Mechanical Design Engineer - Didcot, United Kingdom - Science and Technology Facilities Council
Description
Mechanical Design Engineer
Salary:
£31,931 - £34,709 or £39,748 - £44,166 per annum (dependent on skills and experience). A Specialist Allowance of up to £5,000 per annum is also available for this role.
Contract Type:
Permanent
Hours:
Full time
Location:
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell, Oxfordshire
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. Alongside world-leading scientists and technologists, shape projectsthat improve lives 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.
The facility is one of the world's leading laser centres, providing scientists mainly from the UK and continental Europe with access to anunparalleled range of pioneering laser technology.
As a Mechanical Design Engineer at this facility, depending on your experience, you will be responsible for either supporting or leading the design of the following:
- vacuum systems and hardware used in high vacuum
- motion systems for large optics
- chambers and structures
We are looking for someone with:
- HNC or HND, or equivalent degree (BEng in mechanical engineering) along with experience working in an engineering field
- to be considered for the higher salary, you should have a MEng in mechanical engineering along with extensive experience working in an engineering field & evidence of responsibility such as budgets, management, risk and safety
What we offer
We are offering a permanent position with a whole host of benefits including:
- 30 days holiday (in addition to 10.5 bank holidays and privilege days)
- an excellent defined average salary pension scheme
- employee shopping/travel discounts
- excellent learning and development opportunities
Plus many more benefits and wellbeing initiatives that enable our employees to have a great work life balance
UKRI is an Equal Opportunity & Disability Confident Employer.
We ask some of the biggest questions in the universe, to answer some of the biggest challenges in the world.
What could you achieve with the world-leading facilities and experts of one of Europe's largest research organisations by your side? Join us and discover what's possible.
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