Senior Materials Scientist - Asset Condition Assessment

ADE Consulting Group; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-street parking

Work from home when mutually agreed

Supportive, inclusive work environment

Job summary

ADE Consulting Group seeks a Senior Materials Scientist in Sydney to lead asset condition assessments for pipelines and built environments. You will perform materials defect identification, failure analysis, and rigorous reporting within a team delivering sustainable, innovative solutions.

Ideal candidates will have a materials science or mechanical engineering background, experience with pipes, NDT, and asset software, and a collaborative approach to mentoring and client engagement.

Qualifications

• Degree in Materials Science or Mechanical Engineering.
• Strong understanding of materials, pipes, NDT and problem solving with concise reporting.

Responsibilities

• Develop initiatives to meet client needs and offerings.
• Create and implement procedures for corrosion management and asset defects assessment.
• Plan systems and methods for this offering and mentor to maintain quality.
• Price and deliver small and network defects assessments focused on pipeline condition.

Skills

Materials defects

Failure analysis

NDT

Analytical reporting

Education

Materials Science or Mechanical Engineering degree

Tools

Asset software

Job description

Senior Materials Scientist - Asset Condition Assessment

Our Asset Condition Assessment is built on integrity, reliability and the execution of flexible delivery to our longstanding major clients. Increasingly, asset owners and managers in our built environment are demanding a greater depth and breadth of professional consulting as they navigate assurance of their pipelines, building/asset health and safety.

As our Materials Scientist operating from the geographic centre of Greater Sydney, you'll be a vital part of the team dedicated to delivering asset assessment with our opportunities driven by sustainability and innovation.

You possess expertise and a track recordin materials defect identification, failure analyses with demonstrated ability to define implications, specify rectification. You are experienced, adept in technical modelling and reporting, demonstrate and expect professional discipline, and already have worked locally in pipeline defects and built asset and infrastructure evaluation where our broader ADE teams support with NDT, corrosion issues, HAZMATs, building health and air quality. You will be ready to work with a conscientious condition assessment team who wish to offer a complete service to asset owners and managers.

The Opportunity

The client market we see calls for experienced and enthusiastic engineers and scientists who enjoy in-field teamwork and provision of accurate technical documentation to inform and offer plausible solutions.

The role, open to the mid-level experienced or recent retiree wishing to back out of leisure and keen to return to part-time work to pass on their skills. The role can permit a degree of freedom and influence the shape of evolving activity in this space.

It is anticipated that you will assist in project scope definition and execution for improved infrastructure and built environment asset management. In doing so:

• Develop initiatives to meet client needs and our ongoing Offering development
• develop and implement procedures for the corrosion management and built asset and infrastructure defects assessment
• plan systems and methods in this offering, and mentor to maintain and improve quality
• confidently price and deliver interesting small and network defects assessments, where the core is around pipeline condition assessment.

To be a successful team-fit in this unique opportunity, you will have:

• a degree qualification in Materials Science or Mechanical Engineering
• highly developed understanding of materials, pipes, NDT, problem-solving, analytical skills with succinct, clear reporting ability with meticulous attention to detail
• experience with utilities, multistorey buildings, bridges e.g: pipelines, energy infrastructure
• experience in pricing and project documentation, familiar with design and asset software
• highly developed interpersonal and communication skills
• initiative and a passion to mentor or develop others in the team
• proven customer relationship management skills
• knowledge of major client and built asset standards e.g: water and energy utilities, and BCA/NCC.

We offer:

• open and safe expression of thoughts for continual improvement and exploration of markets
• supportive, dynamic and highly inclusive work environment
• collaboration in the evaluation of new technology
• flexibility to work in, or approach, different sectors with engaged peers
• remuneration depending on skill and experience
• on street parking and work from home when mutually agreeable
• a welcoming and safe work environment supported by our bespoke Occupational Health Hygiene Wellness Management plan.

We welcome candidates of diverse cultural backgrounds, minorities and returning workers; hiring on merit and potential.

You may be asked the following questions:

• Which of the following statements best describes your right to work in Australia?
• Have you a qualification in materials science and experience in pipeline condition?
• How many years’ relevant experience do you have consulting in Australia?
• How many years of defects evaluation experience do you have?
• When might you become available, and on what employment basis?