Test Engineer

Smithers Group; United Kingdom; À distance; GBP 32 000 - 46 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Private healthcare

Pension

25 days annual leave

Flexible working hours

Résumé du poste

Smithers is Europe’s leading independent plastics and rubber specialist organisation, offering testing and consultative services for polymer-related industries. The Test Engineer will join the Materials, Science and Engineering department to develop skills within a global business and contribute to failure diagnosis, design and process optimisation of polymer materials.

The role involves liaising with the senior testing team, performing test programmes, and helping develop new methods while

Qualifications

• Experience with multiple polymer testing techniques.
• Experience or knowledge of stress and fatigue testing and environmental aging.
• Proficient in MS Office; ability to learn in-house systems.
• Excellent communication skills.

Responsabilités

• Liaise with senior testing team to understand test requirements and progress projects.
• Perform test programmes.
• Assist in developing new test methods.
• Support maintenance and efficient organisation of equipment resources.

Connaissances

Polymer testing techniques

Stress and fatigue testing

Mechanical properties testing

Environmental exposure testing

Accelerated aging

Excel

Word

Outlook

Outils

Excel

Word

Outlook

Description du poste

Smithers is Europe’s leading independent plastics and rubber specialist organisation, providing technology and information services for polymer-related industries.

The role

Due to growth, we are seeking Test Engineer to join our Materials, Science and Engineering department, who wants to develop their skills and progress within a successful global business. We provide testing and consultative support for a range of clients in multiple industry sectors. Our technical support services are world leading and include failure diagnosis, design and process optimisation of polymer materials.

You will be responsible for:

• Liaising with senior testing team to understand test requirements and progress projects.
• Performing test programmes
• Assisting in the development of new test methods.
• Supporting the maintenance and efficient organisation of equipment resources.

The person

The ideal candidate will:

• Have demonstrated competence and knowledge in multiple polymer testing techniques
• Have experience or knowledge of stress and fatigue testing, mechanical properties testing, environmental exposure testing and accelerated aging.
• Be computer literate, demonstrating good competence in Excel, Word, Outlook, plus the ability to learn in-house systems.
• Have excellent communication skills

As a global employer we offer a generous benefit package to all our employees incorporating private healthcare, pension, 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays and flexible working hours which includes an early finish on a Friday!

Smithers is an equal opportunities employer