Senior Process Engineer

UK Atomic Energy Authority; England; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy organization in the United Kingdom seeks a Senior Process Engineer to lead the design and development of major fusion sub-systems. The role involves engineering analysis, overseeing repairs, and ensuring compliance with design standards. Ideal candidates will have an engineering degree and experience in process engineering, alongside excellent communication skills. This position is full-time, on-site, with flexibility in working hours.

Qualifications

• Attained or actively working towards Chartered status with a suitable professional institution.
• Ability to perform exploratory design calculations using first principles.
• Proven capability in process engineering analysis.
• Good working knowledge of engineering materials and their properties.
• Experience with relevant factors such as vacuum pressure and high temperature.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of major fusion sub-systems.
• Oversee system or component repair, replacement, and upgrade activities.
• Produce high-quality technical documentation.
• Manage multidisciplinary project teams.
• Support and mentor junior engineers.

Skills

Distributed Control Systems

Continuous Improvement

Process Improvement

Minitab

Root cause Analysis

Tooling

Statistical Software

Process Engineering

cGMP

Programmable Logic Controllers

Public Speaking

Education

Relevant engineering degree or equivalent

Job description

The salary for this role is 56596(inclusive of Specialist Allowance) Onsite working is expected for 3 days each week however we actively support requests for flexible working( including part-time reduced hours)

This role can be based at the following site; UKAEA Culham Oxfordshire or Rotherham Yorkshire

Travel to another site may be required.

This role requires employees to complete an online Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) including The Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks for criminal convictions.

The Role

As a Senior Process Engineer you will lead the design and development of major fusion sub-systems driving projects from concept through to detailed design. This role requires engineering analysis understanding to inform key design decisions. Youll also oversee system or component repair replacement and upgrade activities produce high-quality technical documentation and ensure all work aligns with relevant design standards.

If you have experience leading teams and supervising staff along with strong communication and technical writing skills we would like to hear from you.

Additional Responsibilities

Lead the end-to-end design of major fusion sub-systems including enhancements for UKAEA facilities and future fusion devices ensuring compliance with engineering standards.

Manage multidisciplinary project teams oversee system / component repair and upgrade activities and collaborate with systems engineers on design requirements risk analysis and interface management.

Develop and validate process designs using modelling mass and energy balances PFDs and P&IDs and create supporting technical documentation for major equipment.

Supervise detailed design manufacturing tender preparation and contract management applying principles of value engineering and design for manufacture.

Support and mentor junior engineers and students promoting team development effective communication and technical excellence across the organisation.

Act as a technical authority contribute to publications ensure adherence to organisational systems and drive improvements in group processes and competencies.

• Manage projects or oversee contracts leading teams of up to 10 staff and supervising the training and development of junior team members.

Qualifications

Essential Requirements

• A relevant engineering degree or equivalent
• Attained or actively working towards Chartered status with a suitable professional institution.
• Ability to perform exploratory design calculations using first principles
• Proven capability in process engineering analysis and a good working knowledge of engineering materials and their properties
• Experience with relevant factors such as vacuum pressure high temperature
• Excellent interpersonal skills

Additional Information

A full list of our benefits can be found here welcome talented people from all backgrounds who want to help us achieve our mission. We encourage applications from under-represented groups particularly from women in STEM people from Black British Caribbean and African Pakistani and Bangladeshi British and other ethnic minority backgrounds people with disabilities and neurotypical individuals. 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 organisation. We reinforce best practices in recruitment and selection and evaluate approaches to remove barriers to success.

Please note that vacancies are generally advertised for 4 weeks but may close earlier if we receive a large number of applications.

For applicants applying from outside the United Kingdom or those who have spent time outside the UK in the last five years please visit the following link for information on criminal records checks : your country of residence or previous residence is not listed on the website or if the UK Government does not have information on obtaining a criminal records check from that state we regret to inform you that we cannot process your application.

Remote Work : No

Employment Type : Full-time

Key Skills

Distributed Control Systems,Continuous Improvement,Process Improvement,Minitab,Root cause Analysis,Tooling,Statistical Software,Process Engineering,cGMP,Programmable Logic Controllers,Public Speaking,Manufacturing

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1