Product Engineering Team Leader

Overview of Responsibilities
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.
• 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.
Who are we looking for?
This presents a fantastic opportunity to head an Engineering Team within the Integrated Engineering Division, actively participating in various programs. In this role, you can guide a team in implementing best practice engineering across all programs and take the lead in devising innovative solutions to address demanding requirements.
Providing a technical leadership service, you will seek to work cooperatively with a number of stakeholders and your team to achieve the best possible result with a 'can do' approach. You will have an interest in seeking creative ways to change, solve problems and push scientific and technical boundaries. You will have previous experience of organizing project teams and will possess good working knowledge in at least one of the following areas:

• Engineering design.
• Project engineering.
• Process engineering.

What will you be responsible for?
The role holder manages a team within the Product Engineering Unit. They will manage the work and development of the employees in the section.The role holder also provides leadership for the technical execution of projects.

• Lead an Engineering Section providing specialist technical knowledge and direction, serving as a point of authority and advise on technical solutions.
• Manage the work and development of employees in the team.
• Providing support for the technical execution of projects.
• Effectively managing project/operational activities of a multi-disciplinary project team of multiple engineers, designers and analysts.
• Act as a Technical Reference for UKAEA in areas of knowledge.
• Keeping abreast of developments, innovation and best practice in relevant engineering disciplines, and make recommendations for promulgation within the Unit.
• Promote the Section's skills and expertise, within the unit and beyond.
• Coordinate the development of processes for best practice in engineering for implementation by the team on projects.

Qualifications
Essential

• A relevant engineering degree or equivalent.
• Attained or actively working towards Chartered status with a suitable professional institution.
• Good communication and technical writing skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Experience in engineering design and substantiation, project engineering or process engineering.

Desirable

• Experience with working to design standards and design codes.
• Experience in development of staff competencies.
• Experience with fusion-relevant environmental factors such as radiation, vacuum and transient magnetic fields.
• Ability to perform exploratory design calculations using first principles.

Additional Information
A full list of our benefits can be found here
Salary: £52,293 (inclusive of MPP) + excellent benefits including outstanding pension
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 following link 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.