Graduate Process Engineer

UK Atomic Energy Authority; Abingdon; Sur place; GBP 26 000 - 34 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Final salary pension

25 days annual leave

Flexible working options

Skern Lodge residential

Résumé du poste

UK Atomic Energy Authority is offering a graduate development programme in Abingdon, enabling graduates to design and develop future fusion process systems. You will gain hands-on experience across concept to detailed design, with mentoring and dedicated development time to grow technical and leadership skills.

We seek graduates in Science or Engineering, with a drive to learn, strong collaboration, and clear communication.

Qualifications

• Degree in Science or Engineering (2025–2027).
• Driven with a strong appetite to learn and take on new challenges.
• Able to collaborate effectively and communicate clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsabilités

• Help design and develop process systems from concept to detailed design and implementation.
• Apply process engineering principles to real-world challenges, including modelling and system design.
• Work with engineers from different disciplines to solve complex technical challenges and deliver engineering solutions.
• Support testing, troubleshooting and continuous improvement to optimise performance and reliability.
• Develop technical, project management and communication skills through hands-on experience and mentoring.

Connaissances

Teamwork

Communication

Curiosity

Adaptability

Formation

Bachelor's or equivalent in Science/Engineering

Outils

Process modelling

PFDs & P&IDs

Description du poste

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 world badly 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.

What you'll join

Your degree got you this far. Where could fusion energy take you?

If you're looking for your first graduate role and want a career that's meaningful, challenging, and packed with opportunities to grow, UKAEA's Graduate Development Programme could be the perfect next step. Working alongside world-leading experts, you'll help advance ground breaking fusion technology while building the technical, professional, and leadership skills needed for a successful career. This is your chance to be part of an industry that's helping create a sustainable future for generations to come.

What you'll do

• Help design and develop process systems that support the future of fusion energy, gaining experience from early concepts through to detailed design and implementation.
• Apply process engineering principles to real-world challenges, including process modelling, system design, flow analysis, and the development of process flow diagrams (PFDs) and P&IDs.
• Work alongside engineers from different disciplines to solve complex technical challenges and deliver innovative engineering solutions.
• Support testing, troubleshooting and continuous improvement activities to help optimise system performance and reliability.
• Develop your technical, project management and communication skills through hands-on experience, mentoring and dedicated development time within our graduate programme.

How you'll develop

On the graduate scheme here at the UK Atomic Energy Authority, you will have 20% of your time focused on professional and personal development. This will include a series of core development activities to fast track your business acumen, along with skills for technical, project management and people leadership.

The remaining 80% of time is role-based, working within a team growing your technical knowledge within your chosen discipline. Working with your line manager, you will get the opportunity to experience different roles and responsibilities within projects to broaden your understanding and help decide your future career route.

What you'll need

• Degree in Science or Engineering from 2025 to 2027.
• Driven, with a strong appetite to learn and take on new challenges.
• Able to collaborate effectively and communicate clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Well organised and adaptable with the ability to plan and prioritise workload.

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

• Final salary defined benefit scheme with an equivalent of 21.5% employer pension contribution.
• 25 days annual leave, plus 3 days Christmas closure and 2.5 privilege days, in addition to UK bank holidays.
• Flexible working options plus family-friendly leave provisions.
• Take part in our Skern Lodge residential to develop new skills and build your network.

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, and inclusion and strive to ensure fair representation across our workforce. We particularly encourage applications from groups currently underrepresented in STEM, including women and individuals from diverse ethnic backgrounds, while ensuring all appointments are made on merit.

UK Atomic Energy Authority is committed to being accessible. Please email [e-mail] if you have any questions or require any help or adjustments.

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