Materials Engineer

Abingdon Road, Culham, UK
Full-time - flexible working requests welcome
Salary: £38,620 (inclusive of MPP) + excellent benefits including outstanding pension
Site Location: UKAEA Culham, Oxfordshire
Confirmed Grade: Level 4
Department: Materials (MRF)

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 realising 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.

Job Description

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 of up to 7% and a Relocation allowance (if eligible).
- Flexible working options, including family-friendly policies.
- 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.

This role requires employees to complete an online Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS), including The Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks for criminal convictions.

Salary: £38,620

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 Materials Engineer, you will be part of a supportive and collaborative, multi-disciplinary team of scientists and engineers working together to develop materials for fusion energy. You'll support work across UKAEA divisions, providing information to enable key decisions on the direction of UK fusion technology development. A significant aspect of this role will be undertaking detailed literature reviews and technical report writing. You'll also interact with other project members where relevant, perform experimentation and/or modelling, and report and present the results internally, as well as through conferences and peer-reviewed publications. Supporting project management and funding application activities are part of the role.

Additional Responsibilities

- Deliver high-quality, novel research or engineering in the field of nuclear materials through your own endeavours and creative input.
- Compile and present results within technical reports, at scientific conferences and through the publication of high-quality research articles.
- Work with external collaborators (including universities, public sector research establishments and industry in fusion and related fields) in order to complement UKAEA's internal capability.
- Contribute to the development and positive reinforcement of UKAEA’s knowledge base, design rules and practices in the area of materials & nuclear physics research and development.
- Contribute to bids for and delivery of novel projects aligned with internal strategy (e.g. STEP, EUROfusion, EPSRC, PhD, Masters placements, graduates).
- Propose, secure funding and contribute to the delivery of novel projects aligned with internal strategy (e.g. STEP, EUROfusion PT Enabling Research, EPSRC, PhD, Masters placements, graduates).
- Share knowledge and provide support to others.

Qualifications

Essential Requirements:

- Degree in material science, physics, chemistry, engineering or equivalent.
- Postgraduate research in materials science demonstrated either through work experience in the materials field in industry or an MSc / MEng / PhD degree.
- Experience in writing technical reports.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills as you will create accurate, technical reports, and present findings to a wide range of people across UKAEA.
- Self-motivated and capable of working in a team.

Additional Information

For a full list of benefits and to apply, select the apply button to be taken through to the UKAEA careers pages.

We welcome applications from under-represented groups, particularly individuals from black and other ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities, and women. Our Executive team, supported by our 'Equality, Diversity and Inclusion' (EDI) Partner and Inclusion Ambassadors, actively promotes EDI 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.

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 UK Government website for information on 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.