Jobs at United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority

Creates and maintains 2D and 3D electrical drawings, technical documentation, and control system diagrams using CAD and PDM/PLM systems. Supports designs from concept through detailed design, ensuring compliance with UK, European, and international standards. Coordinates documentation across engineering teams, reviews and releases drawings, administers documentation workflows, and provides technical guidance for electrical drafting activities supporting manufacture, installation, testing, commissioning, operation, and maintenance.

Leads strategically significant IT projects and programmes from initiation through completion, managing multidisciplinary teams, suppliers, stakeholders, budgets, risks, governance, and benefits. The role contributes to portfolio prioritisation, investment decisions, resource allocation, and delivery standards across the Computing Division. It also drives continuous improvement, coaches project professionals, and supports the development of future programme leaders.

Provides senior technical leadership for complex control systems and robotics projects across the full engineering lifecycle. Leads multidisciplinary teams, defines system requirements and interfaces, ensures regulatory and technical compliance, manages work packages, budgets, procurement, and delivery, and acts as a technical authority. The role also develops engineering standards, supports strategic planning, builds external partnerships, mentors engineers, and delivers innovative solutions for remote applications in challenging environments.

Leads UKFE’s digital communications across its website and social media channels, creating content, campaigns and engagement strategies for the STEP programme. Supports community consultations, stakeholder meetings and public events, builds relationships with local communities and authorities, manages enquiries and feedback, and uses analytics to improve communications. The role also provides digital communications advice, produces consultation materials and represents UKFE as a trusted ambassador.

Support UKAEA’s office services function by administering the Robin desk and space-booking system, managing Ivanti and Maximo records, producing workplace usage reports, responding to accommodation queries, and coordinating furniture, storage, deliveries, office moves, and supplies across multiple sites. The role requires strong administrative, Microsoft Office, task-management, reporting, and data-analysis skills, with regular onsite attendance.

Leads end-to-end mobilisation of work packages between UK Fusion Energy Ltd and UKAEA, coordinating technical, commercial, finance, procurement and project teams. Defines scope, schedules, budgets, governance, risks and dependencies; manages contractual and intellectual property requirements; oversees the work package pipeline and reporting; improves mobilisation processes; and leads junior team members while deputising for the Fusion Partner Office Manager.

Manages commercial and procurement activities for complex construction, engineering, and infrastructure contracts across the project lifecycle. Responsibilities include contract drafting and negotiation, procurement delivery, cost forecasting, budget control, valuation, change management, risk and dispute resolution, commercial reporting, governance, assurance, and stakeholder management. The role provides expert advice to project teams, contractors, suppliers, and senior stakeholders while ensuring regulatory compliance, value for money, and effective contract administration.

Coordinates projects, programmes, governance activities, meetings, documentation, workflows, trackers, and information flows for the Plasma Science and Fusion Operations Directorate. Manages SharePoint sites, including architecture, content, and permissions, while supporting the Director’s Office and implementation initiatives. Responsibilities include preparing meeting materials, recording actions and decisions, maintaining project records, handling communications, and supporting strategic priorities in a technical fusion research environment.

Leads electrical quality assurance across RACE robotic systems, covering design, manufacturing, installation, testing, and commissioning. Manages the electrical quality team, develops quality and test plans, oversees inspections and supplier documentation, ensures compliance with electrical standards and safety requirements, and provides hands-on technical leadership. The role also manages suppliers and contractors, resolves quality issues, supports project delivery, coaches staff, and drives continuous improvement.

Lead complex control and instrumentation projects from concept through detailed design, acting as a subject matter expert across UKAEA programs. Develop control architectures, specifications, software, and documentation; oversee installation, commissioning, testing, safety systems, HAZOPs, risk management, and lifecycle delivery. Provide technical leadership, manage work packages and budgets, coordinate multidisciplinary teams and contractors, and mentor engineers while improving organizational standards and governance.

Senior commercial lead accountable for commercial strategy across Integrated Project Teams. Responsibilities include procurement and contracting strategy, cost management, contract negotiation and administration, change control, dispute resolution, stakeholder engagement with government and executives, commercial risk management, and leading/mentoring commercial teams to deliver major construction and infrastructure portfolios.

Leads procurement, negotiation, execution, and lifecycle management of complex, high-value engineering and service contracts for the STEP fusion programme. Oversees commercial teams, contract performance, risk mitigation, supplier relationships, compliance, dispute resolution, and continuous improvement. Collaborates with legal, technical, sourcing, and industry partners while developing strategic commercial frameworks and mentoring team members.

Leads the STEP fusion programme’s magnet engineering function as technical authority. Oversees superconducting magnet design, remountable joints, technology demonstrations, risk mitigation, system interfaces, supply-chain development, contract technical management, and delivery against programme milestones. Builds and develops an integrated team of internal staff and external specialists while coordinating with plasma, cooling, commercial, testing, and project-management functions. Requires significant superconducting magnet leadership, expert magnet technology knowledge, complex-systems engineering experience, and chartered engineer status or equivalent.