Mechanical Technician

1 month ago

Abingdon, United Kingdom Tokamak Energy Full time

Tokamak Energy operates within a matrix structure with technical teams supporting several programmes, projects and ad-hoc engineering tasks. Forming part of the wider Technical Engineering team, as an Engineering Technician, you will utilise existing skills whilst developing new skills and experience to support a variety of projects and tasks as required across the business to align with business priorities and milestones. 

You will need to be a flexible, highly motivated team player requiring low supervision and have broad based engineering experience. 

 Main Duties and Responsibilities  

  • Involvement in specification and design of required equipment 
  • Mechanical fabrication and installation 
  • Support system installations when required. 
  • General engineering support to scientists and engineers across numerous projects, programmes, and tasks 
  • Keep the Technical Engineering group management team updated on work progress both verbally and using the daily feedback form.  
  • Helping to keep a tidy work environment through using the correct recycling streams to enable the company to reach its environmental targets.  
  • Ensuring all tooling is kept in good condition and any shortfalls identified are reported.  
  • Collaborate with other team members and contractors on large-scale projects, ensuring effective coordination and completion of tasks. 
  • Take responsibility for upkeep of area that you are working within, including identification of safety risks and restocking materials when required. 
  • A strong focus on teamwork in a fast-paced environment.   

Requirements

  • Experience in mechanical fitting/repair/upgrade 
  • Experience and able to read and work from drawings/schematics. 
  • A flexible/agile approach to daily tasks 
  • Good initiative with ability to solve problems. 
  • Good communications skills across all levels 
  • Acting as a good role model, always representing company values. 
  • Possess a good understanding of and attitude toward Health & Safety requirements. 
  • Basic IT skills using Windows based operating system. 

Desirable: 

  • Rigging and slinging experience 
  • Forklift licence 
  • Crane licence 
  • MEWP/IPAF 3A & 3B licenced. 
  • PASMA trained. 
  • PAT qualified 
  • First Aid training 
  • Machining (Manual/CNC) 
  • Welding, brazing, silver soldering experience 
  • Cryogenic handling 
  • UHV Vacuum systems 
  • Instrumentation and experimental support experience. 
  • Time served Apprentice. 

Hazard-specific / Safety-critical duties  

This job includes the following hazards or safety-critical activities which will require successful pre-employment health screening through our occupational health service before the successful candidate will be allowed to start work: 

  • Working at height (ladders, scissor lifts, cherry pickers & scaffolding)  
  • Work in hot or cold environments 
  • Regular manual handling 
  • Use of welding equipment 
  • Use of lathes, milling machines, band saws, pillar drills or other large workshop machinery (operators must prove competence prior to use. 
  • Work with cryogenic fluids including liquid nitrogen. 
  • Working with or in the vicinity of equipment that produces high magnetic fields.  
  • Working with materials that are managed under the control of substances hazardous to health regulations (COSHH) 

Benefits

  • Salary dependent on skills and experience and will be discussed from the outset
  • 28 days (inclusive of festive break) holiday plus bank holidays
  • Eligible for discretionary performance related bonus
  • Share options scheme
  • Pension scheme
  • Financial benefits – including; group life insurance, critical illness, health cash plan and discount scheme 
  • Innovation and Merit bonuses
  • Investment in training and development to support career progression
  • Opportunity to work on and contribute to world class innovation

About Us

What if there was a limitless, safe, clean, low-cost energy source, providing much needed global energy security? What if that energy source could also help reduce climate change? We believe that’s fusion energy. Tokamak Energy is a leading global commercial fusion energy company based near Oxford, UK. We have an unrivalled track record designing and operating spherical tokamaks; the optimal route to commercial fusion energy.

In addition to fusion energy, Tokamak Energy is recognised as the leader in High Temperature Superconductor (HTS) magnet, design, numerical modelling, and prototyping. Our dedicated HTS magnet team, in collaboration with key manufacturing partners, is focussed on becoming the leading supplier of HTS magnets to multiple markets.

The company, founded in 2009 as a spin-off from the UK’s Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, currently employs a growing team of over 250 people with experts from the UK and around the world. It combines world leading scientific, engineering, industrial and commercial capabilities. The company has 70 families of patent applications and has raised $250 million, comprising $200m from private investors and $50m from the UK and US governments. Our US subsidiary, Tokamak Energy Inc, was established in 2019.

Come and be a part of a dynamic and innovative team who are striving to provide a solution to one of humanity’s greatest challenges: clean and sustainable energy for all.

Important information

Please note that any personal data submitted to Tokamak Energy will be processed in accordance with the GDPR and related UK data protection legislation.

If you do not meet all the listed criteria for this position, we would still welcome your application.

Entry into employment with Tokamak Energy and progression within employment will be determined only by personal merit and the application of criteria which are related to the duties of each post and the relevant salary structure. In all cases, ability to perform the job will be the primary consideration.

No applicant or member of staff shall be discriminated against because of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

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