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We are looking for a motivated, proactive Materials Engineer with a profound knowledge on durability of concrete, corrosion of metals and/or coatings, to join our Materials and Corrosion team. You will be working with other Materials Engineers, Civil and Structural Engineers within a highly skilled specialist team. You will be working on unique, technically demanding projects across a range of sectors. This will involve working with new and existing infrastructure and buildings (including bridges, tunnels, water treatment and hydropower structures, jetties etc.) to address technical queries, prepare durability assessments for new structures including durability modelling and writing specifications; evaluate the condition and performance of existing structures and apply engineering knowledge to the data gained to help develop remedial and maintenance strategies for managing risk and optimising asset value, including cathodic protection, and providing advice on sustainable solutions, asset management and technical problem solving. You will have the opportunity to work with major asset owners, primarily in the buildings, infrastructure, water and energy sectors but also road and rail sectors.
You’ll manage your own work on a variety of projects of various sizes across different project stages and ensure work is carried out to a high standard and following necessary quality, environmental and safety requirements. You will share your skills and knowledge across the team as well as develop knowledge from other disciplines teams when necessary. Using your technical and problem-solving abilities, you will need the capability and willingness to take responsibility for undertaking assessments and management of projects while establishing professional inter-personal relationships with internal and external clients and ensuring that their needs are met by efficiently producing high quality project deliverables.

Key responsibilities and duties include:

• Preparing durability assessments which involves identifying potential deterioration mechanisms of structural elements and other construction products and developing solutions to ensure the structure will achieve its design life
• Providing support to internal and external clients on the selection, specification, performance, deterioration and repair of materials in structures and for general construction uses
• Planning and carrying out investigations to evaluate the current condition, performance and residual life of a wide range of existing structures
• Root cause analyses and forensic engineering of deteriorating materials and structures
• Developing protection, maintenance and repair strategies, including cathodic protection
• Carrying out research into new materials and to support novel and innovative applications of established materials and techniques
• Analysing and interpreting data and producing reports and presentations that effectively and ensuring the deliverables meet project requirements, including handling of internal/ external client expectations and relationships
• Understanding, supporting and influencing clients, preparing and reviewing reports, giving presentations and author guidance for publication
• Contributing to a variety of global projects, both small and large, and project stages, providing technical input and quality deliverables to British, European or International Standards
• Ensuring effective communication with colleagues on the project team, with clients and other stakeholders, both verbally and in writing