Facility Electrical Technician

at  Science and Technology Facilities Council STFC

Job Title: Facility Electrical Technician
Salary: UKRI Band D S1 £42,840 - £47,124 gross per annum dependant on experience
Location: RAL, Harwell Campus- Oxfordshire
Contract Type: Up to 2x Permanent Positions
Hours: Full Time (We understand the importance of work-life balance, and are happy to discuss the possibility of flexible working with applicants)
This role requires SC Clearance and 5 years UK residency- Please see end of role profile to see eligibility criteria.
Come and do the kind of engineering that made you want to be an engineer. Stretch your technical skills while building human understanding. Promote sustainability and create new materials. And, alongside world-leading scientists, technicians and technologists, shape projects that improve lives, and daily life, in the UK and far beyond.
Put simply, come, and discover the impact you can make when you’re equipped, encouraged, and inspired to perform to your very best.

WHAT’S THE PURPOSE OF THIS ROLE?

You will work within the NQCC’s facilities team in close collaboration with the superconducting, Ion trap and Software and controls teams. Working on a variety of challenging instillation projects, utilising, and enhancing your skills in assembly, test, and integration to support the development of scalable, flexible, and robust quantum computing assets that can be deployed to meet the goals of the NQCC enabling the delivery of scalable quantum computing capabilities.

Your responsibilities include:

• Provide good electrical engineer design, integration experience and input into all the NQCC’s technical groups and new facilities programs of work.
• Supporting the broad technical commissioning of two NQCC flagship buildings. Including lab, plant, and scientific hardware, for e.g., vacuum technology, cryogenics systems, process water chillers.
• To be self-motivated and able to work independently, recognise the priorities in a busy new facility.
• Provide appropriate technical information to and supervise contract staff and subcontractors for the manufacture of electrical control panels and peripheral equipment.
• Carry out fault –finding, maintenance and repairs of operational control systems.
• Procure material, components, and spares, maintain suitable stock to support critical hardware.
• Work within the STFC safety policies and codes to create a safe environment to work