Electrical Engineering Group Leader - Ditcot

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Job Description

The Science & Technology Facilities Council is a partner organisation within UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). UKRI is an entity that brings together nine partners to create an independent organisation with a strong voice for research and innovation, and a vision to ensure the UK maintains its world-leading position in research and innovation.

The Central Laser Facility (CLF) is based on the RAL site near Didcot and specialises in developing and operating large scale, laser driven particle accelerators and laser microscopy.

About the role
We are recruiting an Electrical Engineering Group Leader to lead the electrical teams involved in delivering our large projects like EPAC (Extreme Photonics Applications Centre) and supporting the scientific programme. This is an exciting and diverse role in a dynamic and exciting environment managing wide teams covering design, implementation maintenance and decommissioning. Many systems are bespoke to meet the specific need of the facility and experiments.

It is expected that the successful candidate will have a wide range of experience managing teams with technical experience in some of the following fields:

• Pulse power systems at 22KV DC.

• PLC control systems and logic.

• Motion control systems and hardware.

• Complex personnel and machine safety systems.

• Safety with an IOSH or NEBOSH qualification.

• Software development using modern languages like C# on both

Microsoft and Linux platforms.

The Electrical Engineering Group Leader is responsible for the technical and strategic leadership, the development and management of the group and the oversight and prioritisation of the day to day operations of the 30 strong team.

This key role is significant to the future of the CLF by:

• Leading the Electrical Engineering Group for the operational delivery of the facilities and the experimental programme to ensure world-class science is carried out safely and effectively.

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