Senior Metallurgist / Materials Scientist – Conventional Power and Clean Energy Industries\nOverview\nJob type: Full time\n Location: Risktec Derby (UK)\n Salary & Benefits: Competitive Salary, Profit Share, Private medical insurance (BUPA) & Permanent Health insurance, (income protection scheme), Life assurance, Pension (7.5 % company contribution) see below for more detail.\n\nExpected duration: Permanent \n Approximate start date: As available\n \n\nTUV 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. \n \nMost of the team’s activities are focussed on the Conventional Power and Clean Energy sectors (primarily CCGT, Biomass and Energy from Waste plants). \n \nThe candidate must have experience in the following:\n\nFerrous 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.\nIt 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.\nIn addition, you must have excellent, communication and report writing skills. \nDuties and responsibilities will include:\n\nLeading and delivering metallurgical failure examinations (includes laboratory work and formal reporting). This may include site visits to carry out investigations and inspections.\nScheduling and prioritisation of failures arriving at TUV Rheinland UK.\nMentoring and development of less experienced failure investigators.\nProducing formal technical reports and other project deliverables on time and to budget.\nCreating proposals and tender return documents and developing new business.\nDeveloping relationships with clients.\nManaging larger, project-based investigations.\nMaintaining up-to-date knowledge of standards, legislation and good practice.\nThe role may periodically involve short periods of travel, both within the UK and abroad, to meet project requirements. \nRequirements:\n\nMinimum of a degree in metallurgy, materials science, materials engineering or related discipline\nMinimum 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). \nRewards:A competitive package of salary and benefits is offered for permanent staff, this includes the following;\nHEALTH \n\nPrivate Medical Insurance\nEmployee Assistance Programme \nFINANCIAL\n\nProfit Share\nPension (7.5% company contribution)\nLife Assurance\nPermanent Health Insurance \nLIFESTYLE \n\nFlexible Leave\nFlexible Working\nEmployee Discounts\nSalary Sacrifice Options \nPERSONAL DEVELOPMENT \n\nProfessional and Postgraduate Training\nProfessional Subscriptions\nSkills Training\nTo apply for a position, please send your CV with a covering letter