KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Scope and deliver new engineering capability build across the Materials Division:
• Deliver the (non commercial ie. the HOW rather than WHY) business case content for MRF II and III, aligned to the UK Fusion Materials Roadmap and in collaboration with related teams and activities in the Materials Division and further afield. Develop a proton beamline facility proposal for Culham Campus (~£45m).
• Align Divisional engineering plans with those of internal and external senior stakeholders to deliver the UKAEA Mission and Goals.
• Act as policy developer, ensuring compliance with Culham site QSHERA guard rails, but simultaneously expanding the latter to encompass new site contexts (e.g. University of Durham’s NETPARK campus).
• Report on team progress and activities to UKAEA’s ExCo, Funder organisations (NNUF, Henry Royce Institute, EPSRC) and external senior stakeholders.
• Provide high level inputs to the Materials Division’s annual business planning, budget creation, people reviews and resource scoping. Drive capitalisation of the engineering assets via regular reporting and engagement with the finance team to ensure timebound conversion of engineering activity to value recognition in the UKAEA P&L for the Division.
• Create a resilient, appropriately-scaled and inclusive, engineering resource in the Division with suitably qualified and experienced personnel.
• Line manage the senior engineering resources in MRF I, II and III, delivering performance management by creating an environment where lateral thinking is encouraged, productivity is enabled, and communication is pro-active.
• Provide technical guidance to extend the team’s engineering expertise to establish the Division as the UK’s leading facility for experimental research on irradiated materials.
• Manage the completion of the commissioning (and State 2 conversion, where relevant) of all Engineering (instruments, ancilliary plant and utilities, robotic and other remote handling equipment, C&I etc) in MRF I .
• Leverage expertise (including machining capabilities and the jobcarding system) in other UKAEA units to extend the engineering resource available for MRF I-III engineering delivery.
• Deliver a working suite of hot cells by the end of 2025, comprising i) the site acceptance tests in Q2 to close out the £9m Hot Cell Extension project and ii) refitting and integration of the original 4 MRF hot cells (~£5m) in Q3,4.
• Manage the launch of MRF II (~£12m) via creation and oversight of a civils+engineering+science project team for conversion of J41 over a 36 month timeframe.
• Manage the launch of MRF III (~£12m) via creation and oversight of a civils+engineering+science project team for the Irradiated Magnet Materials research facility at Uni Durham over 2025-2027.
• Create management systems and implement Systems Engineering tools and processes to deliver transparent governance and legislative compliance for the Division’s engineering resource, and oversee machine certification work, where relevant, aligned with the Office of the Chief Engineer at UKAEA.
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  £87,038 (inclusive of Specialist Allowance) + excellent benefits including outstanding pension
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OVERVIEW OF RESPONSIBILITIES

The salary for this role is £87,038 (inclusive of a Specialist Allowance). Onsite working is expected for 3 days each week, however, we actively support requests for flexible working.
This role is based at the following site; 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 Head of Engineering Investment – Materials Division, you will play a pivotal role in providing the strategic engineering voice for an expanding Materials Division. You will manage the design, build, installation, commissioning and strategy (for maintenance / repair/ expansion) for all Materials Division facilities – existing and planned (MRF I-III). You will act as the Design Authority on new engineering in the Division and line manage and develop (in size and quality of delivery) the engineering team in the Division.