Active Gas Handling Operator (FTA – 1 Year)
Overview of Responsibilities
The salary for this role is £32,577. Onsite working is expected for 5 days a week, however, we actively support requests for flexible working.
This role is based at the following site; Culham, Oxfordshire.
This role requires employees to complete an online Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS), including The Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks for criminal convictions and possibly a search of open source data.
The Role
Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to make a difference? Join our team and contribute to the future of fusion energy. As Active Gas Handling Operator, you will play a pivotal role in assisting the Plant Operations Duty Officer in delivering routine tasks, responding to associated system alarms by taking appropriate action to mitigate plant problems from worsening.
Key Accountabilities:
- Ensure that your behaviour promotes the safety, health and welfare of yourself and your colleagues.
- Actively promote UKAEA’s values, championing a culture of equality, diversity, and inclusion.
- Assist the plant supervisor and the AGHS Control Room Duty Officer with daily routine tasks and duties, keeping accurate records in the Control Room Logbook.
- Monitor and respond to alarms, such as plant, RPI, fire, flammable gas, and oxygen.
- Undertake pre and post operational tasks and daily checks as detailed in Operational Instructions such as ensuring safe access conditions for access to operational areas, radiological and atmosphere surveys, diagnostic shutdown.
- Monitor and maintain stable plant conditions – reporting any irregularities to the Plant Supervisor.
- Administer the DOSAC system to authorise entry to ALNOR controlled areas.
- Liaise with the JET J2 Control Room Shift Technician regarding planned TORUS interventions.
- Undertake tasks to ensure the safe working environment in compliance with the Health and Safety at work Act; share safe working practices with visitors during inspections and tours of the facility.
- Work in accordance with UKAEA policy and undertake any other reasonable tasks or duties requested by your manager.
Qualifications
Essential:
- HNC, BTEC ONC, City & Guilds level 2/3, NVQ 2/3 or equivalent qualification in a mechanical, scientific or engineering discipline would be preferred.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Demonstrably proficient in the Microsoft Office Suite, in particular Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
- Experience of working in a controlled environment.
Desirable:
- A good understanding of safety procedures and why they are required.
- Able to work on own initiative or with others on tasks with minimum supervision.
- Possess effective leadership qualities.
- Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
- Mechanical, Science or Engineering degree or higher education.
Additional Information
A full list of our benefits can be found here https://careers.ukaea.uk/life-at-ukaea/employee-benefits/.
UKAEA's mission is clean energy for all, and we welcome talented people from all backgrounds who want to help us achieve our mission. We are under-represented from some groups and so want to encourage applications in particular from women in STEM, people from Black British Caribbean and African backgrounds and from Pakistani and Bangladeshi British backgrounds. Our Executive team, supported by our 'Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion' (EDI) and Wellbeing and our EDI Networks actively promote Inclusion and takes steps to increase diversity within our organization. We reinforce best practices in recruitment and selection and evaluate approaches to remove barriers to success.
Please note that vacancies are generally advertised for 4 weeks but may close earlier if we receive a large number of applications.
For applicants applying from outside the United Kingdom or those who have spent time outside the UK in the last five years, please visit the following link for information on criminal records checks: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants If your country of residence or previous residence is not listed on the website or if the UK Government does not have information on obtaining a criminal records check from that state, we regret to inform you that we cannot process your application.
