COMPANY BACKGROUND

What if there was a limitless, safe, clean, low-cost energy source, providing much needed global energy security? What if that energy source could also help address climate change? The answer is fusion energy – the power of the stars. Tokamak Energy is a leading global commercial fusion energy company based near Oxford with have an unrivalled track record designing and operating spherical tokamaks; the optimal route to commercial fusion.
In addition to fusion, Tokamak Energy is recognised as a world leader in transformative High Temperature Superconducting (HTS) magnet technology. Our dedicated HTS magnet team, in collaboration with key manufacturing partners, is focussed on enabling new levels of performance and becoming the leading supplier of HTS magnets to multiple markets, including renewable energy, medicine, science and propulsion in water, land, air and space.
The company, founded in 2009 as a spin-off from UK Atomic Energy Authority, currently employs a growing team of over 260 people with experts from the UK and around the world. It combines world leading scientific, engineering, industrial and commercial capabilities. The company has more than 75 families of patent applications and has raised $335 million, comprising $275m from private investors and $60m from the UK and U.S. governments. Our U.S. subsidiary, Tokamak Energy Inc, was established in 2019.
Come and be a part of a dynamic and innovative team striving to provide a solution to one of humanity’s greatest challenges: clean and sustainable fusion energy for all.

WHAT QUALIFICATIONS WILL YOU RECEIVE THROUGH COMPLETION OF THE APPRENTICESHIP?

• Level 3 Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (Development Knowledge)
• Successful completion of an ‘End Point Assessment’, leading to professional recognition by a relevant Engineering Institution

REQUIREMENTS

Eligibility (useful link):

• Must be at least 16 years of age at the commencement of the apprenticeship
• Eligible to live and work in the UK for the entirety of the apprenticeship and have resided in the UK for at least 3 years prior to starting the apprenticeship.
• Achieved GCSE grades 4-9 / A*-C in Maths and English Language or English Literature (or equivalent). Equivalent could include a Level 2 college course that included their Level 2 Maths and English subjects.

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BENEFITS

• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays and 3 festive days to be used between Christmas and the New Year)
• Company pension scheme
• Company bonus scheme, discretionary, dependant on performance
• Cycle to work scheme
  No terminology in the advert or job description is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person’s age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications, and abilities to perform the duties of the job.

The L3 apprenticeship qualification will cover the following content:

• Health and safety in the engineering environment
• Engineering mathematics
• Engineering principle

Salary: £15,500 per annum plus incremental increase each year.
Hours: 37.5 per week.
Start date: September 2025
As a Tokamak Energy L3 Engineering Technician Apprentice in the Heating and Current Drive team you will have the opportunity to work on a wide range of technology under the guidance and support of our highly skilled and experienced team members.
The Heating and Current Drive team is responsible for the systems that heat the plasma to many million Celsius. The team runs and maintains two neutral beam systems and one gyrotron to provide Megawatts of power to ST40.
As part of your role you will work, with the support of the team, on these complex systems. This could mean working on the electrical, mechanical, instrumentation, vacuum, or cooling systems of our existing equipment. Also working with the engineers and physicists in the team on the design or testing of new equipment. And whilst we are a great team, placements in other teams are encouraged as a way to increase your skills and the depth of your knowledge.

The L3 apprenticeship qualification will cover the following content:

• Health and safety in the engineering environment
• Engineering mathematics
• Engineering principles