Electrical Technician

Electrical Technician Overview of Responsibilities

The salary for this role is £43,702 (inclusive of a Specialist Allowance). Onsite working is expected for 5 days each week, however, we actively support requests for flexible working.

This role can be based at any of the following sites: Culham, Oxfordshire

This role 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 Role

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to make a difference? Join our team and contribute to the future of fusion energy. As Electrical Technician you will be assisting the Plant Responsible Officers who are looking after the major complex machine control and protection systems for the MAST U Tokamak. Additionally, an experienced job holder in this role is expected to be a Responsible Officer for small pieces of plant under the main responsible officer. You will be undertaking fault finding activities on the electrical and C&I systems for the machine control & protection group (MCP), managing small to medium work packages, minor installation/modification tasks, technical studies, preparing plant documentation, assisting with training on the plant and undertaking plant related work packages and technical studies for the MCP group related MAST activities.

Additional Responsibilities

• Managing and delivering small to medium work packages with the department engineers and technicians to design, install and commission electrical and C&I systems.
• Preparing work control documentation for plant related activities and supervising electricians/fitters and technicians that are undertaking the work.
• Undertaking fault finding activities on MCP & Diagnostic plant, at system and subsystem levels (often with limited information), in a safe and effective manner ensuring relevant work control procedures are followed.
• Guiding minor plant installation/modification tasks including supervision of technicians and electricians/fitters as required.
• Seeking to minimise the number of plant faults by proposing improvements that increase reliability and performance.

Salary

£43,702 (inclusive of Specialist Allowance) + excellent benefits including outstanding pension

Department

Tokamak Systems

Discipline

Science

Site Location

UKAEA Culham, Oxfordshire

Type of Employment

Full time

Reference Number

REF4084R

Qualifications Essential Requirements

• HND in an Electrical discipline, or equivalent with significant industrial experience.
• BSth Edition.
• Significant work experience as an electrical technician/electrician in an industrial/commercial environment.

Desirable Requirements

• City & Guilds Safe Isolation and Testing.
• City & Guilds Fault Diagnosis and Rectification.
• City & guild Working Effectively and Safely in Electrical Environment.
• Demonstrable knowledge of electrical maintenance techniques and industry best practice.

Additional Information

A full list of our benefits can be found here

UKAEA's 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 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 takes steps to increase diversity within our organization. We reinforce best practices in recruitment and selection and evaluate approaches to remove barriers to success.

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