Job Description The starting salary for this role is £18,810 This role requires employees to complete an online Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) , including The Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks for criminal convictions.
UKAEA's Apprenticeship Scheme will allow you to gain the technical knowledge, practical experience and wider skills and behaviours needed for your immediate job role and future career.
The successful apprentice will gain this through the combination of formal off-the-job training and the opportunity to apply these skills in a real work environment through on-the-job training. The Role Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to make a difference?
Join our team and contribute to the future of fusion energy. The Engineering Installation Group (EIG) is part of IED.
The Group offers Engineering expertise for installation and support of a wide variety of equipment across many parts of UKAEA in all Engineering disciplines.
This includes Plasma Heating and Diagnostics as well as other systems on both JET and MAST, and for other business units, such as MRF, RACE etc.
The Mechanical Support and Maintenance Section (MSMS) delivers a high-quality build and installation resource for various Diagnostic and Specialist Machine Services on the JET and MAST Machines.
This is a technical role which supports MSMS and EIG in the provision of these engineering services and assisting in the delivery of tasked engineering projects across the site businesses.
This includes the generation of documentation and the supervision of others for the assembly, maintenance and installation of a wide range of specialist equipment, predominantly Diagnostics, but also assisting with other Group areas as tasked.
This role supports physicists and engineers across the organisation to sustain/continuously improve existing installations and provide new builds or major improvements as required.
Additional Responsibilities: Complete national academic qualification as defined by the apprenticeship training standard: Mechatronics Maintenance Technician / Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education Attend designated training provider, develop and attain a good knowledge of technical skills.
Represent the UKAEA Organisation and attend external outreach and careers events.
Qualifications 5 GCSES A* - C (9-4) including Maths and English.
Strong interpersonal skills.
Demonstrate an interest and aptitude for chosen area of work.
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.