Job Title: HTS Mechanical Engineer
Location: Milton Park, Abingdon
Salary: Competitive
Job Type: Full Time, Permanent
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The Role:
A position is available in the HTS magnet team for a Mechanical Engineer who will be responsible for the design and manufacture of cryogenic equipment to participate in the pioneering work taking place on HTS magnet development. The candidate should be highly motivated to deliver against challenging objectives in a compressed timescale.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design of pressure and vacuum vessels, ensuring compliance with relevant design codes
- Design of magnet support structures, ideally including stress calculations
- Production of design concepts to satisfy manufacture, assembly and maintenance requirements
- Material selection to account for the operating temperature and magnetic field
- Production of detailed design drawings and bill of materials, for manufacture and assembly
- Manage suppliers to ensure they have the relevant expertise and tooling for the specialist tasks and to ensure components and assemblies are delivered on time
- Contribute effectively in a multi-disciplinary team of engineers and scientists
- Ability to devise and operate effective project schedules
The successful Candidates will have:
Essential
- Degree or equivalent experience in mechanical engineering
- Experience designing equipment for cryogenic and vacuum environments
- 3D CAD experience, preferably Solid Edge or similar
- Experience of working in a team of scientists and/or engineers
- Willingness to learn new techniques and technologies
- Ability to devise and operative effective project schedules
Desirable
- Knowledge of pressure vessel codes, EN1445 or PD5500
- Experience with Finite Element Analysis, familiarity with ANSYS
- Experience with joining dissimilar metals
- Experience of vacuum feedthroughs for power and instrumentation wiring
- Effective written and oral communication skills
- Ability to work effectively with minimum supervision
- Proactive attitude
Benefits:
- 25 days holiday, pro rata (plus bank holidays)
- Company pension scheme
- Eligible for company share option scheme after 1 years’ service
- Company bonus scheme, discretionary, dependent on performance
- Private medical insurance after 3 months service
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Further Information
Pre-employment screening
Please note that the appointment of the successful candidate will be subject to standard pre-employment screening, as applicable to the post. This will include right-to-work, proof of identity and references.
Data Privacy
Please note that any personal data submitted to the Company as part of the job application process will be processed in accordance with the GDPR and related UK data protection legislation.
Equality of Opportunity
Entry into employment with the Company 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.
Candidates with the experience or relevant job titles of: Mechanical Engineering Graduate, Pressure Engineer, Design Engineer, Cryogenics Engineer, Vacuum Engineer, Pressure Vessels,CAD Engineer, CAD Technician, HTS, Vacuum, CAD, Computer Aided Design, AutoCAD, 2D CAD, CAD Operator, Draughtsperson, Solidworks, Mechanical Engineering, Auto-CAD Design Engineer and Auto-CAD Technician may also be considered for this role.
