Senior Metallurgist Materials Scientist (CCGT)

TÜV Rheinland Solutions; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Bonus

Company pension contributions

Flexible and hybrid working

Private medical insurance

Salary sacrifice for EV and cycle to 0

Job summary

TÜV Rheinland Solutions is seeking an experienced Senior Metallurgist to join its Asset Integrity Management team in Derby. You will lead metallurgical failure investigations, mentor junior staff, and produce high-quality technical reports for clients in power and energy sectors.

The role requires a degree in metallurgy or related discipline and at least 5 years of industrial failure analysis experience, with excellent communication and report-writing skills.

Qualifications

• Ferrous metallurgy, failure analysis and root cause investigation.
• High temperature degradation mechanisms incl. creep and corrosion in biomass/energy-from-waste boilers is advantageous.
• Power plant background preferred; petro-chem/oil & gas experience may be considered.
• Excellent communication and report writing skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver metallurgical failure examinations with laboratory work and formal reporting.
• Schedule, prioritise failures arriving at UK operations.
• Mentor and develop less experienced investigators.
• Produce formal reports and other project deliverables on time and to budget.
• Create proposals and tender documents, and develop new business.
• Develop relationships with clients and manage large, project-based investigations.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of standards and good practice.
• Occasional travel within UK and abroad as required.

Skills

Metallurgy

Failure analysis

Root cause investigation

Report writing

Communication

Education

Degree in metallurgy, materials science, materials engineering or related discipline

Job description

Senior Metallurgist Materials Scientist (CCGT)

TÜV Rheinland Solutions is an established and specialist risk management consulting, inspection and training company, and is part of the TÜV Rheinland Group. We help clients to manage health, safety, security, environmental (HSSE) and business risk in sectors where the impact of loss is high.

About Us

We are seeking an experienced Metallurgist (permanent role) to take up a senior position in its expanding Asset Integrity Management team based in our new Laboratory 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 focused on the Conventional Power and Clean Energy sectors (primarily CCGT, Biomass and Energy from Waste plants).

Responsibilities

• 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‑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 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).

What We Offer?

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

• Car allowance (dependent on grade).
• Bonus.
• Company pension contributions.
• Flexible and hybrid working.
• Private medical insurance.
• Sustainable benefits such as salary sacrifice for electric vehicles and cycle to work schemes.
• TÜV Rheinland is committed to your professional development and provide a wide range to support this.