Job Description

Position Description:

Materials Engineering and Product Sustainability are a multi-discipline department providing a specialist technical leadership and consultancy service to the whole business.

Teams within the department comprise of Metals and Corrosion, Paints and Adhesives, Product Sustainability, Plastics and Coatings, VIAQ, Analytical and Hazardous Materials, Soft Trim, CAE Core Structural Mechanics, Fastener Engineering, Perceived Quality-Materials and Materials Characterisation.

This role will be within the Metals and Corrosion Team with an emphasis on laboratory metallurgical analysis of sheet steel, sheet aluminium, cast, extruded and forged metals.

The engineer will support all aspects of the materials engineering metallurgy section, including investigation of quality technical issues, materials characterisation, validation and analysis.

Skills Required:

* Knowledge of metallurgy and metallic components

* Experience of laboratory work (ideally with managing a facility)

* Experience of writing reports and sharing data with customers

Experience Required:

* Degree in materials/mechanical engineering or similar.

* Extensive technical knowledge/experience of metallic materials and technologies.

* Technical understanding of fatigue testing/analysis, manufacturing processes and CAE/FEA tools and techniques.

* Experience of a materials related technical role within a recognised industry equivalent to automotive.

* Experience in working in cross-functional teams in a materials engineering capacity.

* Experience in laboratory failure investigation tools, techniques and practices.

* An ability to analyse problems / generate solutions and achieve results, making effective use of all resources available within the company and supplier base.

* Excellent organisational, communication and project management skills.

* A motivated self-starter capable of taking decisions with minimal need for guidance and initiating/leading process improvement projects.

Additional information:

Hybrid working max 2 days per week at home if allocated work allows

Must have RTW in the UK

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