Senior Metallurgist

"We energize society" by supporting our customers to make the transition to a more sustainable world, based on innovative technologies and our ability to turn ideas into reality. With nearly 100,000 employees around the world, we shape the energy systems of today and tomorrow.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Lincolnshire

Lincoln

Company

Siemens Energy Limited

Organization

Gas Services

Business Unit

Distributed

Full-time

Experience Level

Professional / Experienced

Join our dynamic SGT Materials team as a Metallurgist or potentially with the extensive experience a Senior Metallurgist, where you will play a pivotal role in addressing critical challenges within the diffusion coatings supply chain for SGT Turbine components. You will lead efforts to stabilise and expand our supplier base while resolving technical issues related to materials and processes. Your expertise will guide complex development projects and improvement initiatives aimed at enhancing component performance and quality.

Imagine being at the forefront of innovation, driving improvements that directly impact our manufacturing processes and contribute to our mission of delivering high-quality energy solutions.

• You will lead the technical development of new technologies and product introduction to enhance turbine life for our customers.
• You will lead the technical resolution of supplier quality issues related to diffusion coatings, implementing effective corrective and preventive actions.
• You will identify, audit, and onboard new suppliers to diversify our supply base and mitigate risks in the supply chain.
• You will serve as the primary technical authority for supplier-related process non-conformance management and fixed process changes, ensuring compliance with our quality standards.
• You will manage large-scale projects focused on supply chain stabilisation and material process improvements while mentoring junior team members.

• You hold a minimum of a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Metallurgy, Materials Science, or a related engineering discipline.
• You have substantial professional experience as a subject matter expert in an industrial materials engineering/surface engineering environment, particularly with diffusion coatings such as Nickel Aluminising or Platinum modified Nickel Aluminising.
• You possess demonstrated experience in supplier quality management, process failure route cause analysis, and non-conformance management.
• You bring strong analytical skills and hands‑on laboratory experience in preparation, investigation, and analysis.
• Ideally certified as CEng or have a similar qualification, showcasing your commitment to professional excellence.

Our metallurgical laboratory supports the business with precise materials data using robust mechanical testing and analysis methodologies. The team works across tensile, HCF, LCF, crack propagation, stress relaxation, creep, oxidation and corrosion disciplines, expanding to other methods as required. We collaborate closely with Service and Overhauls, Design Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, and Siemens Energy worldwide to uphold high standards of testing and analysis.

The laboratory validates critical components and assists with fault analysis for the business. We also contribute to future technology initiatives and advance materials testing methodologies, particularly for high temperature materials. In a fast paced environment, we combine analytical rigour with collaborative problem solving to deliver trusted insights. Early career colleagues receive hands on training to build competence across the testing portfolio.

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With +100,000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably. The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world’s electricity generation.

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