Graduate Mechanical Design Engineer - Graduate Scheme 2025

UK Atomic Energy Authority, Caldecott, Vale of White Horse

Graduate Mechanical Design Engineer - Graduate Scheme 2025

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UK Atomic Energy Authority, Caldecott, Vale of White Horse

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 4 days ago, 16 Dec | Get your application in now to be included in the first week's applications.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 25db2a480fe048668575524a6a5fa0e2

Full Job Description

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to make a difference? Join our team and contribute to the future of fusion energy. As Graduate Mechanical Engineer, you will play a pivotal role and do a variety of engineering tasks designed to provide experience & familiarization with staff, methods, practices, & programs of the organisation. This may include, operating, maintaining & demonstrating equipment. The role holder will be expected to manage their own development continuously working towards building their knowledge & skills.

  • System Analysis
  • Design & Review
  • Procure & Commission
  • Operational Analysis
  • Support the repair and recovery of existing equipment
  • Report
  • Plan & Coordinate
  • Support Business Development
  • Additional Responsibilities: System analysis:
  • Remote compatibility & design assessments
  • Requirements capture
  • Market & technology surveys
  • Design & Review:
  • Writing functional specifications
  • Concept generation & selection
  • Preliminary design and component selection
  • Structural, thermal, kinematic, fluid flow & vibrational analysis'
  • Integration
  • Peer review
  • Detailed design & drafting
  • Procure & Commission:
  • Co-ordinating the procurement ensuring value for money and budget compliance.
  • Developing & writing assembly procedures & testing and commissioning procedures.
  • Identifying key quality requirements and creating corresponding inspection documentation in line with UKAEA
  • Monitoring progress and quality of both sub-contract and in-house manufacturing & assembly ensuring compliance to UKAEA site standards
  • Identifying manufacturing non-conformances and discuss them with the associated stakeholders.
  • Arranging or enacting inspection by relevant departments.
  • Commissioning & trouble-shooting hardware builds
  • Signing off completed work packages
  • Writing maintenance and operator manuals
  • Operational Analysis:
  • Working with the VR Engineer to create simulations demonstrating the feasibility and efficiency of operations
  • Operational Sequence descriptions
  • RAMI analysis
  • Support the repair and recovery of existing equipment:
  • Analysing faults on equipment based on design information and anecdotal accounts of the failure form operational team.
  • Determining and managing a methodical approach to problem diagnosis
  • Identifying and agreeing appropriate corrective action in consultation with operational team and equipment experts.
  • Organising and oversee corrective action
  • Ensuring appropriate design files are updated and spare stock replenished.
  • Report:
  • Reporting work and results back to customer in project defined way
  • Plan & Coordinate:
  • Planning work programs and projects
  • Coordinating, instructing and enabling assisting staff in execution of project work
  • Support Business Development:
  • Generating work proposals base on tender specifications and customer and bid team discussions
  • Estimating resource effort and hardware costs
  • Delivering conference presentations and publishing paper