Job Description The salary for this role is £56,596 (inclusive of a Specialist Allowance). Onsite working is expected for 3 days each 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 This role is for a Senior Materials Engineer in the Materials Division at UKAEA. The person selected will sit within the Non-metallics team, a diverse group of world-class material scientists and engineers with a mission to deliver and demonstrate, at scale, non-metallic “fusion-grade” material technologies. The person selected for this role will be expected to be a technical expert and to lead on the conceptualisation, planning, and management of R&D projects specific to “irradiation shielding and irradiation damage effects in fusion and non-fusion materials”, with a strong emphasis on the delivery of key outputs (e.g. publications, patents, posters, and public reports) and the dissemination of results at national events and international conferences. The role also includes the identification and sourcing of funding to enable and grow your team as well as supervisory responsibilities. Key Accountabilities: Organise and coordinate short and long-term projects, arranging equipment availability, scope of work and resources for sample preparation, testing, modelling. Deliver high quality, novel characterisation capability in the field of nuclear materials through own endeavour and creative input. Compile and present results within technical reports and where required at scientific conferences and through publication of high-quality research articles. Build, and provide management to, a small team of material scientists and engineers, providing research direction and allocating them to projects as required. This may also include leading teams during experiments or modelling exercises, to ensure that data is collected and reported in a robust and timely manner. Complete all aspects of line management and support recruitment activities, where relevant. Lead in the characterisation of the materials required for operation in a fusion power plant, collaborating closely and building a network not just with internal stakeholders but with other fusion and GenIV partners in both academia and industry. Manage relationships with external collaborators (including universities, public sector research establishments and industry in fusion and related fields) in order to complement UKAEA's internal capability and enable access to additional expert knowledge and facilitate new project proposals. Propose, secure funding for, and contribute to, delivery of novel projects and capability aligned with internal strategy (e.g. STEP, EPSRC, PhD, Masters placements, graduates). Represent UKAEA at both domestic and international conferences, as well as at various meetings and functions as required.