Job Description

Summary Working within the Engineering Team the Graduate Materials Engineer will work within the Leeds Service Centre Materials laboratory and will be responsible for material preparation and technical assistance as well as general up-keep of the laboratory. A key aspect of the role will be to deliver information and reports to support various technical matters pertaining to GT and ST materials. Where possible, the successful candidate will also support during maintenance activities, planning, and service execution phases. Mitsubishi Power Europe Materials Laboratory is part of the Component Repair Engineering (CRE) department and supports engineering activities including materials testing and evaluation, turbine component life assessment, as well as repair development, process improvement, and Root Cause Analysis (RCA) investigations in our Leeds facility. The team are looking for a flexible and forward-thinking candidate with an interest in developing a career within the energy materials industry. The successful candidate will join the CRE team as an addition to the materials laboratory. They would be expected to perform standard laboratory activities such as up-keep of the laboratory, materials and metallographic sample preparation, visual inspection and assessment of test pieces. They will also support the preparation of the technical reports that will accompany these investigations. They will be involved in a wide range of activities including failure investigation as well as process development on an exotic range of materials and components which are all related to gas and steam turbines. The successful candidate would also support on-site inspection of gas and steam turbine rotors and valves during the delivery of integrity inspection work packages. General responsibilities

• Use of preparation and assessment techniques to perform metallurgical assessment on iron and nickel based alloys. Optical and Scanning Electron microscopy.
• Offer technical support to investigations \xe2\x80\x93 Competency in Materials Chemistry.
• Working to tight time schedules, to produce high quality reports
• On-site sample preparation of power plant components in-situ. Acetate replication \xe2\x80\x93 Training will be provided.
• Aid engineering team in improvements to laboratory workflow and developing assessment techniques for novel materials and processes.
• Work closely with the engineering team to develop and qualify repair processes.
• Day to day running of the Materials laboratory, including general up-keep, organisation, 6S.
• A good understand of Health & Safety issues pertaining to laboratories. Risk assessments and Material Safety Data Sheets.
• A good understanding of Steel and super alloy metallurgy and chemistry, with respect to treatment during manufacture, and operating conditions.
• Flexible approach to problem solving and thinking outside the box to prepare novel samples in a timely manner.

The person The successful candidate will have experience working in a metallic material testing environment (in an employment or education setting) however they will have continuous development opportunities as part of On-The-Job training with a view to progress to engineer level. Familiarisation with Materials Chemistry and types of chemical analysis would be an advantage.

Mitsubishi Power headquartered in Yokohama, Japan, is a global leading company in the field of thermal power and environmental technologies. We can handle the entire production process from the development, design, manufacturing, construction and commissioning to after-sales service for thermal power plants. The company has a total of 66 subsidiaries across 17 countries and was established as a joint venture in February 2014, bringing together the thermal power divisions of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. and Hitachi Ltd.. Mitsubishi Power employs 18,300 staff worldwide and provides solutions for the improvement of operating thermal power generators using the latest digital technology. Mitsubishi Power Europe is a 100% subsidiary of Mitsubishi Power. As a leading global company in the field of thermal power generation systems and environmental technology, we will continue to meet the expectations of our clients based worldwide in order to contribute to the future of a sustainable society.