Senior Process Engineer

The salary for this role is 56596 (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 sites:
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.

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 will also oversee system or component repair replacement and upgrade activities, produce high-quality technical documentation and ensure all work aligns with relevant design standards.

• 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.

• 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. We welcome talented people from all backgrounds who want to help us achieve our mission. We encourage applications from under‑represented groups, particularly 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 take steps to increase diversity within our organisation.

We reinforce best practices in recruitment and selection and evaluate approaches to remove barriers to success.

No

Full‑time

Distributed Control Systems, Continuous Improvement, Process Improvement, Minitab, Root Cause Analysis, Tooling, Statistical Software, Process Engineering, cGMP, Programmable Logic Controllers, Public Speaking, Manufacturing

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