Engineering Analysis Team Leader in Abingdon

Employees work in a hybrid mode.

Full-time salary: £64,820 (inclusive of Specialist Allowance) + excellent benefits, including outstanding pension.

Division: Integrated Engineering

Site Location: UKAEA Culham, Oxfordshire

Confirmed Grade: Grade H

Department: Product Engineering

Company Description: Fusion, the process that powers the Sun and Stars, is one of the most promising options for generating cleaner, carbon-free energy. UKAEA leads the way in realising fusion energy, partnering with industry and research for ground-breaking advancements.

As an employee of UKAEA, you will benefit from:

• Outstanding defined benefit pension scheme
• 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

What to expect in our recruitment process: For a step-by-step overview of how we hire from application to offer, please see our Recruitment Process page on our website.

The salary for this role is £64,820 (inclusive of a Specialist Allowance) + excellent benefits, including outstanding pension. Onsite working is expected for 3 days each week; however, we support requests for flexible working.

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: The Engineering Analysis Group provides specialist support to UKAEA engineering activities, solving complex technical problems using advanced analytical methods while ensuring alignment with industry quality standards.

You will lead the Engineering Analysis Team within the Product Engineering Analysis Group, delivering expert technical guidance across UKAEA. You will manage team performance and development, ensure the implementation of technical procedures, support strategic planning, and coordinate workloads to meet project demands effectively.

This role requires a high level of technical expertise to ensure engineered products operate safely and reliably. If you want to play a critical role in maintaining staff capability and reducing organisational risk, including potential reputational impact, then we would like to hear from you.

Key Accountabilities: You will have the opportunity to oversee complex engineering activities from concept through to delivery, ensuring compliance with relevant standards and regulations. You will also manage and develop a high-performing team, resolve key technical challenges, and collaborate with internal and external partners to drive innovation, support strategic planning, and promote expertise across UKAEA.

This role covers three key areas of responsibility:

• Technical / Professional: Act as a subject matter expert in simulation methods and analytical procedures, lead design, analysis, and qualification of fusion sub-systems while resolving technical issues, build external collaborations and drive best practice, innovation, and technical outputs.
• Project Management: Manage analysis and simulation activities across projects and work packages, oversee technical delivery, ensuring compliance with relevant standards and requirements, develop and execute technical plans, ensuring validation and successful project outcomes.
• Line Management: Manage performance, training, recruitment, and resource planning, ensure consistent quality, collaboration, and adherence to organisational processes.

Qualifications:

Essential:

• A relevant engineering master's degree or equivalent level gained through experience.
• Attained chartered status with a relevant professional institution or with qualifications and experience sufficient to attain it within a year of appointment.
• Expertise in the application of simulation and analysis within at least one area of physics, with broader competence across others, alongside experience working to design-by-analysis standards (e.g. ASME VIII or PD5500) and ensuring regulatory compliance.
• Experience defining and planning technical work packages and supervising staff in their execution.
• Good communication and technical writing skills with the ability to persuade and convince others in technical discussions.

Desirable:

• Experience with fusion-relevant environmental factors such as radiation, vacuum, and transient magnetic fields.

For a full list of benefits and to apply, select the apply button to be taken through to the UKAEA careers pages.

UKAEA's mission is clean energy for all, and we welcome talented people from all backgrounds to help us achieve this goal. We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion and strive to ensure fair representation across our workforce.

Please contact us if you have any questions or require help or adjustments to compete on a fair basis.

Please note that vacancies are generally advertised for 4 weeks, but may close earlier if we receive a large number of applications.