PhD Graduate – Structures and Material Modelling Specialist

Job title:

PhD Graduate – Structures and Material Modelling Specialist

Company

Frazer-Nash

Job description

Job Description:Job Title: PhD Graduate – Structures and Material Modelling SpecialistSalary range: £33,000 to £37,000 pa plus £2,000 Joining BonusLocation: Leatherhead, Bristol, Glasgow or Burton (flexible hybrid working, with time split between the office and working from home)Closing date for this role is 26th August but we encourage early applicationsFinishing a Doctorate is a significant milestone. For many a route into academia through a PostDoc position is a well-trodden path but if you’re looking to apply the unique skills you’ve acquired during your PhD in an industrial context, Frazer-Nash could be the answer for you!Valuing Your DoctorateAs a high-tech engineering consultancy Frazer-Nash values the additional skills and experience that Doctorate graduates bring to our business. For us the value you bring comes through a combination of specialist knowledge, a robust understanding of engineering and science fundamentals from undergraduate teaching, experience of presenting at conferences, and an ability to engage with a range of stakeholders to solve problems. Within our Asset Integrity area, many potential colleagues and line managers have themselves completed PhDs, DPhils or EngDs. Therefore, your like-minded colleagues are readily equipped to help you to make the most of your experience and skills and tailor a career development plan for you.Flexible Approach to Starting WorkWe also recognise that finishing your doctorate is a stressful time, often bringing with it the ending of academic funding, the challenges of writing up a thesis, and thinking about what next. It is always easiest to submit your thesis then start your future career; however, often life doesn’t pan out that way. Hence, should you wish to commence work before submission we are happy to discuss flexible methods of working to help you maintaining a healthy work-life balance. This gives you the comfort of commencing a new career, financial stability and importantly the bandwidth to enable you to finish your write up.Role OverviewThe projects we support are often R&D programmes for high value, high performance, and safety critical systems and components which we support through their entire lifecycle. You will apply critical thinking, and scientific and engineering knowhow to help our clients develop new cutting-edge structural and material modelling methods. You will push the boundaries of traditional structural engineering tools such as Finite Element (FE) analysis by developing and implementing user subroutines, material and damage modelling approaches and bespoke tools and software. The optimisation of the lifecycle, efficiency and performance of structures operating in demanding environments goes hand in hand with sustainability, and many of the projects we undertake are driven by sustainability and the energy transition.As a Structures and Material Modelling Specialist in our Asset Integrity Group, you will use your expertise in structural integrity analysis, materials science and engineering principles to help our clients develop new designs, solve their operational problems, justify the life extension of existing assets, and provide the evidence that underpins plant safety cases for safety critical assets. You will be a key player leading, delivering, and verifying a diverse range of rewarding and worthwhile projects which assess the structural integrity of a range of components/assets. You will use a variety of methods from hand calculations to complex finite element analysis (FEA). You will write bespoke software tools to model materials and components more quickly, or in more detail, utilising software processes and tools such as Azure DevOps.You’ll also get the opportunity to deliver and lead projects across the whole Frazer- Nash portfolio, supporting our customers in the energy, transport, and defence sectors.Our projects are very diverse and can last from a few weeks to many years of sustained support. You will typically be involved in multiple projects at any one time. You will meet and communicate with customers to understand their requirements and develop your project plan to deliver the desired outcomes and insights.Although primarily a technical role, you will be joining a consultancy where we expect you’ll be able to work across our business and with our clients. Good interpersonal skills are important as is the ability to make structured decisions, solve problems, and show initiative and ownership internally and externally. Reporting to your Group Leader you will be accountable for your own work but will be provided with support from more experienced engineers when required for project delivery and to guide service development and strategy.Requirements:Skills and AttributesYou’re completing or have recently completed your Mat Eng/sci PHD, so please get in contact if you have experience and an interest in some of the following:

• Have an interest in working with our clients to apply methods (from state-of-the-art computational methods to targeted and astute hand calculations) to help optimize the performance of materials in high integrity applications.
• Knowledge of constitutive material modelling, user subroutines and structural analysis.
• Knowledge of material degradation mechanisms, material modelling, and life extension.
• Familiar with programming languages and packages such as Python, C#, and MATLAB.
• An aptitude for communicating methods and results to specialists and non-specialists through writing high quality reports and presenting technical papers at conferences.
• Be a strong team player but with the ability to work under minimal supervision.
• Experience in writing proposals, client liaison and business development.
• Be working towards Chartered Engineer status.

Due to the nature of the work that Frazer-Nash Consultancy undertake, candidates will be required to undergo pre-employment screening and must be able to satisfy clearance criteria for UK National Security Vetting.Benefits:We provide our people with a comprehensive benefits package that comprises:

• Happy To Talk Flexible Working
• Attractive salary: [£33,000 to £37,000]
• 25 days’ holiday entitlement
• Holiday sale and purchase scheme
• Company pension scheme
• Targeted professional development
• Life assurance
• Private healthcare membership
• Bonus scheme linked into company performance
• Paid membership fees to a professional institution
• Support in attaining professional membership
• Cycle to work scheme
• Share purchase scheme
• Season rail ticket loan

Individuals from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply, as we believe that diversity and inclusion are fundamental to creating a dynamic and thriving workplace culture.

Expected salary

£33000 – 37000 per year

Location

Leatherhead, Surrey

Job date

Wed, 31 Jul 2024 00:33:59 GMT

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