Research Scientist jobs in United Kingdom

Risktec at TUV Rheinland UK is 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).

• 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.

• 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.
• It is highly desirable that the candidate has 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.

• 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).

• A competitive package of salary and benefits is offered for permanent staff, including:
• Profit share.
• Company pension contributions.
• Flexible and hybrid working.
• Private medical insurance.
• Health and wellbeing – digital GP, access to wellbeing app and support.
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave.
• Sustainable benefits such as salary sacrifice electric vehicles and cycle to work schemes.

We only accept applications submitted online through our application system. We cannot accept applications sent by email.

Job ID15512Type of contractPermanentType of employmentFull TimeWork modelOn-siteCompanyRisktec Solutions Limited

Application deadline : as long as the job is listed on our career page, we are looking for suitable candidates (all genders welcome). We are looking forward to receiving your application.