Join the young R&D team in Slovenia!

Knauf Insulation d.o.o. Slovenia seeks a new colleague in the position:

Mechanical Material Testing Engineer

Knauf Insulation is one of the leading insulation manufacturers with nearly 40 sites worldwide and more than 5000 employees.

We are looking for a new colleague who will join the R&D team, supporting the Knauf Insulation group worldwide

Job Purpose:

• The ability to independently manage the mechanical and metallurgical testing laboratory
• Metallurgical testing including sample preparation, testing, analysis and reporting
• The person will be based in Slovenia (near the capital city Ljubljana)

Responsibilities:

• Preparing test specimens for tests
• Perform tensile tests
• Perform creep and stress rupture tests
• Perform hardness tests
• Perform lab scale melting tests
• Ability to independently follow a structured test program
• Review of literature pertaining to alloy performance
• Ability to contribute to the alloy development strategy
• Design novel tests for R&D purpose

Ideal candidate for the job should have:

• Physical Science/ Engineering based Degree (materials science/ metallurgy/ mechanical engineering)
• Experience of a mechanical testing laboratory environment (e.g. graduate school laboratory)
• Knowledge of measuring instrumentation (strain gauges)
• Excellent statistical skills, ability to design experiments and analyse results
• Good English language skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills (technical reports)
• Excellent presentation skills to others at all organisational levels
• Excellent working knowledge of MS Office / statistical software / databases
• Ability to meet deadlines / work under pressure / deal with changing priorities
• Self-motivation, ability to work alone and within a team
• Willingness/ability to travel e.g. plant trials and technical meetings (EU and worldwide) ~10% of time expected

Desirable:

• Industrial experience, especially in mechanical test laboratory
• Experience with project management
• Advanced degree (Masters, Ph.D.)
• Additional technical training/ certification (Six Sigma, equipment training etc.)
• Knowledge/ experience of superalloy metallurgy
• Knowledge/ experience of basic fabrication and metalworking techniques (lathes, band saws, joining etc.)

The new colleague will be offered stimulating and challenging work in multinational team, an attractive remuneration package and the possibility of further professional and personal development.

The Slovenian employee contract will be concluded on a full time basis for indefinite period.

Your application (in English language) will be expected by 2 September 2016 by e-mail at: [email protected].

We will be glad to submit you additional information on the phone number: +386 41 734 553.