Job Description

Company Description

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 ground breaking 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

What to expect in our recruitment process:

For a step-by-step overview of how we hire from application to offer please see our

Recruitment Process

page: careers.ukaea.uk/join-us/recruitment-process

The salary for this role is

42,858 (inclusive of a Specialist Allowance)

.

Onsite working is expected for

3 days a week, however, we actively support requests for flexible working.


This role is based at the following site:

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.

This position is a fixed-term appointment for 2 years( until early 2028)

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 Mechanical Engineer, you will lead the development of innovative design solutions that meet challenging requirements and perform engineering calculations to support key design decisions. In this role, you will oversee the planning and execution of system or component repairs, replacements, and upgrades, prepare detailed technical reports, and ensure compliance with applicable design standards.


Strong communication and technical writing abilities, along with excellent interpersonal skills, are essential for success in this role. If you are keen to create and develop designs for UKAEA's facilities and future fusion devices while managing all engineering aspects of assigned systems and components, including their repair, replacement and upgrade, we would like to hear from you.

Key Accountabilities:

Lead and coordinate design activities, including Drawing Office tasks, ensuring designs meet requirements, follow established procedures, and apply value engineering and design-for-manufacture principles. Perform and validate engineering analyses using classical and numerical methods, ensuring designs comply with international and fusion-specific standards and are verified through computation or experiment. Plan and manage on-site repair, maintenance, and upgrade projects, and produce high-quality technical reports, departmental notes, specifications, tender documents, and publications. Support and guide team members by supervising junior engineers and students, providing feedback, acting as a technical reference, and fostering strong communication within and beyond the team. Maintain adherence to organisational systems and processes, ensuring compliance within the team and undertaking any additional reasonable duties required for the role.

Qualifications

Essential:

A relevant engineering degree or equivalent Ability to perform exploratory design calculations using first principles Good working knowledge of structural and thermal engineering, solid mechanics and engineering materials

Desirable:

Proven capability in engineering analysis and a good working knowledge of engineering materials and their properties Experience with relevant environmental factors such as vacuum and transient magnetic fields

Additional Information

A full list of our benefits can be found here https://careers.ukaea.uk/life-at-ukaea/employee-benefits/


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.