Metallurgical/Materials Engineer

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Job Description:

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Job Title: Metallurgical/Materials Engineer

Salary:(Depending on experience)

Location: Peterborough

Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave

• Up to 10% bonus

• Contributory pension scheme Caterpillar will double the employees contribution Up to 10%

• Contributory share scheme Caterpillar will match 50% of the employees contribution.

• Optional flexible benefits including access to health and dental care plans for family members EV car lease holiday purchase.

Flexible working arrangements will be considered for this role inline with the needs of the business.

The Opportunity

Full time opportunity for a skilled Metallurgical/Materials Engineer to join our team in Peterborough. In this role you will provide materials engineering support to all of Caterpillars UK facilities which provides the opportunity of being involved in investigating a wide range of different materials in multiple applications Whilst this is a technical role you will also be required to build collaborative partnerships across the Caterpillar UK facilities to provide feedback and insights to both internal and external audiences.

What You Will Do:

As a Metallurgical / Materials Engineer in Caterpillar you will:

• Partner with and provide technical guidance to other teams

• Gather relevant information compare and contrast data; identify relationships to support you to predict and identify failures.

• Provide results and assessment back into the business; this could be impactful output that may affect the work group or project team suppliers multiple units and both internal and external customers. This insight will have significant impact on warranty total cost of nonquality customer perception costs sales and the leveraging of technology.

What You Have:

Demonstrated working knowledge of:

Materials Science/Metallurgy degree and/or substantive practical working experience within a materials laboratory environment Information Capture: Knowledge of the methods channels and processes to obtain needed information; ability to identify capture and document relevant business information in an auditable organized understandable and easily retrievable manner.

Analytical Thinking: Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.

Effective Communications: Understanding of effective communication concepts tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit receive and accurately interpret ideas information and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.

• Engaging communicator; able to convey technical assessments and results to both technical and nontechnical colleagues

Product Testing: Knowledge of product testing approaches techniques and tools; ability to design plan and execute testing strategies and tactics to ensure product quality at all stages of manufacturing.

• Metallurgical / materials evaluation of new products processes or systems

• Providing technical guidance on product and process maintenance Troubleshooting

Technical Problems: Knowledge of troubleshooting approaches tools and techniques; ability to anticipate detect and resolve technical problems in a manufacturing environment.

• Ability to Identify metallurgical / materials manufacturing defects and make process improvement recommendations

Top Candidates Will Also:

Experience of working in an ISO17025 Accredited Laboratory

Experience of corrosion testing

Experience of nonmetallics testing

Additional Information:

This is full time office based role.

What You Will Get:

We look forward to welcoming the successful candidate to our dynamic diverse and friendly team. We have a culture of openness autonomy support personal development as well as a continuous drive for improvement.

About Caterpillar Caterpillar Inc. is the worlds leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment offhighway diesel and natural gas engines industrial gas turbines and dieselelectric locomotives. For nearly 100 years weve been helping customers build a better more sustainable world and are committed and contributing to a reducedcarbon future. Our innovative products and services backed by our global dealer network provide exceptional value that helps customers succeed.

NB. The panel cannot make assumptions when shortlisting therefore please demonstrate your qualifications and experience on your CV relevant to the criteria outlined

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Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO).

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