Salary : £33,419 - £37,582 + additional discretionary £5k allowance per annum, dependant on candidate skills and experience. Plus, separate overtime and on-call allowance. Band : MRC-5 S1 Contract type : Open ended Hours: Full time (36 hours) Location: Harwell, Oxfordshire, on-site Closing date: Sunday 27 September 2026 Overall Purpose: The role will undertake mechanical installation, maintenance, repairs, and fault-finding on mechanical infrastructure to the estate to ensure systems are maintained and operational supporting the ongoing scientific research programmes on site. Working in the Engineering and Estates Department, you will work on a variety of piped systems and building services where you will have opportunity to work and train on a variety of systems such as heating/cooling, HVAC, steam. The Engineering and Estates team promotes crossover of skills, whereby engineers will have opportunities to diversify, and learn skills from...

Location: Oxford, United Kingdom Thales is a global technology leader with more than 83,000 employees on five continents. With over 7,500 people in the UK, operating across defence, space, aerospace, and digital security, we help build a future we can all trust. Thales supports the security and stability of our nation by providing extraordinary technology to our customers, as well as delivering social value to the UK with our products and services. Join Thales Alenia Space’s UK Propulsion Centre of Excellence at Harwell, supporting Europe’s leading satellite programmes (including Spacebus NEO and Space INSPIRE). You’ll work on cutting-edge chemical and electric propulsion subsystems for recurring and new satellite product lines, from early mission phases through to operations. Governments and private industry rely on us to create satellite‑based systems that provide trusted, anytime‑anywhere connectivity and positioning—helping care for our planet, manage its resources...

Fire & Security Engineer Salary: Up to £24 per hour / £49,920 basic + overtime + call-out payments Location: Oxford, Cheltenham, Swindon, Reading & M4 Corridor Type: Permanent, Full-time, Field-Based Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday + 1 in 12 call-out rota Tired of spending half your week driving? Fed up with poor kit, limited overtime or being stuck doing the same service visits with nowhere to progress? Our client is looking for an experienced multi-skilled Fire & Security Engineer to join a well-established engineering team covering a manageable regional patch across Oxford, Cheltenham, Swindon, Reading and the M4 Corridor. This is a business that genuinely invests in its engineers, with good-quality equipment, regular training, strong technical support and opportunities to develop as the company continues to grow. This is not a service-only position. You'll be trusted to work independently across a varied workload including fault...