Engineering Section Leader

About the job

Engineering Section Leader
Abingdon Rd, Culham, UK
Full-time
Department: Central Engineering
Salary: £49,396 to £63,855 (inclusive of MPP) + excellent benefits including outstanding pension
Confirmed Grade: Level 5 / Level 6
Site Location: UKAEA Culham, Oxfordshire

Company Description

By 2050, the planet could be using twice as much electricity compared to today. Are you interested in contributing 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 (Innovative, Committed, Trusted and Collaborative) that capture the spirit of how we work.

Job Description

Who are we looking for?

This is an excellent opportunity to lead an engineering team, in the Integrated Engineering Division, being involved in a number of programmes of work. This role gives you the opportunity to lead a team to implement best practice engineering across all programmes of work and lead in creating innovative solutions to meet challenging 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 leading 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 leadership 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.
- Actively promote the Section’s skills and expertise, within the unit and beyond.
- Lead the development of processes for best practice in engineering for implementation by the team on projects.
 
Qualifications

Essential skills, experience and competence required

- 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 skills, experience and competence

- 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

What we offer

Our comprehensive benefits package includes a vibrant culture committed to being fully inclusive, an Employee Assistance Programme and trained Mental Health First Aiders, Flexible working options including family friendly policies, Emergency paid leave, Generous annual leave allowance (30.5 days) increased with length of service, wide range of career development opportunities, outstanding defined benefit pension scheme; Corporate bonus scheme and a 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 and women. The Executive team with support from our ‘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 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 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.