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Electrical and Control Engineer

Employer
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Location
England, Oxfordshire, Didcot
Salary
£31931.0 - £44166.0 per annum + £3,000 role-based allowance
Closing date
1 Jul 2021
Reference
21000015

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Discipline
Scientific
Sector
Sciences
Job Type
Engineer

Job Details

Excellent opportunity for a skilled Electrical and Control Engineer to work in a leading science environment offering exceptional employee benefits.

About the Central Laser Facility

The Central Laser Facility (CLF) is one of the world's leading laser centres, providing scientists mainly from the UK and continental Europe with access to an unparalleled range of state-of-the-art laser technology. The CLF has around 180 staff and its function - user facility, international research - makes it a very friendly, outgoing, externally facing sort of place. It has a welcoming and inclusive culture, and you will find that people will naturally help and support you.
As part of UK Research and Innovation, the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) is one of Europe's largest research organisations and operates at a number of sites within the UK, including the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) and many more around the world. RAL is home to about 1,200 staff that work with a community of more than 10,000 scientists and engineers mainly from the research sector, which spans the scientific spectrum including energy, security, materials healthcare, life-sciences and the environment to address important challenges facing society.
STFC is an award-winning employer and RAL is a superb place to work - there is pioneering work going on all around the site and the environment, facilities and conditions are excellent. RAL has a real buzz and the people working here have a profound sense of pride in what they achieve. Alongside an excellent working environment and comprehensive continued professional development STFC offers a benefits package designed to provide an excellent work/life balance.

About the role
You will join a team of Electrical Control engineers playing a critical part in designing electrical control systems, supporting the work carried out by the Central Laser Facility.

Your responsibilities will include:
* Liaison with laser scientists and users to provide technical advice and assistance in preparation for and support of experiments.
* Attending daily, but brief, operational meetings to determine experimenters electrical requirements and organise/implement safe solutions
* Responding appropriately to support the needs of an operational experimental facility
* Leading fault finding of electrical equipment and control systems
* Designing, developing and supporting PLC based systems
* Developing and supporting motion control systems
* Ensuring safe operation of the electrical equipment in use, issue of the relevant safety documentation, and implementing improvements where necessary


The role requires the candidate to be self-motivated, to work well in a team and to be able to operate independently. You will work closely with research scientists, electrical engineers and leading university research groups from Europe and the UK.

About You
You will have an apprenticeship in Electrical/Electronic Engineering along with experience working in an engineering supporting role, as well as knowledge and practical experience of modern electrical engineering components and techniques.

To be considered for the higher position, as well as the above, you will have proven experience in the development of systems from customers' requirements to commissioning with sound experience designing and programming PLC based systems and/or high precision motion control and be qualified to a minimum of HNC/HND level or equivalent.


Employee Benefits:
We are offering a permanent position that provide a whole host of family friendly benefits including; 30 days holiday (in addition to bank holidays), an excellent pension scheme, employee shopping/travel discounts, a salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme, 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.


To Apply
Applicants are required to include a cover letter outlining their suitability for this role. Please also state where you saw this role advertised.

Applications are handled by UK SBS; to apply please visit our Careers Portal.

The closing date for applications is 27th June 2021.

Company

The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) is one of Europe’s largest research organisations. We’re trusted to support, enable and undertake pioneering projects in an amazing diversity of fields. Through world-class facilities and people, we’re driving ground-breaking advances in science and engineering. STFC is one of nine organisations that have been brought together to create UK Research and Innovation (UKRI); a new organisation with a vision to ensure the UK maintains its world-leading position in research and innovation.

At STFC, our engineers provide the technology that allows our world-leading science to make a real difference in areas that really matter: from cancer treatment to airport security, high-tech jobs to hydrogen powered cars, energy generation to accident scene emergency care, our impact is felt in many aspects of daily life. We provide and exploit space and astronomy technology, a world-leading neutron scattering facility, ultra-fast supercomputers, amazing scientific instruments and some of the most powerful lasers in the world. We work with industry and academia throughout the UK, Europe and the world.

STFC can offer you an excellent working environment. Our laboratories are based in beautiful rural locations in Cheshire, Oxfordshire and in Edinburgh, with great amenities and quality of life for you and your family. We are at the centre of burgeoning high-tech campuses buzzing with economic investment and even more promise for the future. Our people enjoy attractive benefits and plenty of opportunity for development. Whether you are beginning or furthering your career, we can offer you excellent opportunities to test out and broaden your skills and experience and to gain real technical and managerial expertise working in dynamic team and project environments.

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