Engineering Consultant; Metallurgical Engineer
Listed on 2025-12-16
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Engineering
Materials Engineer, Process Engineer
Engineering Consultant (Metallurgical Engineer)
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What Makes Stress Engineering Services a Magnet for World-Class MetallurgistsAt Stress Engineering Services, metallurgists get access to the kind of work most engineers only read about in case studies or journal papers. SES is where the highest stakes, highest temperature, highest consequence materials problems actually get solved in the real world — not in theory.
Our team is routinely engaged to tackle extreme metals challenges including creep and remaining life assessments in refinery environments exceeding 1,000°F, HTHA investigations where materials performance directly impacts human safety and capital risk, aerospace high‑temperature alloy behavior under thermal cycling, additive manufacturing component integrity validation, and breakthrough metals research supporting emerging energy platforms such as carbon capture and hydrogen systems. These are the kinds of projects where metallurgy is not just analytical — it is decisive.
Decisions made here drive investment strategy, prevent catastrophic failures, protect people, and change industry practice.
If you are a metallurgist who wants to be in the arena where science, engineering, and consequence intersect — Stress Engineering Services is one of the rare places where you can do the most challenging and exciting technical work of your career.
About Stress Engineering ServicesStress Engineering Services (SES) is a highly specialized, technical consulting firm recognized globally for solving the hardest problems in industry. For over 50 years, we have been trusted by clients across energy, petrochemical, industrial, consumer, power generation, aerospace, and medical sectors to solve failure, integrity, reliability, and materials challenges that require both scientific rigor and practical engineering judgment.
SES Core Values- We Over Me – We put the mission, our clients, and our team above individual agendas.
- Unyielding Pursuit of Excellence – Excellence is our standard. We deliver the right solution on time, every time.
- Own It – We take accountability—personally and collectively—to deliver results and build trust.
We are seeking a Metallurgical Engineer – Staff Consultant to join our Cincinnati office. This role will support and lead complex metallurgical consulting engagements involving failure analysis, creep testing, materials degradation, welding, codes & standards, remaining life assessments, and asset integrity work across multiple industries. The successful engineer will serve as a technical expert with high client exposure and long‑term opportunity to expand and grow a consulting practice.
CoreResponsibilities
- Lead and perform failure analysis work across petrochemical, industrial, consumer, and medical sectors.
- Conduct creep testing and remaining life assessments.
- Provide technical expertise in metallurgy, fabrication, welding, inspection methods, corrosion, material selection, and integrity practices.
- Prepare and defend high‑impact technical reports, proposals, presentations, and papers.
- Work collaboratively with interdisciplinary engineering specialists.
- Mentor early‑career engineers and grow technical depth within the practice.
- Support and/or participate in conferences, committees, and industry standards development.
- MS or PhD in Metallurgical / Materials Engineering (ferrous emphasis preferred).
- 10+ years of experience in metallurgical engineering supporting energy, petrochemical, industrial, power or aerospace sectors.
- Prior consulting experience strongly preferred.
- Knowledge of API 6A, API 5L, NACE MR0175, ASME BPVC VIII/IX, ASME B31, ASME FFS‑1/API 579.
- Strong communication – written, verbal, presentation and technical defensibility.
- Experience with renewable energy material behavior (CCS, hydrogen) and/or additive manufacturing a plus.
- Expert witness experience a plus.
- PE license or ability to obtain.
- US Citizen or Permanent Resident needed.
- Willingness to travel to refineries, plants, offshore, and…
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