Support Engineer Salary: Band D (STEM 1) £42,840 per annum Hours: Full-Time (We understand the importance of work-life balance and are happy to discuss the possibility of flexible working with applicants) Contract Type: Open-Ended Location: Science and Technology Facilities Council, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell, Oxfordshire Come and do the kind of engineering that made you want to be an engineer. Stretch your technical skills while building human understanding. Promote sustainability and create new materials. And, alongside world-leading scientists and technologists, shape projects that improve lives, and daily life, in the UK and far beyond. Put simply, come and discover the impact you can make when you're equipped, encouraged and inspired to perform to your very best. Background The UK has invested £99m in the National Satellite Test Facility (NSTF), located at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Harwell, Oxfordshire. This facility, along with the existing facilities, will provide a world class set of co-located facilities for the final integration and testing of space payloads and satellites used for Earth Observation, Astronomy or even to explore other astronomical bodies such as the Moon, or Mars. The facilities will have the capability to conduct Vibration, Acoustic, Thermal, Pyroshock, Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) and Antenna testing within cleanroom conditions to ensure that they can survive both the journey into space and the harsh environment within it. The NSTF is ready for its first customers now. We are looking for an Engineer to work within the RAL Space Environmental Test Division. The role will involve working as part of a small team to support the operation of the cleanrooms and underpinning infrastructure. The facilities are spread across three buildings and include multiple cleanrooms, fixed cranes and mobile handling equipment. You will be split between working in a cleanroom environment and an office or light industrial environment, depending on the task at hand. STFC has a centralised maintenance function who will perform scheduled and reactive maintenance on most of the building systems required to operate the facilities. You will work closely with them to ensure maintenance is scheduled at a time where disruption of services provided to users is minimised, and to ensure they have appropriate and safe access to the areas they need. Where other maintenance services are required, these are arranged using third party contractors. You will work within a well-defined Quality Management System (QMS), which places specific requirements on record keeping and the regularity of tasks. Therefore, attention to detail and dedication to see a task though to the end is paramount. The infrastructure team is required to cover the core operating hours of the facilities, 08:00 to 18:00 5 days a week so you will need to adopt a flexible working pattern to ensure that customer requirements can be met within this time. Occasionally, additional coverage is required to support maintenance, breakdowns, or customer requirements outside these core hours. Where this can't be accommodated within a flexible working pattern overtime may be offered at the discretion of management. Due to the nature of the role, there may be a requirement for on-call support once you are suitably experienced in the systems and working procedures followed. When this is required, an additional payment is made to compensate being on-call alongside further payments for being called. The duties and responsibilities are as follows: Cleanroom Operation Perform measurements of cleanroom parameters as part of a contamination control program, look for trends in the data, highlight where anomalies are observed and investigate the cause. Support general cleanroom operations including provision of basic training, cleanliness audits and safety audits. Order and Project cleanroom consumable use to ensure the appropriate amount of stock holding. Support the movement of items under test, such as instruments and satellites, between facilities. General building and logistics support Assist in accepting deliveries and movement within the building of large items utilising forklifts and at times, cranes Liaise with STFC Estates Maintenance teams, internal projects and test campaigns to plan servicing of plant, arranging shutdowns for works to be carried out Provide short safety briefings for contractors and users of the facilities. Work with suppliers to arrange maintenance and calibration of systems. Personal Specification The following criteria will be assessed at either shortlisting (S), interview (I), or both (S&I): Demonstrable dedication to safe working (I) Experience of use of multiple software packages, including Word, Excel (S&I) Excellent logistical skills and resource management (S&I) Demonstrated teamwork and collaboration skills as well as having excellent communication skills, both written and verbal (I) Good understanding of underpinning building services and infrastructure (S&I) Ability to produce technical procedures in line with the Quality System requirements (S&I) Ability to produce sophisticated technical and safety risk assessments in-line with legislation and review assessments produced by others (S&I) Experience in the management of staff and contractors. (I) We ask some of the biggest questions in the universe, to answer some of the biggest challenges in the world. Together, our scientists, technologists, engineers and business-support team explore the unknown across every field you could think of. And they turn what they find into work that changes the world around us. What could you achieve with the world-leading facilities and experts of one of Europe's largest research organisations by your side? Join us and discover what's possible. If you would like more information or have any questions about the role, please contact Giles Case on giles.casestfc.ac.uk. About The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) The STFC is a world-leading multi-disciplinary science organisation where curiosity, blue-skies thinking meets practical, application-led science and engineering. Our goal is to deliver economic, societal, scientific and international benefits to the UK and its people - and more broadly to the world. As one of Europe's largest research organisations, we're trusted to support, enable and undertake ground-breaking projects in an outstanding diversity of fields. Through world-class facilities and people, we're driving progressive advances in science, engineering, computing and technology. Our research seeks to understand the Universe from the largest astronomical scales to the tiniest constituents of matter, yet creates impact on a very tangible, human scale. For more information about STFC please visit https://stfc.ukri.org/ You can also visit our careers site https://www.stfccareers.co.uk/ About UK Research Innovation (UKRI) UKRI is an organisation that brings together the seven disciplinary research councils, Research England and Innovate UK. Together, we build an independent organisation with a strong voice and vision ensuring the UK maintains its world-leading position in research and innovation. Supporting some of the world's most exciting and challenging research projects, we develop and operate some of the most remarkable scientific facilities in the world. We are pushing the frontiers of human knowledge through fundamental research and delivering benefits for UK society and the economy through world-class research, skills and business-led innovation. More information can be found at www.ukri.org. How we support EDI in the workforce At UKRI, we believe that everyone has a right to be treated with dignity and respect, and to be provided with equal opportunities to thrive and succeed in an environment that enables them to do so. We also value diversity of thought and experience within inclusive groups, organisations and the wider community. For further information, please visit 'How we support EDI in the workforce'. Disability Confident Employer As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy/ies. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. How to apply Online applications only preferred for this role. Please submit a CV and covering letter which clearly outlines how you fulfil the criteria specified along with your motivation for UKRI and the role. Ensure that the job reference number is included in the filename description of each document uploaded. Note that failure to address the above criteria or submit an application without a covering letter may result in the application not being considered. Assessment will only be based upon the content of your submitted covering letter and CV and not the 'experience' section of the application. UKRI seeks to ensure it creates and maintains a system of openness, fairness and inclusion - a collaborative, trusted environment, which is attractive to and accessible to everyone who is interested in developing their career with us. Additional Information Organisation: Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) - RAL Space Contract Type: Open Ended External Closing Date: Jun 16, 2024 Minimum Salary: Pound Sterling (GBP) 42,840 Hours: Full-time