Introduction

Careers @ AWE AWE

With over 4,500 employees and more than 2,000 contractors based at two neighbouring sites, the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) has a huge variety of opportunities on offer. 

They range from highly specialist science and engineering roles through to our apprenticeship and graduate programmes. Our contract from the MoD means this is an excellent environment to build the very latest skills and develop your long-term career, whether you’re just starting out, are looking for a career change or have specialist skills to offer.

We’re particularly proud of the fact that AWE was ranked 24th in ‘Britain’s Top Employers 2007’, sponsored by the Guardian and produced by the Corporate Research Foundation. We hope that the following pages will give you an idea why we scored so highly and encourage you to get in touch and find out more about working at AWE.