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Senior Materials Engineer

🏢 BorgWarner 📍 Gillingham, England 💼 Company - Public
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£28,840 - £44,658
£2,403 - £3,722 / mo
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Location Base
Gillingham, England
Tier-1 UK Economic Zone
Est. Take-Home Pay
68% - 74% (After PAYE & NI)
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Transatlantic Parity
1.0 GBP ≈ $1.28 USD Living Standard
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Position Overview & Specifications

Position
Senior Materials Engineer
Location
Gillingham, Kent
Position Overview
At BorgWarner, we’re proud to embody the core values of inclusion, integrity, excellence, responsibility, and collaboration, in both our culture and products.
The Materials Group is responsible for supporting internal and external customers in the development of current and future products. This includes materials testing and inspection using a wide range of analytical and materials testing techniques including FIB/SEM/EDX, optical microscopy, rotating bending fatigue testing, micro and nano-indentation.
We are looking to hire a Senior Materials Engineer to join us on a full-time basis to support the business, specifically in the subjects of metallurgy and processing of ferrous and non-ferrous materials.
Roles & Responsibilities
  • Support and guide product engineering and associated functions with expertise in material science/engineering, in particular metallurgy of ferrous and non-ferrous materials, metal forming, heat treatment, steelmaking, materials testing and component failure investigation.
  • Define, prioritise, and perform and/or oversee test activities, analysis and measurement as required to meet core team and project objectives, (cost, quality, and timing).
  • Prepare reports, presentations and technical documentation with a clear analysis and summary for decision making for internal and customer use.
  • Develop strong technical relationships with product or manufacturing engineering teams, customers and key suppliers and escalate risks and issues to core team members and management in a timely manner
  • Write work instructions, materials specifications and test methods using company standard forms or on-site developed processes
  • Ensuring safe working in laboratory environment.
  • Develop, support, and follow local and corporate procedures such as compliance with IAFT
  • Coach and train engineers and junior staff members
Job Authorities
None
Skills
  • Ability to mentor other staff members
  • The ability to prioritise and organise own workload to meet deadlines
Attributes
  • Good communication skills, both verbal and written
  • Can work in a team whilst managing own responsibilities
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Personable, flexible and a proactive team player with a strong work ethic
  • Self-motivated and have a strong and flexible attitude towards work
Experience & Qualifications
Mandatory
  • MEng or MSc degree in relevant discipline
  • 5+ years of appropriate work experience
Benefits
  • 27 days holiday + bank holidays
  • Long service holiday (if applicable)
  • Working hours are 37 each week
  • Pension Scheme
  • Dental plan
  • Onsite parking
  • Staff discount with selected retails + wellbeing platforms
  • Discounted gym membership at Roko
  • On Site Gym (£10 per Month)
  • Subsidised canteen
  • Friendly working environment
  • Relocation package of up to £6,000 (Subject to Criteria)
About us
BorgWarner is a global product leader in delivering innovative and sustainable mobility solutions for the vehicle market. We are a company of innovators and independent thinkers that brings together talented employees, meaningful work, and amazing technology in a unique environment. At BorgWarner we constantly work towards our vision of a clean and energy-efficient world.
Our Culture
We believe health and safety of our employees are a top priority, we care about our local communities and the global environment. BorgWarner promotes and nurtures a diverse and inclusive environment, honors integrity, strives for excellence, commits to responsibility for our communities and the environment, and builds on the power of collaboration.
Career Opportunities
We manage talent as seriously as we manage our businesses and encourage you to learn about our proud history, strong culture, technologies, and future vision. We offer a strong local presence and interesting global opportunities. Start your future with BorgWarner now!
PHINIA: Combustion-Technology Leader
BorgWarner’s Fuel Systems and Aftermarket business (“PHINIA”) is intended to separate from BorgWarner in late 2023
PHINIA will be a product leader in fuel systems and aftermarket distribution with balanced and synergistic exposure among Commercial Vehicle (CV), Light Vehicle (LV) and Aftermarket end markets, with embedded relationships with global OEMs and a focus on the global vehicle parc.
As well as being an industry leader in combustion technologies and chassis systems PHINIA will also be driving the transition to green fuels and hydrogen combustion by developing effective solutions to decarbonize the future of transportation.
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