engineering capabilities to the majority of UKAEA programmes, including the Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP); Materials Research Facility (MRF); Mega Amp Spherical Tokamak – Upgrade (MAST-U); Fusion Technology Facilities (FTF); JET Decommissioning and Repurposing (JDR); Hydrogen-3 Advanced Technologies (H3AT); and various rigs and test facilities. Supported by experienced engineering and project management staff, you will develop skills and knowledge on the job through various roles on many of these programmes (3-6 month rotations), which could include the following activities: Concept and design development Analysis and qualification Procurement and manufacture Product realisation and testing Additional Responsibilities: These are dependent on the team you join on the placement. Computer Aided Design (CAD) Finite Element Analysis (FEA) or Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) or other Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) tools Magnet and cryogenic system design, manufacture and test Project management Operations and/or repair & recovery of existing equipment Welding inspection and standard compliance Management of discrete packages of work