PhD Graduate/PostDoc – Structural Integrity Specialist

Job title:

PhD Graduate/PostDoc – Structural Integrity Specialist

Firm

Frazer-Nash

Job description

Location: This function might be primarily based from our Plymouth workplace.Ending a Doctorate is a big milestone. For a lot of a route into academia by a PostDoc place is a well-trodden path however in case you’re trying to apply the distinctive expertise you’ve acquired throughout your PhD in an industrial context, Frazer-Nash might be the reply for you!Valuing Your DoctorateAs a high-tech engineering consultancy Frazer-Nash values the extra expertise and expertise that Doctorate graduates carry to our enterprise. For us the worth you carry comes by a mix of specialist data, a sturdy understanding of engineering and science fundamentals from undergraduate instructing, expertise of presenting at conferences, and a capability to have interaction with a variety of stakeholders to unravel issues. Inside our Asset Integrity space, a lot of your potential colleagues and line managers have themselves accomplished PhDs, DPhils or EngDs. Subsequently, your like-minded colleagues are readily geared up that will help you to benefit from your expertise and expertise and tailor a profession improvement plan for you.Versatile Strategy to Beginning WorkWe additionally recognise that ending your doctorate is a tense time, typically bringing with it the ending of educational funding, the challenges of writing up a thesis, and enthusiastic about what subsequent. It’s at all times best to submit your thesis then begin your future profession; nonetheless, typically life doesn’t pan out that means. Therefore, do you have to want to start work earlier than submission we’re completely satisfied to debate versatile strategies of working that will help you sustaining a wholesome work-life steadiness. This provides you the consolation of commencing a brand new profession, monetary stability and importantly the bandwidth to allow you to complete your write up.Function OverviewThe tasks we help are sometimes a part of R&D programmes for prime worth, excessive efficiency, and security crucial programs and parts. You’ll apply crucial pondering, and scientific and engineering knowhow to evaluate the energy, life, and dynamics of mechanical parts, programs, property, and services (from the design stage, by life, and decommissioning). The optimisation of the lifecycle, effectivity and efficiency of programs and constructions working in demanding environments goes hand in hand with sustainability, and most of the tasks we undertake are pushed by sustainability and the power transition.As a Structural Integrity Specialist in our Asset Integrity Group, you’ll use your experience in integrity and engineering ideas to assist our purchasers develop new designs, resolve their operational issues, justify the life extension of present property, and supply the proof that underpins plant security instances for security crucial property. You’ll be a key participant main, delivering, and verifying a various vary of rewarding and worthwhile tasks which assess the structural integrity of a variety of parts/property. You’ll use quite a lot of strategies from hand calculations to advanced finite factor evaluation (FEA).You’ll additionally get the chance to ship and lead tasks throughout the entire Frazer- Nash portfolio, supporting our prospects within the power, transport, and defence sectors.Our tasks are very various and may final from a number of weeks to a few years of sustained help. You’ll sometimes be concerned in a number of tasks at anyone time. You’ll meet and talk with prospects to know their necessities and develop your venture plan to ship the specified outcomes and insights.Though primarily a technical function, you’ll be becoming a member of a consultancy the place we count on you’ll have the ability to work throughout our enterprise and with our purchasers. Good interpersonal expertise are vital as is the flexibility to make structured choices, resolve issues, and present initiative and possession internally and externally. Reporting to your Group Chief you’ll be accountable to your personal work however might be supplied with help from extra skilled engineers when required for venture supply and to information service improvement and technique.Firm Surroundings and TraditionOur individuals are on the very coronary heart of what we do, they’re the rationale our purchasers work with us to unravel a few of their best challenges. At Frazer-Nash, we would like all our individuals to really feel they belong, assured within the data that we worth and respect the dedication they’ve made by entrusting their careers and experience to us.We’re dedicated to fostering a working tradition that brings out the perfect in our individuals, no matter their circumstances, identification, or background. We would like our individuals to be themselves, really feel empowered to realize their private {and professional} targets, and know that we respect the distinctive worth they bring about to the corporate. In help of this, we encourage considerate behaviours and work to foster a collaborative working atmosphere.NecessitiesAbilities and Attributes:You’re finishing or have not too long ago accomplished your Mechanical or Marine Engineering PhD, so please get involved in case you have expertise and an curiosity in among the following:

• Have an curiosity in working with our purchasers to use strategies (from state-of-the-art computational strategies to focused and astute hand calculations) to assist optimize the efficiency of constructions in excessive integrity purposes.
• Information of structural integrity, defect tolerance, supplies, and life extension.
• Acquainted with programming languages and packages akin to Python, C#, and MATLAB.
• A flair for speaking strategies and outcomes to specialists and non-specialists by writing top quality reviews and presenting technical papers at conferences.
• Be a powerful staff participant however with the flexibility to work beneath minimal supervision.
• Expertise in writing proposals, consumer liaison and enterprise improvement.
• Be working in direction of Chartered Engineer standing.

Because of the nature of the work that Frazer-Nash Consultancy undertake, candidates might be required to endure pre-employment screening and should have the ability to fulfill clearance standards for UK Nationwide Safety Vetting.AdvantagesWe offer our individuals with a wonderful advantages bundle that contains:

• Comfortable To Speak Versatile Working
• Aggressive wage: [£33,000 – £37,000 + £2,000 joining bonus]
• 25 days’ vacation entitlement
• Vacation sale and buy scheme
• Firm pension scheme
• Focused skilled improvement
• Life assurance
• Personal healthcare membership
• Bonus scheme linked into firm efficiency
• Paid membership charges to knowledgeable establishment
• Assist achieve skilled membership
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season rail ticket mortgage

People from various backgrounds are inspired to use, as we consider that range and inclusion are basic to making a dynamic and thriving office tradition.

Anticipated wage

£37000 per 12 months

Location

Plymouth

Job date

Fri, 08 Mar 2024 23:44:52 GMT

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