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Robotics Research Manager

Employer
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, (UKAEA)
Location
UKAEA Culham, Oxfordshire
Salary
£60,317 to £63,855 (inclusive of MPP) + excellent benefits including outstanding pension
Closing date
17 Feb 2022

Job Details

Company Description

Fusion, the process that powers the Sun and Stars, is one of the most promising options for generating the cleaner, carbon-free energy that our world badly needs. UKAEA are at the forefront of realising energy from fusion, working with industry and research partners to deliver the ground-breaking developments that will underpin tomorrow's fusion power stations with the aim of bringing fusion electricity to the grid.

Job Description
Who are we looking for?


We are looking for an experienced and proactive Robotics Research Manager with excellent leadership and communication skills. A quick thinker with an eye for detail and strong organisational and project management skills. You are a delivery focused individual with an analytical approach to planning and strong commercial awareness, in particular in relation to research collaborations.

What will you be responsible for?

As our Robotics Research Manager, you will provide operational leadership to the RACE Research Team, who are focused on the low-TRL (Technology Readiness Levels) research activities, research strategy delivery, and Academic Engagement activities of RACE.

Reporting to the Head of Research, you will take responsibility for overall operation and delivery of the research programmes, as well as providing input, advice, and guidance on all aspects of RACE Research Team's strategy and operations. Your main responsibilities will include:

- Acting as overall programme manager for all of RACE's research projects, taking ownership for delivery and ensuring that they are delivered to quality and safety standards, maximising value to stakeholders within time and budgetary constraints. Responsible for research governance.
- Leading the co-ordination, supervision, monitoring of RACE research finances with RACE Finance Business Partner and programme leads
- Ensuring that intellectual property/ commercially sensitive information is appropriately managed
- Being responsible for direct and indirect line management of RACE researchers and scientists
- Being responsible for structured approach to identifying research funding opportunities and coordinating the delivery of proposals and bids with a particular input to the ability to deliver against stated objectives considering the implications for recruitment/ resourcing, equipment purchase, design and delivery.
- Leading and coordinating recruitment campaigns and selection processes including ownership of process improvement for research team recruitment and selection

NOTE: May require occasional UK and international travel

Qualifications
Essential skills, experience and competence required


- Experience of leadership of complex inter-organisational research programmes in the field of Engineering and Physical Sciences
- Proven ability to interact efficiently with a diverse range of people in a variety of different situations
- Ability to manage people and equipment to deliver complex research projects
- Financial management experience including experience of managing research project budgets
- Engineering degree or equivalent qualification
- Understanding of governance, H&S and compliance issues
- Knowledge of main UK and EU research funding bodies and processes

Desirable skills, experience and competence

- Knowledge of robotics research
- Relevant management-related qualifications
- Research qualifications (PhD)
- Chartered status in relevant STEM discipline or equivalent experience

Additional Information
What we offer


A competitive salary
A culture committed to being fully inclusive, supported by a Being Inclusive Strategy and Inclusion Ambassadors
An Employee Assistance Programme and trained Mental Health First Aiders, with a full calendar of health and wellbeing initiatives
Flexible working options including family friendly policies
Emergency leave (paid)
30.5 days’ annual leave increased with length of service (including privilege days and 3 days between Christmas and New Year) plus bank holidays
Wide range of career development opportunities (e.g. professional registration, internal promotions, coaching and mentoring programme)
Outstanding defined benefit pension scheme
Annual corporate bonus scheme
Relocation allowance (if eligible)

We welcome applications from under-represented groups, particularly from individuals from black and other ethnic minority backgrounds, including nationality and citizenship, people with disabilities, (visible and hidden) and women. The Executive team with support from our EDI ‘Equality, Diversity and Inclusion’ (EDI) partner and Inclusion Ambassadors, is actively promoting EDI and taking steps to increase the diversity of our people through reinforcing best practice in recruitment and selection, and revaluating approaches where it is clear we can remove barriers to success. We are easily accessible by car and are a 10-minute walk from Culham Railway Station in Oxfordshire.

Please be advised that this vacancy is due to close on 17/02/2022. We may close earlier than this date if large or sufficient numbers of applications are received.

Please note, all employees working at the UK Atomic Energy Authority will be required to complete an online Disclosure Certificate application as part of their clearance.

Note for applicants who are applying for employment with UKAEA either from outside the United Kingdom or who have spent time outside the United Kingdom in the last five years. Please visit the UK government website. If the country you are resident in or have resided in is not listed on this website or that the UK Government is not aware of how to obtain a criminal records check from that state then we are unable to process your application

Company

Do you want to help shape the future of the world's energy? If so, Culham Centre for Fusion Energy is the place to be and we can offer a range of career opportunities. These include scientific and engineering roles, as well as technical and administrative positions supporting our research programme.

We have professionally accredited training schemes for graduate engineers and apprentices, and strong links with universities around the UK for PhD placements, as well as job vacancies for various positions when they occur, working in a friendly international environment. 

 

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