Senior Cryogenics Engineer
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Job Location:
Oxfordshire - UK
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
10 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
The salary for this role is 56596 (inclusive of a Specialist Allowance). Onsite working is expected for 3 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 Senior Cryogenics Engineer you will play a pivotal role in providing expertise to a small team working on significant projects such as the STEP cryoplant and cryodistribution system engaging with both commercial suppliers and cryogenics users across STEP to define the system requirements. The STEP Cryogenic System will be among the largest in the world comparable to those at ITER and CERN.
Additional Responsibilities:
- Process and equipment design and selection
- Design of P&IDs heat and mass balances and supporting documentation
- The planning and performing of simulation analysis and validating analysis carried out by others
- Presenting strategic reports to senior management; contributing to negotiations for resources and budget
- Selection of design standards and the validation of designs against those standards by computation or experimentation
- Vendor management including managing significant contracts.
- Engaging with industry and the wider cryogenics sector to drive innovative developments
- Supervising and directing the work of junior engineers or students.
- Preparing papers for journals and conferences presenting at seminars and conferences
- Ensuring safety requirements are met
Other duties that are reasonable and commensurate with this role that may not be specifically referred to in this document
Qualifications :
Essential Requirements:
- Degree or equivalent in Cryogenic Mechanical or Process Engineering or equivalent STEM subject
- Extensive experience in cryogenics. This experience could be from a laboratory or an industrial setting
- Modelling and simulation experience using CFD and thermal analysis with software such as MATLAB Simulink MATLAB coding ANSYS and/or COMSOL
- Process engineering design of cryogenic systems using simulation tools like ASPEN HYSYS/PLUS MATLAB MATLAB Simulink
- A good working knowledge of engineering materials and their properties
- Excellent collaboration skills including written verbal and interpersonal communication
- Demonstrable ability to work and communicate with a multi-disciplinary team
- Demonstrable understanding of modern project management tools and methodology
Desirable Requirements:
- Design development and construction of cryogenic distribution systems (cold boxes valve boxes transfer lines heat exchangers) or equivalent
- Design specification and selection of cryogenic/pneumatic/hydraulic system components (valves compressors pipes instrumentation pumps turbines) or equivalent
- Comprehensive understanding of process automation instrumentation and control
- Experience with relevant environmental factors such as plasmas vacuum and transient magnetic fields
- A solid understanding of modern standards in Quality Assurance Safety Health and the Environment
Additional Information :
A full list of our benefits can be found here 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.
UK Atomic Energy Authority is committed to being accessible. Please email if you have any questions or require help or adjustments to compete on a fair basis for example changes to the way we interview or share information.
Please note that vacancies are generally advertised for 4 weeks but may close earlier if we receive a large number of applications.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
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About Company
By 2050, the planet could be using twice as much electricity compared to today. Are you interested in contributing and helping to shape the future of the worlds energy? If so, read on. Fusion, the process that powers the Sun and Stars, is one of the most promising options for genera ... View more
