Job Title: Metallurgist / Materials Engineer
Location: Peterborough
Salary: £34 - £37 (FCSA Umbrella, Inside IR35)
A Materials Engineer has become available with one of the world's leading manufacturers of Machinery & bespoke systems. As a metallurgical/materials engineer within the business, you will:
1. Partner with and provide technical guidance to other teams.
2. Gather relevant information, compare & contrast data, identify relationships, and predict and identify failures.
3. Make decisions that may affect the work group or project team, suppliers, multiple units, and both internal and external customers.
4. Support manufacturing facilities UK/Europe wide, investigating a wide range of different materials in multiple applications.
5. Resolve issues regarding the design or manufacturing, ensuring design acceptance and manufacturing readiness.
6. Participate in the adoption of new technologies and processes to achieve greater efficiency, cost reduction, and quality improvement.
7. Plan and improve testing procedures and operations for reliability, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness.
8. Monitor results, machine and process capabilities, and performance reliability.
This position will be accountable for contributing to the identification, analysis, and resolution of needs in the Materials Engineering field. The candidate will be seen as a highly proficient engineer within their field. The role performs complex analysis work, identifies and resolves problems with a major focus on technical delivery.
Incumbents may work directly with different units, suppliers, and customers, requiring the ability to communicate technical information in a concise and accurate manner.
Decisions may significantly impact on:
* Product performance
* Durability
* Quality
* Reliability
* Serviceability
* Negotiations with suppliers
* Leveraging new technologies
* Warranty
* Total cost of non-quality
* Costs and sales
* Customer perception
The role is expected to be at least a 12-month contract position, likely becoming a long-term, ongoing, rolling contract based in Peterborough. The role is deemed inside IR35. FCSA Umbrella rate £34.00 to £37.00 (DOE) Paye also available (£22 - £26 ph).
The successful Materials Engineer will need to demonstrate the ability to work independently in the field of Materials Engineering and will require expertise in several fields, including:
* Metallic Materials Processing - Heat Treatment, Casting, Forging, etc.
* Non-Metallic Materials Processing - Injection moulding, Friction welding, Blow Forming, Elastomer Processing, etc.
* Failure analysis for Metallic and/or Non-metallic materials
* Laboratory or Comparable industry experience
* Mechanical Testing
* Chemical Analysis
* Corrosion Testing
Some hybrid working will be available (Min 3 days per week expected on site). For further details, please apply.
Reference: JBRP1_UKTJ
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