Role Purpose

GL Noble Denton offers world-class services enhancing the safety, integrity, reliability and performance of our clients' assets in the oil & gas industry. We develop and deliver innovative solutions throughout the asset lifecycle from conceptual design to asset decommissioning; provide a challenging, diverse and rewarding environment for our employees. To support our ambitious growth plans we seek the talented individuals who share our determination to be the very best.

From commissioning or acquisition of an asset, GL Noble Denton provide operational support, safety, integrity management and performance optimisation, right through to efficient, clean and compliant decommissioning. We use our skills and experience, coupled with a comprehensive suite of software solutions to enhance safe, efficient and reliable operations from subsea and deepwater production through to onshore oil, gas and LNG processing, transport and storage to transmission and distribution networks.

As a result of our continued growth, an exciting opportunity now exists for a materials engineer to join our team of multi-disciplinary engineers, providing consultancy services primarily to the oil and gas industry in the UK and worldwide.

This is a developmental opportunity, working alongside our asset Integrity experts, providing specialist consultancy on a variety of challenging customer projects.  Key accountabilities will include:

• Undertake projects to deliver solutions to customers within agreed timeframes, costs and quality standards.  This may include the following:
• Materials selection for oil and gas facilities
• Materials testing and corrosion inhibitor selection
• National Grid technical support in the materials area
• Metallurgical failure investigations
• Technical support on construction projects
• Materials & corrosion advice and input to client projects
• Support to Clients Written Schemes of Examination (WSoE) and Risk Based Inspection (RBI) Schemes
  

Person Specification

To be successful in this role, and our business, you will need to demonstrate the following qualification, professional expertise and personal attributes:

Technical / Professional Expertise

• Honours Degree in Metallurgy, Materials Science or Chemistry OR postgraduate degree in Corrosion, Metallurgy or Materials Science
• Member of Institute of Materials Minerals & Mining (MIMMM) or Member of Institute of Corrosion
  or NACE Member
• Demonstrable experience of working in the oil and gas industry on a broad range of materials/corrosion related projects. Experience will ideally have been gained working in a consultancy environment
• A basic working knowledge of corrosion control and materials used for transmission and distribution pipeline systems
• Knowledge of the upstream industry, its materials/corrosion issues and its main business drivers
• A basic knowledge of pressure systems integrity management
  

Competency Requirements

• Enhanced Analysis and Assessment skills - ability to solve Engineering problems using engineering judgement, competencies and principles
• Delivery-focused, Ability to work in a high-pressured, deadline-driven environment whilst maintaining focus on quality and attention to detail, Prioritises own workload
• Organised and proactive; Takes personal ownership to ensure achievement of goals and targets
• First rate verbal and written communication skills, producing complex, concisely written and well presented reports and proposals
• Willingness to travel and work at various GL/customer locations both in the UK and abroad, when required
  

This is an excellent opportunity for a self motivated, consulting engineer with a genuine interest in client problems and their solutions. If you possess the ability to integrate information from a range of disciplines in order to resolve materials issues, work as part of a team interacting with clients and contribute materials expertise in a wide variety of project types and are not afraid to try new areas, adopting new skills and methods of thinking, then this could be the role for you.