Waste Innovation Experiment Technician

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 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:

• Outstandingdefined benefit pension scheme, details of which can be found at the end of this advert.
• Corporatebonus schemeup to 7% and aRelocationallowance (if eligible).
• Flexible working optionsincluding family friendly policies and the right to request flexible working from the start of your employment.
• Employee Assistance Programmeand trained Mental Health First Aiders.
• Generous annual leaveallowance starting with 25 days, plus 3 days Christmas closure and 2.5 privilege days, in addition to UK bank holidays.
• Wide range ofcareer development opportunities.
• A vibrantculturecommitted to equality and being fullyinclusive.

Job Description

The salary for this role is £31,100. Onsite working is expected for 5days a week, however, we actively support requests for flexible working.

This role is based at the following site; Culham, Oxfordshire.

This role requires employees to complete an online Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS), including The Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks for criminal convictions and possibly a search of open source data.

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 Waste Innovation Experiment Technician, you will play a pivotal role indelivering scientific research activities on behalf of the facilities within Tritium Fuel Cycle. You will interface in support of growing the facilities and capability of the Tritium Fuel Cycle to enable the Division’s research objectives to be achieved.

Key Accountabilities:

• Ensure that staff safety, health and welfare are maintained and adhered to in accordance with company policies and procedures.
• Actively promote UKAEA’s values, championing a culture of equality, diversity, and inclusion.
• Conduct all practical work-based activities in a controlled manner in accordance with work package requirements, time, and budget.
• Improve project delivery capability through training, supervision of tasks, providing guidance and sharing knowledge.
• Liaise with internal and external parties to ensure effective collaboration across interfaces.
• Coordinatetimely and relevant procurement for equipment, components, and materials as and when appropriate, ensuring value for money for experiments and research within associated facilities
• Share knowledge and contribute to best practice, helping to inform project decision-making.
• Contribute to the interfaces of new research projects and experimental work aligned with the divisions research programme strategy.
• Supervise research teams within Facilities to co-ordinating activities whilst ensuring all relevant health and safety are met.
• Work in accordance with UKAEA policy and undertake any other reasonable tasks or duties requested by your manager.

Qualifications

Essential:

• Experienceworking in a radioactive environment with good contamination and process knowledge.
• Understanding of safety management systems, including hazard identification, risk assessments and hazard elimination and mitigation.
• Practical experience of carrying out experimental research projects.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills - able to articulate complex technical information to both specialist and non-specialist audiences.
• Good planning, organising and time management skills including the ability to prioritise workload.
• Demonstrably proficient in the Microsoft Office Suite, in particular Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Desirable:

• Experience working with hazardous/radioactive materials
• Experience working within multi-disciplinary teams.
• Experience of quality management or systems in a technical environment.
• An IOSH Managing Safely certificate or an equivalent recognised occupational Health and Safety qualification

Additional Information

A full list of our benefits can be found herehttps://careers.ukaea.uk/life-at-ukaea/employee-benefits/.

UKAEA\'s mission is clean energy for all, and we welcome talented people from all backgrounds who want to help us achieve our mission. We are under-represented from some groups and so want to encourage applications in particular from women in STEM, people from BlackBritishCaribbean and African backgrounds and from Pakistani and Bangladeshi British backgrounds. Our Executive team, supported by our \'Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion\' (EDI) and Wellbeing and our EDI Networks actively promote Inclusion 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:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicantsIf 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.