Control and Instrumentation Engineer

About the job

Control and Instrumentation Engineer

- Abingdon Rd, Culham, UK
- Full-time

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 are at the forefront of realising energy from fusion, working with industry and research partners to deliver the ground-breaking developments that will underpin tomorrow's fusion power stations with the aim of bringing fusion electricity to the grid.

As we work towards our mission and goals, UKAEA has devised values that capture the spirit of how we work. These values include being: Innovative, Committed, Trusted and Collaborative.

Job Description

Who are we looking for?

Are you a Control and Instrumentation (C&I) Engineer with experience in the design and installation of control systems, looking to develop your career in a technically varied and interesting environment? 

The Hydrogen-3 Advanced Technology centre (H3AT) is looking for a C&I Engineer to support our control system team based in UKAEA, Culham. This is an exciting job opportunity with a remit for strong technical delivery, working alongside scientists, process, mechanical, material and safety Engineers. An enthusiastic approach to work and desire to learn are essential to succeed in this role.

This is a unique opportunity to be involved in the design, implementation, commissioning, operation and maintenance of the existing and planned new state-of-the-art Tritium facilities at Culham, as well as to get involved in a series of innovation technology projects.

What will you be responsible for?

- Operations support, maintenance, and modifications of the control system in the Tritium plant. This will include working with the existing DCS and PLC infrastructure (ABB800Xa and Siemens S7), and producing plant operation and maintenance procedures
- Control & Instrumentation activities in a series of ground-breaking bench scale Tritium projects. This may include working with LabVIEW
- Leading C&I activities through the lifecycle of the projects - design, procurement, implementation, installation, commissioning, system changes and decommissioning. Producing technical specifications, loop diagrams, control philosophies, P&IDs and test procedures
- Interacting with other disciplines and review of their input documents including Process Flow Diagrams, design requirements, hazard analysis, layout drawings, etc
- Supporting the design, installation, commissioning, and operation of a brand-new Tritium facility to be built and operational by 2024 at the UKAEA Culham site

NOTE - Occasional shift work may be required to complete modifications in non-operational periods  

Qualifications
Essential skills, experience and competence required

- Degree (or equivalent training / experience) in an appropriate engineering or scientific field that includes elements of electronic, software programming and experiment / systems design
- Demonstrable relevant professional experience in an industrial or academic environment
- Good interpersonal skills to deal with internal customers and external suppliers
- Demonstrable skills in problem solving and logical thinking
- Sound understanding of safe working practices
- Ability to work in teams or independent

Additional information
What we offer

- A competitive salary  
- A culture committed to being fully inclusive, supported by a Being Inclusive Strategy and Inclusion Ambassadors 
- An Employee Assistance Programme and trained Mental Health First Aiders, with a full calendar of health and wellbeing initiatives 
- Flexible working options including family friendly policies  
- Emergency leave (paid) 
- 30.5 days’ annual leave increased with length of service (including privilege days and 3 days between Christmas and New Year) plus bank holidays
- Wide range of career development opportunities (e.g professional registration, internal promotions, coaching and mentoring programme)  
- Outstanding defined benefit pension scheme  
- Annual corporate bonus scheme  
- Relocation allowance (if eligible) 

We welcome applications from under-represented groups, particularly from individuals from black and other ethnic minority backgrounds, including nationality and citizenship, people with disabilities, (visible and hidden) and women. The Executive team, with support from our EDI ‘Equality, Diversity and Inclusion’ (EDI) partner and Inclusion Ambassadors, is actively promoting EDI and taking steps to increase the diversity of our people through reinforcing best practice in recruitment and selection, and revaluating approaches where it is clear we can remove barriers to success. 

Please be advised that this vacancy is due to close on 6th of May. If you will be successful, the on-site interviews will be likely held w/c 18/4/2022. Please note, all employees working at the UK Atomic Energy Authority will be required to complete an online Disclosure Certificate application as part of their clearance – The Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks will show the details of all current criminal convictions or will confirm that there are no such convictions.

Note for applicants who are applying for employment with UKAEA either from outside the United Kingdom or who have spent time outside the United Kingdom in the last five years. Please visit the UK Government’s website. If the country you are resident in or have resided in is not listed on this website or that the UK Government is not aware of how to obtain a criminal records check from that state then we are unable to process your application.