Engineering Analysis Team Leader

Engineering Analysis Team Leader

£64,820 per year, Permanent, Excellent benefits, Outstanding pension contributions, UKAEA Culham, Oxfordshire.

UK Atomic Energy Authority is leading the way in fusion energy, partnering with industry and research for ground‑breaking advancements. Our mission is clean energy for all, and we welcome talented people from all backgrounds to help us achieve this goal.

• Lead the Engineering Analysis Team within the Product Engineering Analysis Group, delivering expert technical guidance across UKAEA.
• Oversee complex engineering activities from concept through to delivery, ensuring compliance with relevant standards and regulations.
• Manage and develop a high‑performing team, resolve key technical challenges, and collaborate with internal and external partners to drive innovation.
• Manage analysis and simulation activities across projects and work packages, ensuring technical delivery and compliance with relevant standards.
• Develop and execute technical plans, ensuring validation and successful project outcomes.
• Manage performance, training, recruitment, and resource planning, ensuring consistent quality and adherence to organisational processes.

• A relevant engineering master’s degree or equivalent level gained through experience.
• Attained chartered status with a relevant professional institution or with qualifications and experience sufficient to attain it within a year of appointment.
• Expertise in the application of simulation and analysis within at least one area of physics, with broader competence across other areas, and experience working to design‑by‑analysis standards (e.g. ASME VIII or PD5500).
• Experience defining and planning technical work packages and supervising staff in their execution.
• Good communication and technical skills with the ability to persuade and convince others in technical discussions.
• Experience with fusion‑relevant environmental factors such as radiation, vacuum and transient magnetic fields.

• Outstanding defined benefit pension scheme.
• Corporate bonus scheme up to 7% and a relocation allowance (if eligible).
• Flexible working options, including family‑friendly policies and the right to request flexible working from the start of employment.
• Employee Assistance Programme and trained Mental Health First Aiders.
• Generous annual leave allowance, starting with 25 days, plus 3 days’ Christmas closure and 2.5 privilege days, in addition to UK bank holidays.
• Wide range of career development opportunities.
• A vibrant culture committed to equality and inclusion.

• Salary: £64,820 per year (inclusive of a Specialist Allowance) + excellent benefits. Onsite working is expected for 3 days each week, with flexible working support.
• Employment type:
  
  Full time, Permanent.
• Location:
  
  UKAEA Culham, Oxfordshire.
• BPSS, DBS checks and open source data search required.
• Eligibility: UK and EU citizens.

UKAEA is committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion. We particularly encourage applications from groups currently underrepresented in STEM, including women and individuals from diverse ethnic backgrounds, while ensuring all appointments are made on merit.

For a full list of benefits and to apply, please use the UKAEA careers page. The vacancy is generally advertised for 4 weeks, but may close earlier if we receive a large number of applications.

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