Job Description
The salary for this role is £34,568 (inclusive of a Specialist Allowance). Onsite working is expected for 5 days a week due to operational needs, however, we actively support requests for flexible working.
This role will be based in 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 ready to contribute to the future of energy? We are seeking an Electrical Technician who will be carrying out maintenance, repair and provision of upgrades/refurbishments to major parts of the MAST-U Electrical systems. Reporting to the Machine Control & Protection Team Leader the job holder will be primarily responsible for providing technical assistance and project support to the Team.
Additional Responsibilities:
* Building and testing C&I equipment from specified drawings at MAST-U.
* Carrying out maintenance and repairs to electrical and C&I equipment at MAST-U.
* Performing upgrades and refurbishments to the electrical and C&I equipment at MAST-U.
* Providing technical assistance and project support as required. Identifying issues or faults and providing suggestions for solutions and/or improvements.
* Installing electrical cabling, fibre optics and assisting in the building of cubicles for required departments in MAST-U.
* Being the Responsible Officer for the MAST-U CCTV providing weekly maintenance, along with installations, repairs, testing and replacements when necessary.
* Responsible for upgrades and refurbishments to the MAST-U CCTV servers.
Qualifications
Essential Requirements:
* HNC in electrical or electronic engineering, alternatively the successful completion of a suitable Apprenticeship scheme
* Experience of working on electrical and control systems, with a good understanding of safe working practices.
* Have a flexible attitude to working on different projects on MAST-U.
* Ability to communicate with people at all levels throughout the organisation (due to multilingual staff).
* Ability to work as part of a team and independently as required.
Additional Information
A full list of our benefits can be found here
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 takes steps to increase diversity within our organization. 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 talent@ukaea.uk 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.
Please note that vacancies are generally advertised for 4 weeks but may close earlier if we receive a large number of applications.