Eletromechanical Technician
Culham Campus, Culham, OX14 3DB, Abingdon, United Kingdom
Full-time
Salary: £42,858 (inclusive of Specialist Allowance) + excellent benefits including outstanding pension
Division: Plasma Science and Fusion Operations
Site Location: UKAEA Culham, Oxfordshire
Confirmed Grade: Level 4
Department: Tokamak Systems
Company Description
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 realising 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.
Job Description
As an Electromechanical Technician, you will support the safe, reliable and compliant operation of power supply systems while contributing to engineering projects and continuous improvement across our technical estate.
Specifically, you will act as the Plant Responsible Officer, promoting safety, reporting issues and managing spares and consumables for assigned power supplies. You will also deliver training to operations and maintenance teams and identify opportunities to improve reliability and performance to reduce plant faults.
Supporting the delivery of engineering projects, you will act as a Project Engineer for medium work packages and support larger, multi-year programmes, helping translate modelling and simulation into practical engineering outputs and preparing technical inputs.
Additionally, you will:
- Manage or supervise installation, testing and commissioning activities
- Co-ordinate multidisciplinary teams during work package delivery
- Produce, review and present technical documentation in line with UKAEA standards
- Support compliance with safety and regulatory requirements, including CDM and EAWR
- Oversee the safe and compliant management of SF6 systems
Qualifications
- Apprentice training, with relevant experience working in an industrial environment
- Experience producing written safe systems of work
- Qualification and experience in supervising CDM works, including the supervision of external contractors
- Experience arranging and procuring external engineering services
- Demonstrable knowledge of electrical and mechanical maintenance techniques and industry best practice
- A pressurised water and compressed air qualification, with experience applying system isolations
- A C&G 1788 Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Engineering Maintenance, or a BTEC Level 3 in Mechanical Engineering or a related subject
- A BS7671 18th Edition qualification
Additional Information
For a full list of benefits and to apply, select the apply button to be taken through to the UKAEA careers pages. Highlights include:
- £42,858
- 21.5% pension contribution
- 30.5 days annual leave (25 plus 3 days over Christmas and 2.5 privilege days)
- Flexible and hybrid working options
- Relocation assistance scheme
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 Black British Caribbean 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 take steps to increase diversity within our organisation. We reinforce best practices in recruitment and selection and evaluate approaches to remove barriers to success.
UK Atomic Energy Authority is committed to being accessible. Please email our team if you have any questions or require help or adjustments to compete on a fair basis, for example, changes to the way we interview or share information.

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