Research Engineer

Do you have research experience in high temperature materials degradation related challenges? If so, come and join EDF as a Chemistry & Corrosion Research Engineer!

The Opportunity

EDF Research & Development (R&D) UK are advancing research in the fields of Nuclear, Offshore Wind, Energy Systems, Flexibility & Storage, Zero Emissions Mobility and Smart Digital Technologies. Chemistry & Corrosion R&D is building the water chemistry research capability within the R&D Nuclear group.

We are looking for a talented Research Engineer to deliver R&D programmes associated with the materials science, chemistry and/or corrosion disciplines, especially for high temperature materials degradation.  

Pay, benefits and culture

We offer a salary range starting from £43,200 and a market-leading pension scheme, we offer a range of flexible benefits to support our people across all aspects of their lives.

Your rewards package includes a choice of benefits, such as electric vehicle leasing, enhanced parental leave, health insurance, discounts and employee pricing.

Flexible working means you can work from home (if you wish) and we’ll provide a suite of IT equipment to ensure that you can work remotely comfortably and effectively. The team travel to our Gloucester offices on a weekly basis.

At EDF, everyone’s welcome. We strive to create an inclusive and diverse environment where everyone has a voice and where you feel confident being yourself. We’re committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We’d like our future workforce to have an equal gender balance, represent a broad mix of people from minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+, those with a disability and supporting social mobility. 

We’re a disability confident employer and we’ll do all we can to help with your application, making adjustments as you need. 

We’ll value the difference you bring and offer opportunities for you to thrive and succeed.

What you’ll be doing

In this role you will deliver R&D projects focusing on high temperature materials degradation to support technical challenges in our EDF Nuclear plants, such as high temperature oxidation, carburisation and corrosion of component materials. Working collaboratively with technical experts from across the varied business units within EDF UK, you will be looking at future nuclear applications: Advanced Module Reactors (AMRs) and fusion applications.    

As the Chemistry & Corrosion Research Engineer, you will work closely with colleagues across the wider EDF R&D UK team and EDF UK Nuclear Service. You will collaborate with various academia and other industrial partners to ensure the latest information and understandings of relevant topics are shared.

You will be supporting the team in building the high temperature environmental degradation research capability and providing greater understanding of the influence of chemistry on degradation mechanism, contributing to improved equipment reliability for safe and reliable operation of nuclear power plants.

Who you are

We are looking for somebody with a materials science, chemistry/corrosion science or engineering background and strong industrial/research experience on high temperature oxidation, carburisation, and corrosion related engineering challenges. It would be beneficial if you had PhD degree and/or several years’ experience of working on research projects related to technology.

You will have solid knowledge in high temperature materials degradation and the ability to work with multiple organisations and stakeholders, both internal and external. You’ll demonstrate excellent organisation and time management with evidence of delivering projects and research work which has made an impact.

If you have a strong enthusiasm for understanding what lies behind chemistry and corrosion degradation mechanism, then we’d love to hear from you!  

Closing date for applications: Wednesday 18th September

Interviews to be held WC 7th October

Join us and together we can help Britain achieve Net Zero.

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