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Would you like to use your skills to play a key role in improving the understanding of ageing phenomena across a variety of materials, components and systems?

Are you keen to develop your experience in a company that offers excellent training and development?

Would you like to work for a company that gives you every other Friday off?

If you have answered yes to the above, then a career at AWE could be for you!

Materials and Characterisation Scientist

Location: Reading/Basingstoke area

Salary: £25,850 - £35,000 (dependent on skills and experience)

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 270 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

 Working within the Materials and Analytical Sciences (MAS) Sub-Function, this role will give you the opportunity to apply your expertise analysing the physical and chemical properties of materials in a wide range of environments, and work alongside materials modellers to develop life prediction models.

 We are particularly interested in hearing from candidates with hands-on experience of working in a laboratory environment. The following skills and experience are desirable:

• Degree or equivalent level knowledge/experience of a relevant scientific discipline (e.g., Chemistry or Materials Science).

• Good oral and written communication skills.

• Ability to work as part of a team.

• Interest/experience in working with materials of different types including polymers, ceramics and/or metals.

• Interest/experience in a range of experimental techniques for chemical analysis (e.g., molecular spectroscopy, thermal methods and electrochemistry).

 This is an excellent opportunity to apply your knowledge and expertise to support the UK’s Nuclear defence programme and be part of a team of remarkable people achieving extraordinary things.

 Candidates must be willing and able to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role and be willing and able to work in designated areas.

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