Role title: Senior Electrical Electronic Engineer (Warhead Engineering)
Location:RG7 4PR, located between Reading and Basingstoke, with free onsite parking
Package: £42,650 - £65,000 (depending on your suitability, qualifications & level of experience)
Closing date:6th 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
We are currently recruiting for an experienced Senior Electrical Electronic Engineer.
This role is ideally suited to an experienced Engineer looking to apply their Electrical/Electronic skills to challenging system integration, safety, security, or nuclear projects.
In growing our capability, we will also be growing your skills and knowledge as an Engineer with opportunities for development and progression across our programmes of work.
Who are we looking for?
We do need you to have some of the following:
*HNC/HND or degree qualification in a science or engineering discipline or proven experience working in a similar environment
*Ability to integrate and work well in a team and support or take the technical lead in projects
*Degree qualification or NVQ Level 5 or Experience in a science or engineering discipline
*Proven track record of driving technical delivery, performance and continuous improvement with a consideration for quality, time, and cost
*Proven experience in planning, organising and balancing priorities to deliver multiple objectives concurrently
*Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
*Strong communication and exceptional people management skills to drive teams with discovering and sharing key information whilst developing others
*Experience in Leading Design, Integration and Testing of Electronic/Electrical systems
Whilst not to be considered a tick list, we’d like you to have experience in some of the following:
*Delivering engineering solutions that meet safety and performance requirements, across AWE programmes and the full engineering lifecycle to a high standard
*Planning and executing tasks in order to deliver agreed objectives to time; requirements, quality and cost
*Identifying and supporting opportunities for cost savings, efficiency, and business improvement
*Effective stakeholder management, engaging others having a positive impact driving decisions and programme delivery
*Leading, coaching and developing people into multidisciplinary teams meeting delivery objectives, acting additionally as a Task Manager
*Maintaining and promoting high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security, and quality
*Presenting results and information to internal and external stakeholders
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
The ’Working at AWE’ page on our website is where you can find full details in the ’AWE Benefits Guide’.
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 if required
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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