Senior Process Engineer

The salary for this role is  £56,596(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. You’ll 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.

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 

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

We 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: 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.