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Thermal Hydraulic Test Expert

UK Atomic Energy Authority is recruiting for a Thermal Hydraulic Test Expert

  • Closing soon
  • Closing date: 09 Jul 2021
  • United Kingdom | UK Atomic Energy Authority
  • Date posted: 15 Jun 2021
  • Job type: Government/Public sector
  • Discipline: Nuclear, fusion & energy 
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Full-time
Department: Fusion Technology – Technical Department
Salary: £43,396 to £46,293 excellent benefits including outstanding pension
Confirmed Grade: Level 5
Site Location: UKAEA Rotherham, Yorkshire

Company description

By 2050, the planet could be using twice as much electricity compared to today. Are you interested in contributing and helping to shape the future of the world’s energy? If so, read on.

Fusion, the process that powers the Sun and stars, is one of the most promising options for generating the cleaner, carbon-free energy that our world badly needs. UKAEA are at the forefront of realising energy from fusion, working with industry and research partners to deliver the ground-breaking developments that will underpin tomorrow’s fusion power stations with the aim of bringing fusion electricity to the grid.

Job description

Who are we looking for?

We have a great opportunity for an individual with a significant experience in experimental techniques for thermal hydraulic phenomena and experience in operation of high temperature and pressure water loop systems. This role will provide you with the exposure to take a leading role in the set-up of brand-new testing facilities at UKAEA Yorkshire that will help to realise advances in fusion technology.

You will have a degree (or equivalent experience) in a relevant technical subject as well as good analytical and excellent communication skills. If you are good at decision making and capable of working on assignments in an independent and creative way in a multidisciplinary environment, we would like to hear from you.

What will you be responsible for?

  • Providing technical leadership in the design and exploitation of Thermal Hydraulics testing for fusion and related fields.
  • Developing understanding of novel thermal hydraulic phenomena in high-temperature, high-pressure water and potentially other novel fluids (e.g. liquid metals, molten salts).
  • Selection of testing set-ups through to design and execution of experiments.
  • Selecting and applying state-of-the-art experimental diagnostic techniques to provide high quality data for benchmarking of simulations.
  • Guiding the development of new thermal hydraulic testing facilities at UKAEA and beyond.
  • Building and fostering links with industrial and academic partners in the field of thermal hydraulics in order to complement UKAEA’s internal capability and facilitate new project proposals.

Qualifications

Essential skills, experience and competence required

  • Degree (or equivalent experience) in a relevant technical subject.
  • Significant experience in experimental techniques for thermal hydraulic phenomena and in operation of high temperature and pressure water loop systems.
  • Expertise in flow diagnostic techniques including PIV, LDA, and conventional temperature, pressure, and flow measurements.
  • Excellent understanding of principles of safe working within research environment.
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • Expertise in understanding complex turbulent flows, two-phase flows, and conjugate heat transfer.

Desirable skills, experience and competence

  • Familiarity with nuclear fusion technology.
  • Familiarity with applications and techniques for of alternative fluids including liquid metals and molten salts.
  • Additional expertise in any of the following: natural and mixed convection, flow-induced vibration, MHD effects.
  • Postgraduate degree in a relevant technical subject.

Additional information

What we offer

  • A competitive salary.
  • A culture committed to being fully inclusive, supported by a Being Inclusive Strategy and Inclusion Ambassadors.
  • An Employee Assistance Programme and trained Mental Health First Aiders, with a full calendar of health and wellbeing initiatives.
  • Flexible working options including family friendly policies.
  • Emergency leave (paid).
  • 30.5 days’ annual leave (including privilege days and 3 days between Christmas and New Year) increased with length of service.
  • Wide range of career development opportunities (e.g. professional registration, internal promotions, coaching and mentoring programme).
  • Outstanding defined benefit pension scheme.
  • Annual corporate bonus scheme.
  • Relocation allowance (if eligible).

We welcome applications from under-represented groups, particularly from individuals from black and other ethnic minority backgrounds, including nationality and citizenship, people with disabilities, (visible and hidden) and women. Our dedicated ‘Equality, Diversity and Inclusion’ (EDI) partner, with the support from our Inclusion Ambassadors, is actively promoting EDI and taking steps to increase the diversity of our people through reinforcing best practice in recruitment and selection, and revaluating approaches where it is clear we can remove barriers to success.

Please be advised that this vacancy is due to close on 9th July 2021. We may close earlier than this date if large or sufficient numbers of applications are received.

Please note, all employees working at the UK Atomic Energy Authority will be required to complete an online Disclosure Certificate application as part of their clearance – The Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks will show the details of all current criminal convictions (convictions considered unspent under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974) or will confirm that there are no such convictions.

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