Element has an opportunity for a Principal Project Engineer to join our rapidly expanding team. As a member of the operations team, the Engineer position performs a variety of routine and non-routine testing assignments within the department assigned and insures timely and accurate test results under minimal direct supervision. The engineer positions must be proficient in a number of core business and technical skills including but not limited to compliance to established safety rules, code of conduct, and company policies and procedures.
Salary: $110,000 - $150,000 DOE
Responsibilities
• Manage multiple large qualification and allowables test programs (>10,000 coupons)
• Responsibility for technical review of quotations and technical guidance to Sales Team (and clients)
• Review the full work scope to ensure that it can be executed in a safe way and at a high quality standard and if necessary ensuring a risk assessment is available
• Review technical standards and requirements, and where appropriate write job specific test procedures, liaise with clients on all matters technical and schedule related.
• Provide technical leadership to the lab project team
• Arrange and supervise on-site witnessing by clients and representatives during testing
• Perform review and audit activities on jobs including technical contract review, technical procedure review / audit, test readiness review and job close review
• Provide regular progress reports for the projects managed
• Report and present results, closing projects and invoicing, create and archive job packs for each project
• Lead lab improvement projects furthering capabilities, quality, and efficiency.
• Train junior project managers, engineers, and technicians.
• Analytical problem solving skills
• Highly organised
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent attention to detail and strong written communication
• Adaptable and flexible in approach
• Ability to support the training of others to a high technical standard
• Familiarity with national and international testing standards
• Familiarity with a wide range of supporting software tools, highly IT literate
• Familiarity with composite materials and processes (fiber, fabric, resin, prepreg, panel fabrication, machining, bonding, conditioning, testing)
• Familiar with a wide range of mechanical test methods, including tensile, flexural, compression, torsion modes
• Able to derive and modify complex equations from test standards (ASTM, ISO, etc.) for non-standard testing.
• Experience with data reduction of the following is a plus:
o GIC (ASTM D5528), GIIC (ASTM D7905), Mixed-Mode Bending data (ASTM D6671), Interlaminar Shear Modulus (ISO 19927), Composite Sandwich Fracture Toughness, Damage Tolerance, bolted joints (bearing and bypass), Fracture Toughness Fatigue
Element is one of the fastest growing testing, inspection and certification businesses in the world. Globally we have more than 9,000 brilliant minds operating from 270 sites across 30 countries. Together we share an ambitious purpose to ‘Make tomorrow safer than today’.
When failure in use is not an option, we help customers make certain that their products, materials, processes and services are safe, compliant and fit for purpose. From early R&D, through complex regulatory approvals and into production, our global laboratory network of scientists, engineers, and technologists support customers to achieve assurance over product quality, sustainable outcomes, and market access.
While we are proud of our global reach, working at Element feels like being part of a smaller company. We empower you to take charge of your career, and reward excellence and integrity with growth and development.
Industries across the world depend on our care, attention to detail and the absolute accuracy of our work. The role we have to play in creating a safer world is much bigger than our organization.
Diversity StatementAt Element, we always take pride in putting our people first. We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes diversity and inclusion as fundamental to our Vision of becoming “the world’s most trusted testing partner”.
All suitably qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective work related criteria and without regard for the following: age, disability, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, race, religion, responsibility of dependents, sexual orientation, or gender identity or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws.