Senior Joining Specialist
- Employer
- Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE)
- Location
- Berkshire, Reading, England / England, Berkshire, Aldermaston
- Salary
- £47690 - £65000 per annum
- Closing date
- 27 Jan 2025
- Reference
- R26237
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- Discipline
- Automotive, Manufacturing & Production, Materials
- Sector
- Automotive Industry, Industrial, Manufacturing, Rail
- Job Type
- Engineer
Job Details

Role title: Senior Joining Specialist
Location: RG7 4PR, located between Reading and Basingstoke, with free onsite parking.
Package: £47,690 - £65,000 + Allowance (depending on your suitability, qualifications & level of experience)
Closing date: 27th January 2025
Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight. We will consider flexible working requests so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know your preferred working pattern on your application.
Let us introduce the role
AWE is currently recruiting for a Senior Joining Specialist. This role will complement our Joining Development and Manufacturing team in support of all current and future Warhead programmes. The successful candidate will integrate with a team of welding specialists to establish joining techniques across all areas of the business.
Who are we looking for?
We do need you to have the following:
Experience of working in an industrial/R+D environment
Experience of working on scientific/industrial equipment
Experience operating laser welding equipment
Experience with machining processes
Experience of writing weld procedure specification (WPS) and qualification methods
Knowledge of laboratory safety principles and practice
Knowledge of physical metallurgy
Knowledge of Joining/Welding technologies. Keyhole & conduction
Knowledge of laser welding equipment, design and operation
Knowledge of weld defects and controls
Whilst not to be considered a tick list, we'd like you to have experience in some of the following:
Planning and delivering Joining programmes to meet project and process area objectives in terms of safety, cost, timing, legislation and quality whilst coaching and developing more junior Joining Specialists to meet current and future objectives
Developing, validating and manufacture of high integrity joints on a variety of materials. Design of test pieces, fixtures and tooling
Acting as a subject matter expert on Laser Welding processes and formulate and approve weld procedures
Liaising with facility and Safety Teams in preparing and ensuring all required documentation is in place and maintained in date
Liaising with key stakeholders, project teams and management, ensuring appropriate communication of project/programme status
Liaising with wider UK industry and institutions
Providing a diverse and inclusive working environment that allows individuals to flourish and realise their potential
Working with others to form high performing teams
We would also like you to have:
The ability to operate complex machinery
The ability to work on your own initiative
The ability work with other resource groups (e.g. Production Staff, Facility, Health Physics)
Computer literacy skills with the ability to work with Windows based software
The ability to assess and act on written info and engineering drawings
The flexibility to be able to respond to tasking changes
An attention to detail whilst undertaking practical tasks
Some reasons we think you'll love it here:
AWE has wide range of benefits to suit you. These include:
- 9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave.
- Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions)
- Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay
- Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body
- Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services
- Life Assurance (4 x annual salary)
- Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending
- Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring
You must be willing and able to obtain and maintain the security clearance required for the role (more information on this can be found on our website) and be willing and able to travel within the UK and overseas and hold a full UK Driving Licence. Candidates must also be willing to work with RA materials
Due to the classified nature of the work involved, there are limited opportunities to work from home in this role. It is anticipated that the successful candidate will spend the majority of their time working on site at AWE Aldermaston.
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Company
We’re looking for talented and ambitious people to join us in our work at the forefront of nuclear defence engineering, science and technology.
To work at AWE is to play a valuable part in keeping our country safe and secure.
Working at AWE gives you access to exceptional technologies, facilities and projects no ordinary company can provide – and the support of world-class professionals at every stage of your career.
- Website
- https://careers.awe.co.uk/
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