Featured roles

Non-Ionising Radiation Protection Scientist

AWE is currently recruiting for a Non-Ionising Radiation Protection Specialist for Defence Radiation Protection Services. The work covers all aspects of non-ionising radiation including: static and low frequency electromagnetic fields, radio frequency fields, incoherent artificial optical radiation and lasers.

This role is ideally suited to someone with experience of non-ionising radiation safety, preferably with a strong grounding in physics or other discipline with a strong physics content.  

Electrical Engineer (Plant & Building Services)

Working within our Facility Engineering team, we are looking to appoint an experienced Electrical Engineer (Plant & Building Services) to deliver professional engineering services across our plant and equipment.

This is an excellent opportunity for you to apply your expertise to deliver engineering solutions during the lifecycle of our facilities and in return receive excellent training and development to help you further your career. 

Control & Instrumentation (C&I) Engineer

AWE’s Facility Engineering Team is looking to appoint an experienced Control and Instrumentation (C&I) Engineer (Plant & Building Services) to deliver professional engineering services across our plant and equipment.

This is an excellent opportunity for you to apply your expertise to deliver engineering solutions during the lifecycle of our facilities and in return receive excellent training and development to help you further your career. Working in a highly regulated environment, alongside our design teams, technical experts and research centres. The role of the Manufacturing Engineer is to identify, develop and implement innovative ways of working, supporting production operations.

Engineering Masters Scheme

Would you like to be part of a team of specialist Engineers who play a pivotal role in ‘Keeping our Nation Safe’ and become a national expert in a specialist field of engineering? If so, the Engineering Masters scheme is an ideal launch pad for your career. The scheme has been established to create and develop our future engineering specialists. It allows new staff to attend a full-time MSc in a focused field of engineering whilst taking up a specialist role in one of our on-site delivery teams in Berkshire.

Instructor/Trainer – Control and Instrumentation (C&I)

AWE is looking for an Training Manager – Control and Instrumentation (C&I) to join a team responsible for inspiring and leading our apprentices to a successful C&I career.

C&I is an enduring and key role required by the business to provide maintenance, installation and design of C&I systems to allow the programme to be successfully deployed.

This group of engineers is of particular importance to the modern facilities in construction at AWE and their requirement for PLC and sensor control; C&I is amongst the UK scarce resource. The academy is the key provider of the competent workforce into the business.

Career Change into Engineering

AWE’s Engineering Foundation Scheme offers a rare and cost-effective opportunity to re-train and transition into a career as a professional engineer, starting with a full-time, permanent role as a Technical Administrator within our Engineering team.

Are you competent at maths? Do you have an interest in science and engineering? Have you worked for several years in a non-technical career but would relish the challenge of retraining as an engineer working on cutting-edge projects? Do you want a stable career that will give you immense job satisfaction and excellent rewards?