Senior Remote Handling Operations Engineer

Overview of Responsibilities

Who are we looking for?

We have a great opportunity for an experienced Senior Operations Engineer to join our Remote Applications in Challenging Environments (RACE) department. As a Senior Remote Handling Operations Engineer, you will be involved in a wide range of projects as well as verifying and developing remote handling solutions with a particular focus on the final end-user and operator perspective.

You will be required to perform detailed analysis and reporting on concept designs using virtual reality or CAD studies to confirm suitability and will recommend improvements to optimise the design.

This role will allow you to take responsibility for leading and motivating a team and training exercises within a mock-up environment, communicate technical issues to project teams, provide RH equipment operations subject matter expertise on complex and conceptual systems as well as priorities safety to prevent damage to people, equipment and the JET vessel.

What will you be responsible for?

• Providing expertise and feasibility assessments of potential remote handling tasks to other UKAEA departments
• Reviewing and recommending design improvements and enhancements to equipment and tooling to maximise equipment performance
• Generating and implementing major new tasks and equipment, including formal task sequence development through the project life cycle
• Training and mentoring less-experienced Operations Engineers and technicians
• Recruiting, managing and developing less experienced Operations Engineers
• Training and guiding personnel within other departments to improve RACE overall skills levels
• Assisting in production of bids with responsibilities for time estimates and work content / specification analysis

Please note that you may be required to work in Beryllium and Radiation controlled areas. All necessary training and registration for this will be provided by United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority. The JET shutdown operations are staffed in shifts and the appointee must be prepared to work shifts or be on call as required. However, this is only during shutdown preparation and operation. (Not full time shift work. On average about 25% of the year). Typical shift pattern when in remote operations are 06:00-15:30 for 2 weeks, one week on base hours (37.5 hours) and 15:15-01:15 for 2 weeks.