Materials Engineer Task Leader
A Snapshot of Your Day
As an integral member of a supportive team in Newcastle, your technical skills will help you to lead the Materials Engineering group in its role to maintain Siemens Energy’s UK fleet of large steam turbine generators and gas turbines. You’ll provide and oversee materials engineering and welding support, prepare technical recommendations, and contribute to maintenance strategies that keep power stations running smoothly. Each day offers opportunities to collaborate with colleagues and customers, solve hands-on challenges at our CAPW service facility, and participate in innovative projects. As a task leader, you’ll bring your expertise to support the group, take on new responsibilities, and make a meaningful impact in the energy sector.
How You’ll Make an Impact
- Specification of materials and fabrication processes to be used for manufacture, construction and service of turbine-generators and their related auxiliary systems.
- Conduct condition assessment on turbine plant components and undertake failure investigations.
- Support our Welding Engineers who work within our Newcastle factory and on sites around the UK and Overseas.
- Undertake and oversee metallurgical assessment of turbine plant and investigate component failures and process problems.
- Advise on materials selection, materials performance and process approvals.
- Propose, plan and execute development activities for welding related repairs and upgrades on turbine plant.
- Be responsible for own work and that of the Materials Engineering group within set limits of authority and guidelines.
- Be responsible for proposing, planning and costing of projects.
What You Bring
- A degree in Materials Engineering or Metallurgy which can be combined with an Engineering discipline , or equivalent practical experience.
- Understanding of materials engineering principles, laboratory investigative techniques and the ability to apply them both to real-world scenarios.
- Strong critical thinking, adaptability, willingness to carry out practical investigative work and have a problem-solving mindset.
- Experience within Power Generation industry or with large rotating equipment (such as steam turbines, generators or gas turbines) is beneficial.
- Computer literacy, especially with Microsoft Office and laboratory based optical microscopy.
- This role is office based in Newcastle with occasional travel to customer sites within the UK (<10% of your time).
About the Team
You’ll join a supportive team of Engineers based in Newcastle, dedicated to providing materials based technical support for gas turbines, steam turbines, marine turbines, generators and new business fields. Our team values both fresh perspectives and seasoned expertise, working together to deliver reliable service and innovative solutions. We encourage learning, collaboration, and the sharing of knowledge, ensuring everyone has the opportunity to develop and contribute—whether you’re an Engineer or stepping into a Task Leader role.
Who is Siemens Energy?
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.
Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.
Find out how you can make a difference at Siemens Energy: https://www.siemens-energy.com/employeevideo
Our Commitment to Diversity
Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity, we generate power. We run on inclusion, and our combined creative energy is fuelled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character—no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energise society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.
Rewards/Benefits
Here are examples of the rewards and benefits Siemens Energy offers:
- Opportunities to work with a global team
- Opportunities to work on and lead a variety of innovative projects
- Medical benefits
- Remote/Flexible work
- Time off/Paid holidays and parental leave
- Continual learning through the Learn@Siemens-Energy platform
- Access to a variety of employee resource groups
