AWE is currently recruiting for a Facility Engineer within our Control and Instrumentation team to deliver professional engineering services for the upkeep of all assets and equipment AWE needs in order to deliver the Programme.

Location: Reading area

Package: £33, – £50, (depending on your suitability and level of experience) + Allowance

AWE (one of the best 25 big companies to work for in the UK) offers an attractive array of benefits which include:

  • Market leading contributory pension scheme

  • Generous holiday entitlement hours a year (inclusive of Bank Holidays) plus every other Friday off)

  • Flexible working hours

  • Salary sacrifice scheme

  • Consideration for either full time or part time hours. Just let us know on your application if you wish to work part time

  • What will you be required to do?

  • Apply technical knowledge for engineered systems and structures

  • Interpret and deliver requirements from the order book which may include troubleshooting, quoting, reporting, design, commissioning and handover as required

  • Identify and escalate business risk where applicable to plant and engineered systems

  • Make evidence-based engineering decisions to solve technical problems

  • Bring a range of C&I skills to the team, which could potentially include one or more of the following – functional safety, PLCs, machinery safety, intrinsic safety, BMS and specialist instrumentation

  • What will you need to be considered?

  • HNC/HND with additional experience or a relevant engineering degree

  • Proven ability to deliver engineering across similar manufacturing/research environment incorporating infrastructure facilities, plant and equipment

  • Experience of delivering facilities engineering and maintenance services across the life of an asset

  • Candidates must be willing and able to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role