WORKING ARRANGEMENTS

Please note this role does offer hybrid working, our model sets out a minimum 60% onsite / 40% home working split
Part time working or job share options will be reviewed on an individual basis.

REQUIREMENTS

• Degree in Manufacturing / Mechanical Engineering or appropriate experience and proven track record of manufacturing process development.
• Experience in manufacturing tooling design build and commissioning.
• Ability to write manufacturing process documentation (Work instructions, process flows, route cards, control plans etc.)
• Experience of working with superconducting materials and coil winding tooling is desirable
• Great communication skills (both oral and written) with the ability report project status, issues and plans concisely and effectively in different forums.
• Adaptable and resilient, with the ability to deal with ambiguity
• Proactive, energetic and delivery focused, with good problem-solving skills

ABOUT US

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 reduce climate change? We believe that’s fusion energy. Tokamak Energy is a leading global commercial fusion energy company based near Oxford, UK. We have an unrivalled track record designing and operating spherical tokamaks; the optimal route to commercial fusion energy.
In addition to fusion energy, Tokamak Energy is recognised as the leader in High Temperature Superconductor (HTS) magnet, design, numerical modelling, and prototyping. Our dedicated HTS magnet team, in collaboration with key manufacturing partners, is focussed on becoming the leading supplier of HTS magnets to multiple markets.
The company, founded in 2009 as a spin-off from the UK’s Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, currently employs a growing team of over 250 people with experts from the UK and around the world. It combines world leading scientific, engineering, industrial and commercial capabilities. The company has 70 families of patent applications and has raised $250 million, comprising $200m from private investors and $50m from the UK and US governments. Our US subsidiary, Tokamak Energy Inc, was established in 2019.
Come and be a part of a dynamic and innovative team who are striving to provide a solution to one of humanity’s greatest challenges: clean and sustainable energy for all.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop new HTS coil manufacturing and assembly processes.
• Improve existing manufacturing processes to ensure it can accommodate both custom and scalable production.
• Collaborate with the R&D team to transition innovations into production-ready processes
• Participate in design and build of HTS coil manufacturing tooling, jigs and fixtures.
• Oversee and assess new and existing processes and workflows.
• Perform risk assessment to ensure new and existing manufacturing processes meet company EHS requirements
• Create, update, and maintain manufacturing documents.
• Assess compliance and adherence to quality standards as well as implement and maintain quality control plans and requirements.

HAZARD-SPECIFIC / SAFETY-CRITICAL DUTIES

This job includes the following hazards or safety-critical activities which will require successful pre-employment health screening through our occupational health service before the successful candidate will be allowed to start work:

• Work in hot or cold environments.
• Driving on Company business
• Regular manual handling
• Work with cryogenic fluids including liquid nitrogen.
• Working with or in the vicinity of equipment that produces high magnetic fields.
• Working with materials that are managed under the control of substances hazardous to health regulations (COSHH)