Technologist

Technologist

Location: RG7 4PR , located between Reading and Basingstoke, with free onsite parking .

Package: Starting from £38,020 per year (depending on your suitability, qualifications, and level of experience)

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.

Ready to play your part?

At AWE, it's not just a job, it's far more than that. Our shared purpose is to help keep the nation safe. Could this role be the opportunity for you to play your part?

AWE is currently recruiting for a Technologist for the Metals and Tritium Group.

Metals and Tritium provide operational and scientific expertise & support by underwriting manufacturing process improvements, providing materials for re-processing, manufacture of test pieces for multiple trials, underpin the service life of key components and provide continuing in-service support to our current systems

Working within the Metals and Tritium group the successful candidate will apply specialised expertise, experience and knowledge in a technical field by developing and maintaining capabilities, operating equipment, and other technical work as directed, to support the weapon programme and/or Nuclear Threat Reduction at the product, component and material level.

As a member of the team your main responsibilities will be to:

Preparation of samples using wet chemistry techniques

Perform chemical analysis of samples using a range of analytical techniques and instrumentation.

Review and contribute to procedure and process development and compliance (i.e. reviewing SOPs, etc)

Maintain, calibrate and run a range of analytical instrumentation

Process, interpret and report measurement test data at the required quality standard to specified timescales

Satisfy all legislative, regulatory and stakeholder requirements

Assist in programme reviews, development, innovations and implementation

Understand and apply Company Environment, Health, Safety, Security and Quality Standards

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