Project Scientist

Job title:

Project Scientist

Company

DNV

Job description

Job Description:Here at DNV, what we do matters. The work we do every day from our full-scale fire and explosion test site at Spadeadam, Cumbria, is at the heart of the global Energy Transition to a more decarbonised and secure world.The projects our world-renowned Major Hazards Research and Testing team undertake, helps the energy, counter terrorism and security sectors innovate with new technologies, and our findings help inform, guide and advise industry, ensuring it continues to enhance its ability to protect people, property and our environment. This is our shared purpose and one our people are proud to be part of.Situated on the Cumbrian side of the border with Northumberland, Spadeadam provides the opportunity to live and work in a truly unique and beautiful area of the UK – you can choose to live rurally in the myriad of local villages and market towns, or in the cities of Carlisle or Newcastle, both within striking distance of the Northumberland and Lake District National Parks. Two coastlines are available to explore along with the World Heritage Site of Hadrian’s Wall.Our Opportunity:As a Project Scientist or Senior Project Scientist, you’ll join a growing team of big thinkers who love finding innovative solutions to our industry’s most challenging problems.You’ll be given real responsibility from day one, collaborating with forward-thinking customers and technical experts across our business, playing a leading role in our research and testing activities and helping deliver career and industry-defining projects. You will be given the time to build your network, the resources to support your development, and the freedom to satisfy your curiosity and desire to learn.You will be responsible for the design, deployment, data capture, quality review, analysis, costing and procurement of a wide range of measurements of various phenomena in Major Hazard type experiments, along with management of trials and experimental tests! Our projects are truly unique. They are large scale, and often involve flammable gases, high explosives, fragmentation, toxic atmospheres and high-pressure systems.In addition, you’ll communicate measurements through internal reviews, discussions with clients and even via presentations at conferences or through journal papers. You’ll also help innovate in the measurements field – through application of novel instrumentation solutions and analysis techniques.As we said, this is no normal role!You’ll be stretched but always supported, so don’t worry if our industry or terminology above is currently unfamiliar to you, we will teach you all you need to know. Upon joining, you’ll also benefit from a mentor to enhance your technical knowledge, as well as ongoing on-the-job coaching and support from your colleagues.Responsibilities:We value all of our people and the contribution they make to our business, so it’s important that our rewards make us all feel valued here. That’s why we recognise individual needs and offer a flexible reward and benefits package, allowing you to choose the things that matter to you, including;

• Fantastic career progression opportunities, with the resources to support your development, and the freedom to satisfy your curiosity and desire to learn.
• Lifestyle benefits: 26 days annual leave + bank holidays, opportunity for up to 10 days unpaid leave, sabbatical leave, flexible working options
• Wellbeing benefits: (inc Private Medical and Dental Insurance, Health Assessments, Gym allowance). Company contribution towards eye tests and glasses (for computer/laptop users), and Flu Vaccinations. Also, our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) provides free and confidential support for issues including work, family, relationships, money and health and we provide free fruit in our offices.
• Financial Benefits: including a Pension Scheme with employer pension contributions up to 9%, Life Assurance and Income Protection
• Travel benefits: Season Ticket Loan, Cycle to Work Scheme, Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice Scheme (for personal use)
• Re-imbursement of relevant Professional Membership Fees (up to £500)
• Access to employee retail discount site for high street and on-line shopping

As many people who join us at Spadeadam need to move to be closer to our location, we provide bespoke support to help you both relocate and settle into the local area.DNV is an Equal Opportunity Employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to gender, religion, race, national or ethnic origin, cultural background, social group, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age or political opinion. Diversity is fundamental to our culture and we invite you to be part of this diversity.Qualifications:We try to keep our list of essential requirements to a minimum, but in addition to sharing our passion and curiosity, there are a few things we will need you to bring:

• Degree in Physics, Maths or relevant Engineering
• Highly analytical with strong problem-solving capability (ideally possessing scripting experience for data analysis)
• Driven to acquire further technical skills and knowledge and work towards chartership and studying for additional qualifications (e.g. Masters or PhD)
• Ability to manage and prioritise own workload in a commercial environment, whilst maintaining focus on safety and quality
• Effective team working skills, comfortable engagement with internal/external stakeholders, demonstrating the ability to understand and analyse complex problems
• Create innovative solutions and communicate these effectively via written and verbal reports, journal papers, presentations and/or commercial proposals
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a UK Security Clearance, (application for clearance will be assisted by DNV)

Whilst predominantly based at our Research and Testing Centre in Cumbria, the nature of this opportunity means we also require occasional travel around the UK and internationally.

Expected salary

Location

United Kingdom

Job date

Sat, 30 Nov 2024 02:07:03 GMT

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