Senior Metallurgist - Materials Scientist

Job Description:

Senior Metallurgist Materials Scientist
Background
Risktec Solutions is an established, independent and specialist risk management consulting and training company, and is part of the TÜV Rheinland Group. We assist clients in major hazard industries including oil and gas, clean energy, nuclear and transportation, as well as commercial and public sectors, to manage health, safety, security, environmental and business risk. Our people are high calibre professionals, with a strong focus on meeting clients’ expectations.
 
We are seeking an experienced Metallurgist (permanent role) to take up a senior position in its expanding Asset Integrity Management team based in Derby, UK.  The successful candidate will play a key role in leading and delivering solutions for our clients.
 
Most of the team’s activities are focussed on the Conventional Power and Clean Energy sectors (primarily CCGT, Biomass and Energy from Waste plants).
 
Duties and responsibilities will include:

• Leading and delivering metallurgical failure examinations (includes laboratory work and formal reporting). This may include site visits to carry out investigations and inspections.
• Scheduling and prioritisation of failures arriving at TUV Rheinland UK.
• Mentoring and development of less experienced failure investigators.
• Producing formal technical reports and other project deliverables on time and to budget.
• Creating proposals and tender return documents and developing new business.
• Developing relationships with clients.
• Managing larger, project-based investigations.
• Maintaining up-to-date knowledge of standards, legislation and good practice.
• The role may periodically involve short periods of travel, both within the UK and abroad, to meet project requirements.

Experience
The candidate must have experience in the following:

• Ferrous metallurgy, failure analysis and root cause investigation – experience in high temperature degradation mechanisms, including creep, and corrosion in biomass / energy from waste boilers would be a particular advantage.
• Worked within a power plant background. Alternatively, experience of damage / degradation mechanisms and life assessment associated with the oil & gas, petro-chem industries may be considered suitable.
• In addition, you must have excellent, communication and report writing skills.

 
Requirements:

• Minimum of a degree in metallurgy, materials science, materials engineering or related discipline
• Minimum of 5 years’ industrial failure analysis experience related to the power industry (although other large industrial sectors such as petro-chem and oil & gas may be considered depending on experience).

Rewards:
A competitive package of salary and benefits is offered for permanent staff this includes the following.

• Profit Share
• Pension (7.5% company contribution)
• Life Assurance
• Permanent Health Insurance
• Private Medical Insurance
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Flexible Leave
• Flexible Working
• Employee Discounts
• Salary Sacrifice Options
• Professional and Postgraduate Training
• Professional Subscriptions
• Skills Training