Electrical, Control & Instrumentation Engineer

UK Atomic Energy Authority; Clifton Hampden; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

7% corporate performance bonus

Final salary defined benefits pension

25 days annual leave + 2.5 privilege +

8 Bank Holidays

Flexible working options

Job summary

UK Atomic Energy Authority is seeking an Electrical, Control & Instrumentation Engineer to deliver electrical, control and instrumentation solutions across fusion energy projects. You will participate in full project lifecycles, turning concepts into operational designs in a rigorous, safety‑driven environment.

The role requires an honours degree (or equivalent) and hands-on experience with electrical systems, risk assessments and safety documentation.

Qualifications

• Honours degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering or HND with significant industrial experience.
• Experience delivering electrical, control and instrumentation engineering activities across the project lifecycle.
• Experience working under formal safety management arrangements including risk assessments and permit-to-work systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of small to medium electrical, control and instrumentation work packages and technical studies.
• Develop requirements, specifications and engineering designs for electrical, control and instrumentation systems.
• Manage design, procurement, installation, commissioning and maintenance of assigned electrical systems.
• Produce and maintain engineering documentation including specifications, test procedures and technical reports.
• Prepare and support design reviews and project progress meetings to ensure successful delivery.
• Ensure compliance with legislation, standards, codes of practice and safety requirements.
• Create electrical drawings directly or through specialist design support.
• Take ownership of assigned work packages with safety and cost objectives.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Project lifecycle

Safety management

Education

Honours degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering

HND in Electrical/Electronics with significant experience

Job description

Electrical, Control & Instrumentation Engineer

• Full-time
• Salary: £43,702 (inclusive of Specialist Allowance) + excellent benefits including outstanding pension
• Division: Integrated Engineering
• Position Grade: Grade E
• Department: Electrical Engineering

About us

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 worldbadly needs. UKAEA leads the way in realizing fusion energy, partnering with industryand research organisations to achieveground-breaking advancements. Our goal is to bring fusion electricity to the gridby developing the power stations of tomorrow and the skilled workforce to deliver them.

About the job

Join UKAEA as an Electrical, Control & Instrumentation Engineer and play a key role in delivering the systems that support cutting-edge fusion energy projects and programmes. Working across a diverse portfolio of engineering challenges, you will contribute technical expertise through the full project lifecycle, helping turn innovative concepts into operational solutions. This is an excellent opportunity to work on complex, high-impact projects in a unique research and technology environment.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Lead the delivery of small to medium electrical, control and instrumentation work packages and technical studies.
• Develop requirements, specifications and engineering designs for electrical, control and instrumentation systems.
• Manage the design, procurement, installation, commissioning and maintenance of assigned electrical systems.
• Produce and maintain engineering documentation, including specifications, test procedures and technical reports.
• Prepare and support design reviews and project progress meetings to ensure successful delivery.
• Ensure all work complies with relevant legislation, standards, codes of practice and safety requirements.
• Create electrical drawings directly or through specialist design support where appropriate.
• Take ownership of assigned work packages, ensuring technical, safety and cost objectives are achieved.
• Prepare engineering procedures, risk assessments, method statements and other safety documentation.
• Supervise contractors and multidisciplinary engineering teams as required to support project delivery.

What You’ll Bring

• An honours degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering or a related discipline with relevant post-graduate engineering experience, or an HND in an Electrical/Electronics discipline (or equivalent) with significant industrial experience.
• Experience delivering electrical, control and instrumentation engineering activities across the project lifecycle.
• Experience working under formal safety management arrangements, including risk assessments, method statements and permit-to-work systems.
• Knowledge of the design, installation, commissioning and maintenance of electrical systems.
• Experience producing technical engineering documentation, specifications and associated design records.

UKAEA is an onsite organisation, and this role requires onsite presence 5 days a week in line with business needs.

We have a generous range of benefits (see the full list here ) and highlights include:

• A salary of£43,702(inclusive ofa£3,300 specialist allowance)
• Up to 7% corporate performance bonus
• Final salary defined benefits pension scheme with an equivalent of21.5% employer pension contribution
• 25 days annual leave plus2.5 'privilege' days;8 Bank Holidays
• Additional 3 days of site closure over Christmas break
• Flexible working options plus family-friendly leave provisions

Our commitment to ED&I

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,inclusionand accessibility, and strive to ensure fair representation across our workforce.

Please email [e-mail] if you have any questions or require adjustments to help youparticipatefairly in our recruitment process, for example changes to the way we interview or share information. As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment experience for all candidates.

We particularly encourage applications from groups currently underrepresented in STEM, including women and people from diverse ethnic backgrounds. All appointments are made onmeritand further information can be found here .

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