Manufacturing and Materials Engineer
KBR, Inc.
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Bristol • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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💰 £45,000 - £60,000 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Support technical investigations into manufacturing and material performance issues (root cause thinking, evidence-led)
- Help define and review manufacturing specifications and supplier requirements (with guidance from senior engineers)
- Assist with test programme planning and interpretation of results (what it means, what it doesn’t, what to do next)
- Contribute to technical reporting that stands up to scrutiny in regulated industries
- Work with mentors to build capability in metallurgy, manufacturing processes, and integrity demonstration
Requirements
- A degree, apprenticeship, or equivalent in materials, metallurgy, mechanical, manufacturing, welding engineering (or similar)
- A foundation (academic or early industrial) in some of the following: Welding of steels and/or nickel alloys and/or casting/forging processes
- Metallurgy and microstructures (what they are, why they matter)
- Mechanical properties and testing (tensile/impact/toughness basics)
- Awareness of codes/standards (RCC-M, ASME, ASTM—interest is enough at this stage)
- Strong communication: able to explain your reasoning and write clearly
- A mindset for regulated engineering: careful, evidence-based, and willing to ask good questions
- Any exposure to nuclear, defence, pressure systems, or other high-integrity manufacturing (desirable)
- Time spent in a workshop, foundry/forge environment, fabrication/NDT, test lab, or supplier quality (desirable)
- Consultancy or client-facing experience (placement/internship counts) (desirable)
Benefits
- Competitive salary with yearly reviews
- 25 days holiday + the opportunity to buy 5 days
- Enhanced parental benefits
- Company pension scheme
- Targeted professional development
- Life assurance
- Private healthcare membership
- Bonus scheme linked into company performance
- Paid membership fees to a professional institution
- Cycle to work scheme
- Season rail ticket loan
- Further optional benefits you can tailor to your personal requirements
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
metallurgymanufacturing processeswelding engineeringcasting processesforging processesmechanical propertiestensile testingimpact testingtoughness testingmicrostructures
Soft skills
strong communicationevidence-based reasoningcritical thinkingquestioning mindset
Certifications
degree in materials engineeringdegree in metallurgydegree in mechanical engineeringdegree in manufacturing engineeringdegree in welding engineering