Senior Material Scientist - Metallurgist

Your Impact:

We'll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed - today and into tomorrow. We offer an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

People are our greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.

In addition to the benefits you'd expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.

Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for us. We're happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.

About the Opportunity

Our Specialist Consultancy and Laboratory Solutions business is looking for a materials scientist or metallurgist who can apply their skills and experience to solving a wide range of real-world engineering problems in order to support our clients in the nuclear industry and beyond.

Our materials team work on a range of experimental and desk-based consultancy projects, helping our clients identify materials for use in their nuclear fleet as well as identifying, investigating and proposing solutions to materials issues and failures using our extensive rig and laboratory facilities based in Warrington, Cheshire.

In this role you'll be part of a team delivering solutions for clients through experimental and analytical project activities, ensuring that at all times work is delivered safely and to cost, time, quality and client expectations. The role offers an excellent opportunity for those wishing to develop their career.

Reporting to the Operations Manager, your responsibilities will include:

• Acting as responsible engineer on a range of complex and multidisciplinary projects.


• Leading on the design and implementation of experimental programmes to achieve the client's objectives, including the development of novel experimental and analytical techniques.


• Analysis and interpretation of experimental data, with the aim to present key results and their interpretation in the context of the client's needs.


• Production of high-quality technical reports, either as main author or providing supervision and support to others.


• Engaging with clients, building effective relationships and developing a good understanding of their needs.


• Mentoring and supporting junior team members in their development.


• Undertaking business development activities, including contributing to the development of bids and proposals.


• Taking a key role as part of a skilled and experienced team to effectively and efficiently deliver projects in line with cost, schedule and quality expectations.


Dependent on your experience and leadership skills they may be considered for a Team Leader role. The Team Leader role will include managing a small group of individuals which will need to be done alongside the responsibilities described above.

Here's what you'll need:

• Individual will be part of the Materials and Equipment Qualification team which works on a variety of projects including metallurgical investigations, polymer science and equipment qualification. The individual will need to be flexible and adaptable, able to work on a number of varied projects at the same time, prioritising as appropriate and willing to learn new topics.


• You will hold a degree or higher level qualification (MSc/Meng/PhD) in a relevant physical science or engineering discipline eg metallurgy, materials science and will hold (or be ready to apply for) chartership with a relevant professional body.


• Relevant professional experience demonstrating depth and breadth in technical/engineering skills for a variety of challenges, including delivery of experimental work in a laboratory environment.


• Knowledge of metallurgy and associated characterisation techniques, with knowledge of nickel-based alloys and/or stainless steels and advanced characterisation techniques including SEM, EBSD and XRD.


• The ability to clearly communicate complex technical ideas and demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills.


• Knowledge in any of these areas would be regarded as an advantage: corrosion, tribology, equipment qualification


• Enthusiasm, drive and a willingness to get involved.


The individual will be required to be in the office/laboratories 5 days a week. This can be reduced to 3 days dependent on project needs.

Our Culture:

Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees. Find out more about life here.

We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we're more connected, and if we are diverse, we're more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you're pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity - ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and Women's - find out more about our employee networks here.

We partners with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. For greater online accessibility please visit www.vercida.com to view and access our roles. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role.

If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team.

Your application experience is important to us and we're keen to adapt to make every interaction even better. We welcome feedback on our recruitment process and if you need more from us before deciding to join us then please let us know.

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• Individual will be part of the Materials and Equipment Qualification team which works on a variety of projects including metallurgical investigations, polymer science and equipment qualification. The individual will need to be flexible and adaptable, able to work on a number of varied projects at the same time, prioritising as appropriate and willing to learn new topics.


• You will hold a degree or higher level qualification (MSc/Meng/PhD) in a relevant physical science or engineering discipline eg metallurgy, materials science and will hold (or be ready to apply for) chartership with a relevant professional body.


• Relevant professional experience demonstrating depth and breadth in technical/engineering skills for a variety of challenges, including delivery of experimental work in a laboratory environment.


• Knowledge of metallurgy and associated characterisation techniques, with knowledge of nickel-based alloys and/or stainless steels and advanced characterisation techniques including SEM, EBSD and XRD.


• The ability to clearly communicate complex technical ideas and demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills.


• Knowledge in any of these areas would be regarded as an advantage: corrosion, tribology, equipment qualification


• Enthusiasm, drive and a willingness to get involved.
  
  We'll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed - today and into tomorrow. We offer an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.


People are our greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.

In addition to the benefits you'd expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.

Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for us. We're happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.