Electronics Workshop Team Leader

UK Atomic Energy Authority; Oxford; On-site; GBP 57,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy organization based in Oxford seeks an Electronics Workshop Team Leader to manage workshop activities and ensure projects are completed on time and within budget. Responsibilities include overseeing staff, promoting services, and maintaining safety standards while required qualifications include an honours degree in Electronic Engineering or equivalent experience. Strong interpersonal skills and knowledge of electronic systems repair are essential. The role offers a full-time position with no remote work option.

Qualifications

• An honours degree in Electronic / Electrical Engineering or relevant experience in an electronic engineering role.
• Experience in building, fault-finding, and repairing electronic components.
• Good knowledge of safety documentation procedures and practices.
• Able to manage own time to meet targets.
• Good communication skills for stakeholder interaction.

Responsibilities

• Deliver workshop projects on time while updating stakeholders.
• Promote workshop services and contribute to its future planning.
• Manage parts purchasing and supplier relationships.
• Support staff training and maintain safety in the lab.
• Prepare necessary documentation including safety procedures.

Skills

Building and fault-finding electronic components

Interpersonal and communication skills

Time management

Safe working practices

Education

Honours degree in Electronic / Electrical Engineering or related discipline

HND in Electronics / Electrical discipline

Tools

CAD software for electronics circuits and PCB design

Job description

Job Summary

The salary for this role is 56596 (inclusive of a Specialist Allowance). Onsite working is expected for 5 days each week; however we actively support requests for flexible working. This role is based at the following site: Culham, Oxfordshire. It 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 Electronics Workshop Team supports UKAEA projects by building, testing and repairing electronic assemblies and control systems. We work with a wide range of electrical and electronic technologies helping to keep equipment across the Culham site running smoothly. We’re looking for an Electronics Workshop Team Leader to manage our people. The role involves planning and coordinating workshop activities, assigning work to technicians, and ensuring projects are completed on time and within budget. You’ll also work closely with customers, advising on the best ways to build or repair equipment and ensuring every job is delivered to a high standard.

Responsibilities

• Deliver workshop projects on time and within budget while keeping stakeholders updated on progress.
• Promote the workshop’s services and resources and contribute to planning its future direction.
• Manage purchasing of parts and equipment, maintaining supplier relationships and negotiating where needed.
• Match staff skills to projects, support training and development and oversee safe, high-quality work in the lab.
• Prepare and maintain essential documentation including safety procedures, risk assessments and project reports, ensuring compliance with UKAEA standards and best industry practices.

Qualifications

• An honours degree in Electronic / Electrical Engineering or a related discipline and relevant professional experience in an electronic engineering role. Or an HND in an Electronics / Electrical discipline or equivalent qualification level with a greater breadth and depth of experience / knowledge.
• Experience in building, fault-finding, carrying out repairs and procurement of electronic components, systems and sub-assemblies.
• Good knowledge of safe working practices and procedures with experience of preparing safety documentation (e.g. risk assessments, method statements, permits).
• Able to manage own time and workload to deliver against agreed targets.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills and ability to interact with various stakeholders.

Desirable

• Line management experience.
• Experience of managing and maintaining a workshop facility.
• Demonstrated success in working with a multi‑disciplinary team in a dynamic research environment.
• Experience in using CAD software for electronics circuits and PCB design.

Other Details

Remote Work: No Employment Type: Full‑time

Company Information

UK Atomic Energy Authority is committed to being accessible. Please email 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.

A full list of our benefits can be found here. 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 we 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 organization. We reinforce best practices in recruitment and selection and evaluate approaches to remove barriers to success.