Materials & Joining Engineer - Industrialised Manufacturing

Laing O'Rourke; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Laing O'Rourke is seeking a Materials & Joining Specialist to define material selections and joining strategies for product families, ensuring robustness and cost-effectiveness for automated or high-volume manufacturing.

You will collaborate with product and manufacturing teams to align material choices with production environments, optimise designs for performance and durability, and support validation and certification processes.

Qualifications

• Background in sectors such as automotive, aerospace, heavy manufacturing or construction with manufacturing exposure.
• Experience defining materials, connections or joining strategies for engineered products.
• Understanding of manufacturing processes and production constraints.
• Experience working with manufacturing, welding or production teams.
• Strong problem-solving skills with a focus on practical application.

Responsibilities

• Define and optimise material selections and joining strategies for product families.
• Ensure designs are robust, cost-effective and suitable for automated or high-volume manufacturing.
• Collaborate with product and manufacturing teams to align material choices and joining methods with production environments.
• Define material strategies including grades, profiles, coatings and connection methods.
• Optimise designs for structural performance, manufacturability, cost and durability.
• Ensure compatibility with automated production, including robotic welding and high-throughput environments.
• Apply knowledge of joining technologies to inform product design decisions.
• Support validation, testing and certification approaches to ensure compliance and production robustness.
• Challenge design decisions that negatively impact quality, efficiency or scalability.

Skills

Problem solving

Systems thinking

Manufacturing awareness

Practical delivery

Job description

Laing O'Rourke is seeking a Materials & Joining Specialist to define material selections and joining strategies for product families, ensuring robustness and cost-effectiveness for automated or high-volume manufacturing.

You will collaborate with product and manufacturing teams to align material choices with production environments, optimise designs for performance and durability, and support validation and certification processes.