Company Description

By 2050, the planet could be using twice as much electricity compared to today. Are you interested in contributing and helping to shape the future of the world’s energy? If so, read on.

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 industry and research for groundbreaking advancements. Our goal is to bring fusion electricity to the grid, supported by tomorrow's power stations. In pursuit of our mission, UKAEA embraces core values: Innovative, Committed, Trusted, and Collaborative."

As an employee of UKAEA you will benefit from:

• Outstanding defined benefit pension scheme, details of which can be found at the end of this advert.
• Corporate bonus scheme up to 7% and a Relocation allowance (if eligible).
• Flexible working options including family friendly policies.
• Employee Assistance Programme and trained Mental Health First Aiders, 
• Emergency paid leave, Generous annual leave allowance (30.5 days) increased with length of service,
• Wide range of career development opportunities
• A vibrant culture committed to being fully inclusive

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

Job Description

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to make a difference? Join our team and as the RACE Electrical Manufacturing and Quality Systems Team Leader, you will play a pivotal role in the quality delivery of all electrical manufacturing and installation activities throughout the RACE portfolio. You'll be responsible for creating Quality Management Plans, and ensuring that processes are adhered to throughout the manufacturing and commissioning phases, in order to support Directive compliance. Leadership is required in coordinating the inspection team, and liaising with the design team, to ensure that design specifications and commissioning schedules for control panels and cubicles are fit for purpose. This will include the supervision of the build, modification of equipment for new projects being designed and developed and requires a hands-on approach.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the management of the Electrical Manufacturing Team, advising Electrical Engineers on the manufacturability and maintenance of hardware for equipment used in complex remote handling applications and reviewing the designs prior to build. 
• Participate in design reviews to influence design decisions.
• Assist in the construction, testing and commissioning of systems ensuring compliance of systems with both site requirements and legislated safety standards

Qualifications

Essential Requirements:

• Engineering degree, HNC/HND, or equivalent experience.
• Extensive electrical engineering design experience and the ability to assess design work.
• Strong knowledge of electrical principles applied to electrical control and distribution systems.
• Experience of managing quality processes in a highly regulated manufacturing environment. 
• Demonstrable experience of delivering electrical engineering projects
• Good understanding of project lifecycles.

Additional Information

A full list of our benefits can be found here https://careers.ukaea.uk/life-at-ukaea/employee-benefits/

We welcome applications from under-represented groups, particularly individuals from black and other ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities, and women. Our Executive team, supported by our 'Equality, Diversity and Inclusion' (EDI) Partner and Inclusion Ambassadors, actively promotes EDI and takes steps to increase diversity within our organization. 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: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants If 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.