Analytical Team Leader - Support (Metallurgy)

Analytical Team Leader - Support (Metallurgy)

Requisition Number: 31449

Company: Springfields Fuels Ltd

Location: Salwick Preston, GB

We are looking for a technically skilled professional to join our Metallurgical Laboratory as an Analytical Team Leader - Support. This is a development role with a clear pathway to the Metallurgical Laboratory Manager position, offering structured growth in both technical and leadership capabilities. Working with the current Laboratory Manager, you will gain practical experience in laboratory operations, technical leadership, and delivery. Over time, you will lead the metallurgical analysis function.

You will help analyze products, components, and finished fuel, ensuring results are accurate, traceable, and support important decisions. You will work across:

• Metallurgical analysis and investigations
• Laboratory operations and resource planning
• Quality, safety, and regulatory compliance
• Development and validation of analytical methods
• Collaboration with engineering, operations, and external partners

You will be based at the Springfields Fuel Site and will report directly to the Metallurgical Laboratory Manager.

Responsibilities

Leadership & Development

• Build capability across metallurgical techniques and lab operations
• Support team coordination, prioritisation, and performance routines
• Progressively take ownership of people, processes and systems

Technical Delivery

• Conduct investigations, testing, and failure analysis
• Perform routine and non-routine laboratory workProduce clear reports and provide technical guidance

Laboratory Operations

• Plan and manage workloads to meet business needs
• Use LIMS for data management and reporting
• Collaborate with Production, PDG and Quality teams

Quality, Compliance & Safety

• Work within UKAS-accredited systems and ensure traceability
• Apply quality control and manage deviations
• Support method development and validation
• Follow safety standards, procedures, and risk assessments
• Investigate issues and improve analytical methods
• Enhance processes and collaborate with stakeholders

Qualifications & Experience

• BSc in a relevant scientific discipline with 2+ years' experience, or
• 5-10 years' relevant experience without a degree
• Experience in metallurgical laboratory practices
• Knowledge of regulated environments
• Awareness of industrial and radiological hazards

Main Skills

• Experience with metallurgical techniques
• Knowledge of quality systems, method validation and uncertainty

Why Westinghouse?

We aim to maintain a supportive and respectful environment while offering employees the amenities, benefits and training needed to reach personal and professional goals.

Benefits in the UK include:

• Attractive compensation
• Great benefits and safety:
  • Peer-to-peer recognition program
  • Life insurance
  • Pension plan
  • Employee Assistance Program - confidential counseling and resources for employees, eligible dependents, and household members
• Learning and development opportunities
• Community service events and team-building activities

Westinghouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities.

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