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Risktec Solutions

Location:
United Kingdom, Derby

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Contract Type:
Employment contract

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Job Description:

We are 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. The majority of the team’s activities are focused on the Conventional Power and Clean Energy sectors (primarily CCGT, Biomass and Energy from Waste plants).

Job Responsibility:

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

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
Power plant background
Alternatively, experience of damage / degradation mechanisms and life assessment associated with the oil & gas, petro-chem industries may be considered suitable
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)

What we offer:

Profit share
Private medical insurance
Contributions into a pension scheme
Flexible home-working arrangements, but with minimum of three days in the office / week

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
December 11, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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