Materials, Coatings and Corrosion Technical

SSE has big ambitions to be a leading energy company in a low carbon world. Following our commitment to invest £12.5 billion in low carbon projects over the next 5 years, our SSE Renewables (SSER) business continues to be at the forefront of our growth plans, and our ambition to build a world that's more sustainable and inclusive for you, your family, the community you live in and for generations to come. We are proud to be playing a critical role in the net zero transition, as we aim to more than treble the net capacity in operation to 13GW and grow renewable energy output five-fold to over 50TWh over the next 10 years.

**About the Role**

**Role title**:_Materials, Coatings and Corrosion Technical Authority - Offshore Wind_**

**Base Location**: Flexible, however our preference is that you will be based in one of our key UK or Ireland sites, which includes but is not limited to:

- Glasgow, Perth, Aberdeen, Inverness, Reading, Havant, Belfast or Dublin.

**Salary**: Competitive package, including car / allowance + performance-related bonus + a range of other benefits to support your family, finances and wellbeing.

**Working Pattern**: Permanent | Full Time | Flexible First options available

Key to our growth ambition, SSE Renewables have an exciting opportunity within our Renewables Engineering Centre Offshore Engineering Team for a Materials and Corrosion Technical Authority.

As a Materials, Coatings and Corrosion Technical Authority - Offshore Wind, you’ll be accountable for providing technical guidance across all our offshore wind projects in development, construction and operational phase, predominately on the Support Structure and Wind Turbine areas.

The role will include the approval and on-going management of relevant engineering standards, evaluation and implementation of innovations and ensuring assets comply with engineering legislation and standards.

**What do I need?**
- We are looking for a Chartered Engineer and member of the Engineering Council who has specialist technical knowledge and significant experience within materials and metallurgy in offshore environment.
- Ideally you will have experience on conventional and advanced NDT techniques, including Engineering Criticality Assessments, knowledge and experience of life assessment and extension techniques and philosophy, experienced at writing technical reports and communicating across all levels within a company and externally. Knowledge on composites will be also valued.
- Knowledge of different corrosion protection techniques (active and passive), applicable to offshore environment, is key for this role. As part of the role you will need to be able to interrogate contractor reports, generate technical guidance documents in this area and understand numerical data inputs.
- Demonstrable experience of offshore structure fabrication, including welding processes and relevant codes and standards.
- A large part of this role will require outstanding interpersonal, influencing and communication skills, which you’ll be capable of adapting to all management levels and situations, and specifically where there is a need to manage conflict in high pressure environments.
- Excellent organisation skills will be essential, along with the ability to deliver quality work to the agreed timescales. An understanding of the commercial context and implications of engineering activities and decisions will also be required.

**What's in it for you?**

An excellent package with 34 days holiday entitlement, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, discounted healthcare, salary sacrifice car leasing and much more, view our full benefits package on our careers site.

**Next Steps**

Before commencing employment with SSE, you'll be required to fully complete our pre-employment screening process consisting of a basic criminal records and credit check.

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