The salary for this role is £57,117 (inclusive of a Specialist Allowance) . Onsite working is expected for 5 days a 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
Additional multi-megawatt heating and current drive systems (Electron Bernstein Wave-EBW and a double beamline for Neutral Beam Injection) are being installed on the MAST Upgrade tokamak. The Lead Control and Instrumentation Engineer will be a member of the Tokamak Systems Unit and in a team responsible for providing control and instrumentation (C&I), interlocks and data acquisition units serving the heating and current drive systems on MAST Upgrade.
In this role the job holder will guide and/or participate in the design, development and maintenance of control and instrumentation hardware and software required for operating the heating and current drive plants and will be responsible for the commissioning and operations of the control and instrumentation for such systems, and upgrade projects (including design, procurement, installation).
The systems incorporate instrumentation (e.g. microwave instrumentation, water systems, HVDC Power Supplies, gas, vacuum, thermo-couples, optical systems), PLCs and SCADA systems, Electrical Modules and Assemblies, fast intelligent systems based on FPGAs, interlocks, and a Personnel Access Safety System (PASS).
The post holder will also be required to act as an operator and/or shift leader during commissioning and operational campaigns.
Key Responsibilities:
- Guide the design, development, and commissioning of tokamak heating and current drive Control and Instrumentation systems, protection systems/ interlock systems, PASS systems, or subsystems.
- Liaise with the engineering and design teams and Office of Chief Engineering to ensure designs meet requirements.
- Responsible Officer for systems or sub-systems, the jobholder continuously assesses system performance and proposes improvements and upgrades.
- Guide fault finding and repair, both on power circuits and on control circuits down to electronic board level.
- Supervise engineers, technicians and electricians on projects, repair and maintenance work ensuring the creation and adherence to Written Safe Systems of Work and general UKAEA safety requirements.
- Ensure that activities of the team are carried out safely and effectively and in compliance with relevant statutory and UKAEA rules and procedures including the preparation of Written Safe Systems of Work.
