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:
This role is potentially hybrid, but as it is a developmental role, we encourage all our Apprentices to be onsite as often as possible, especially during the first few months.
The starting salary for this role is £18,810
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 Apprenticeship Scheme will allow you to gain the technical knowledge, practical experience and wider skills and behaviours needed for your immediate job role and future career. The successful apprentice will gain this through the combination of formal off-the-job training and the opportunity to apply these skills in a real work environment through on-the-job training.
The Role
Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to make a difference? Join our team and contribute to the future of fusion energy.
The Engineering Installation Group (EIG) is part of IED. The Group offers Engineering expertise for installation and support of a wide variety of equipment across many parts of UKAEA in all Engineering disciplines. This includes Plasma Heating and Diagnostics as well as other systems on both JET and MAST, and for other business units, such as MRF, RACE etc.
The Mechanical Support and Maintenance Section (MSMS) delivers a high-quality build and installation resource for various Diagnostic and Specialist Machine Services on the JET and MAST Machines.
This is a technical role which supports MSMS and EIG in the provision of these engineering services and assisting in the delivery of tasked engineering projects across the site businesses. This includes the generation of documentation and the supervision of others for the assembly, maintenance and installation of a wide range of specialist equipment, predominantly Diagnostics, but also assisting with other Group areas as tasked.
This role supports physicists and engineers across the organisation to sustain/continuously improve existing installations and provide new builds or major improvements as required.
Additional Responsibilities:
A full list of our benefits can be found here https://careers.ukaea.uk/life-at-ukaea/employee-benefits/
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.
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